====== Standards in SA7 Use Cases ======

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:!: **This is work in progress** :!:

This document shortly discusses model use cases identified by SA7, summing up standards and interoperability approaches that might be applicable.

===== COMMUNITY CLOUDS =====

==== FILE STORAGE, SYNC AND SHARE ====

There ate multiple current use cases for **OwnCloud** (ACONET: ownCloud; SWITCH: SWITCHdrive, IaaS; CARNET: ownCloud; CESNET: ownCloud; SURFnet: OwnCloud; PSNC: cloud storage; GRNET: Pithos).

There are also use cases for **BOX** or **Code42**.

| **On standards:** For simple cloud storage services, authentication is the most important standardization area. There is already experience with [[shibboleth]] with underlying [[oauth]], for instance at CESNET. Access protocols are another area to consider -- for instance [[WebDAV]]. In cases where the storage service also provides IaaS capabilities (creation/allocation of user's own dedicated resources), resource management standards such as [[CDMI]] also apply! |

==== IaaS ====

Many current contributors to SA7 provide their own IaaS services (SWITCH, UNINETT, HEAnet, GRNET, CESNET, SURFnet). There are also cooperating companies (CloudSigma).

| **On standards:** Common to all cloud use cases, authentication standards are required. On top of solutions already mentioned ([[Shibboleth]]/[[oauth]]), IaaS is also a good candidate for authentication by [[X.509]].\\ Besides that, there are specific standards. Given that GÉANT is rooted in European academia, [[OCCI]] is most suitable for consideration. | 

==== Real Time Communication ====

RendezVous -- a video conferencing service by Renater -- is being developed in cooperation with SA7.  

| **On standards:** Various authentication standards apply, of course. Standards in other areas could apply if there were additional services (for instance to download recorded conversations) |

===== Public Cloud =====

==== Collaboration Suites ====

=== Office 365 ===

Many partners (CARNET, CESNET, GRNET, JISC, SURFnet) procure Office 365 services. CESNET, for instance, also plans to offer Office 365 as a hybrid solution.

| **On standards:** Reportedly Office 365 is going to support [[shibboleth]] in an upcoming update. |