Orange Business
Services is proud to be part of the Airbus Consortium, one of the four
groups of companies selected for the Copernicus data and information
access service (DIAS) project by the European Space Agency (ESA). Orange
Business Services, through its entity Orange Cloud for Business, is
providing expertise in cloud-based ICT services together with its
globally operated public cloud solution, Flexible Engine, to complement
Airbus’ deep aerospace expertise.
Copernicus is a European Union
initiative to provide free and open access to near-real-time data,
models and forecasts about our planet, harvested by a family of
dedicated satellites and in-situ observations. This Earth Observation
Data is key to help manage global security and the environment. DIAS was
established to support the Copernicus program, making this data freely
available to EU citizens through a cloud computing architecture.
The
Airbus and Orange Business Services consortium aims to develop and
offer within six months a single “one-stop-shop” of all the data and
value-added services. This will allow scientists, businesses and
entrepreneurs to create business models and develop software and
applications based on Earth Observation Data.
The consortium led
by Airbus will use the Orange Business Services globally-operated public
cloud solution – called Flexible Engine -- to meet the demands of
Copernicus and ensure all its data is secure and freely available.
Flexible Engine is a highly secure and reliable public cloud offering
built on OpenStack technology. It will provide the massive scalability
and big data environment required to store, structure and access
Copernicus data. Orange Business Services will assist Airbus to assess,
define and update the cloud roadmap in line with this strategy.
Orange
Business Services will also bring its deep knowledge of digital
business needs in a wide range of industries to boost the development of
new innovative usage of Copernicus Earth Observation images.
“Big
data analytics supported by the right cloud capabilities can help
unlock the value of this data to innovate and create new business models
to provide economic growth for Europe. The entire Orange team is proud
to participate in a program as ambitious as Copernicus DIAS. By
utilizing our know-how and public cloud solution Flexible Engine, we
will offer users innovative solutions to take advantage of the big data
collected by ESA,” explains Philippe Laplane, CEO of Orange Cloud for
Business.
Source: Orange Business media announcement
