• Submission Closing Date: 14 Jan 2013

As part of its efforts in promoting the adoption of Cloud Computing, IDA is calling for interested parties to submit their proposals for innovative cloud based projects. Call 6 was launched on 31 October 2012.

Objectives

The objectives are:

1. To support innovative projects that will help achieve the following outcomes:
   • Enable infocomm infrastructure development for iN2015 vertical clusters (such as digital media, life sciences, manufacturing, financial services, retail & tourism, & education).
   • Support specific lighthouse projects which would illustrate and promote the use of the infrastructure in the iN2015 verticals.
   • Establish Singapore as a Shared Services Hub.
   • Support infocomm capability development.
2. To promote adoption of Cloud Computing in Singapore.

Eligibility

• Eligible applicants for the call are Singapore-registered companies
• Supportable types of projects include trials, proof-of-concepts and testbedding
• Following types of projects will not be supported
  • Commercial deployments
  • Subsidising existing hosting of cloud apps
  • Already receiving grants from another government agency or under funding consideration

Public Briefing

A public briefing on Call 6 will be held on 12 November 2012.

Venue : 10, Pasir Panjang Road, Mapletree Business City, #10-43, Singapore 117438
Time : 2:00pm - 4:00pm (Registration starts at 1:30pm)

The presentation slides from the public briefing can be found below.

• Presentation on Public briefing for Cloud Computing Call 6
• Presentation by Alatum
• Presentation by Starhub
• Presentation by ReadySpace
• Presentation by Tata Communications
• Presentation on Public briefing for TEP
• Presentation by NUS

Support Limit and Pricing Information of Participating CSP

Cloud Service Provider	Pricing Information	Support Limit
Alatum	- Compute at $0.46 per core hour - Storage at $0.50 per GB month * 10 Mbps shared bandwidth included.	50% support (up to 6 months)
Starhub	- 1 vcore 2 GB RAM/month – $149 - 2 vcore 4 GB RAM/month – $299 - 4 vcore 8 GB RAM/month – $599 - 8 vcore 16 GB RAM/month – $1299 Price plans includes Windows Operating machine.	50% support (up to 6 months)
ReadySpace	- VPS Linux Nodes - VPS Windows Nodes - ServerOnCloud Readyspace pricing rates	50% support (up to 6 months)
Tata Communications	Tata Communications pricing rates	50% support (up to 6 months)

Access of IPs from I ² R and ETPL, NTU and NUS

IDA is partnering with the Institute for Infocomm Research (I2R) and Exploit Technologies Pte Ltd (ETPL), Nanyang Technological University (NTU) and National University of Singapore (NUS) in bringing I2R's intellectual properties (IPs) to a deployable state which will help the companies enhance their existing competitive edge or develop new businesses.

Taking advantage of this call, companies can develop cloud computing solutions based on the IPs made available by these institutions through a short-term no-fee evaluation licence. This arrangement further gives companies an option to take on a commercial licence if their trial deployment proves to be successful and of value. The available IPs can be found from I2R , ETPL , NTU and NUS .

An interested company needs to first apply directly to the respective technology transfer office / commercialisation division to evaluate a specific IP. Upon the approval of an evaluation license by ETPL, a Call 6 project proposal to trial or testbed the IP must be submitted to IDA.

Proposal Submission

Depending on the impact and scope of the project, selected projects will be supported in terms of utilized compute and storage resources based on the approved duration and quantum of cloud services (compute core-hours and storage GB-months) from one of the participating Cloud Service Providers. Co-payment support will be given to selected industry projects, i.e., 50% support will be provided, while the remaining 50% is to be paid by the successful applicant at the prevailing compute and storage resources rates.

The application form can be downloaded below:

• Application Form

Applications can be submitted by email:

To: [email protected]
Subject Title: "Open Call 6 for Cloud Computing Project Proposals”

Submission Deadline

The deadline for proposal submission is 1200 hours, 14 Jan 2013.

Timeline and Milestones

Date	Event and Milestones
31 October 2012	Launch of Call
12 November 2012	Public briefing for Call
14 January 2013	Deadline for Call submission
Feb / March 2013	Presentation by short-listed candidates
April 2013	Award of Call 6 projects

Enquiries

Enquiries regarding this call can be addressed to [email protected] .

You may also want to access our Frequently Asked Questions .

Related Links:

• First Open Call for Cloud Computing Proposals
• Second Open Call for Cloud Computing Proposals
• Third Open Call for Cloud Computing Proposals
• Fourth Open Call for Cloud Computing Proposals
• Fifth Open Call for Cloud Computing Proposals

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