D1.1_Platform Progress Report

The establishment of an online platform has been essential to promote PICSE and to carry forward the contribution of the PICSE Task Force. This report highlights the way in which the PICSE online database was built and how it has been exploited. The overall conclusions - taking into account the objectives of the project- drawn are as follows: The visibility (approximately 7.000 visits) of the PICSE web platform since the launch of the project in October 2014, combined with its rich and diverse content have contributed to successfully promoting PICSE and its main outcomes. The interactive character and impact of the Web platform is indicated by the high visibility of the ‘’PICSE Partner search’’ section as well as that of the ‘’Report on experiences from the public sector’’ (see figure 7). The Cloud Procurement case studies, an important outcome of the PICSE Consortium members efforts, was effectively promoted through the PICSE Web Platform and the exposure of PICSE on social media. It is now available to the Cloud Computing community offering some valuable information on the way barriers to cloud computing organisations can be eliminated. The social media PICSE accounts played a complementary role in promoting and increasing the impact of PICSE, as the number of connections on social media and the diversity of the connections (European Commission, Research and Government Institutions etc) attest. The relation between PICSE and Helix Nebula benefited both projects: PICSE was successfully promoted making use of the high visibility andnumber of participants at the Helix Nebula Initiative (General Assemblies, Helix Nebula official site and Facebook group). Similarly, PICSE provided valuable feedback to the advancement of HNI and HNSciCloud, eg through the D2.2 deliverable (research procurement case studies). The PICSE Consortium extensive networks were exploited successfully. This can be concluded from the variety of events at which PICSE was promoted, in both the European and the US market, to realise the PICSE Research case studies, etc (see 3.1 -3.3).