Public Briefing for Call 6
for Cloud Computing Proposals
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Presented
Tao
Yao
Sing, Assistant Director (NGO)
04 April 2011by
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Agenda
 Objective of Call
 Eligibility of Applicants
 Areas of Interest
 Funding Support
 Application Process
 Timeline
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Objectives
 To support innovative projects that will help achieve the
following strategic objectives
• Enable infocomm infrastructure development for iN2015 vertical
clusters (such as digital media, life sciences, manufacturing,
financial services, retail & tourism, & education) as well as
specific sectors like transportation and construction.
• Support specific lighthouse projects which would illustrate &
promote use of infrastructure in iN2015 verticals.
• Establish Singapore as a Shared Services Hub.
• Support infocomm capability development.
 To promote adoption of Cloud Computing in Singapore
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Eligibility
 Eligible applicants are Singapore-registered companies
 Supportable types of projects include trials, proof-of-
concepts & testbedding
 Following types of projects will NOT be supported
• Commercial deployments
• Subsidising existing hosting of cloud applications
• Already receiving grant from another government agency or
under funding consideration
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Specific Areas of Interest
 Projects that are trials that can showcase cloud adoption
 Projects from start‐ups that meet objectives of call
* not limited to these areas & will consider others, if they meet strategic
objectives
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Funding Support
 Supported in terms of
 Utilized compute & storage resources based on the approved
duration & quantum of cloud services
(compute core-hours & storage GB-months)
 Funding will not be in form of cash
 50% co-payment support will be given to selected industry
projects except Government & R&D projects
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Participating Cloud Service Providers
 Alatum (by SingTel & HP)
 Clement Lim clementlim@singtel.com
 Starhub
 Don Ng don.sh.ng@starhub.com
 Tata Communications
 Alex Seetoh Alex.Seetoh@tatacommunications.com
 ReadySpace (excluding R&D projects)
 David Loke david@readyspace.com
Do start engaging your preferred CSP to estimate required cloud
resources for your planned project
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Support Level
Project category
Industry
R&D
Govt
Support Level
50%
100%
100%
Support period is up to 6 months
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Other Resources & Support
 Access to IPs from I2R, ETPL, NTU & NUS
 Briefing on available IPs for evaluation ( refer to http://www.i2r.a-
star.edu.sg/Technologies.html)
 Interested parties need to apply directly to ETPL/NTU/NUS
respective technology transfer office / commercialisation division
to evaluate a specific IP
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Proposal Application Process
 All proposals must be submitted using application form which can be
downloaded from IDA website www.ida.gov.sg
 Only one copy of this application (together with any relevant supporting
documents) needs to be submitted. Please send it to:
Infocomm Development Authority of Singapore
National Grid Office
10 Pasir Panjang Road
#10-01 Mapletree Business City
Singapore 117438
Attention: “Call 6 for Cloud Computing Project Proposals”
 Submission Deadline is 1200 hours, 14 Jan 2013 (Monday)
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Timeline
Date
Event & Milestones
31 Oct 2012
Launch of Call 6 @ SCS BCM Conference 2012
12 Nov 2012
Public Briefing
14 Jan 2013
(1200 hours)
Deadline for Call submission
Feb/Mar 2013 Evaluation & presentation of short-listed proposals
Apr 2013
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Announcement & award of selected proposals
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End
Thank You
For any clarification, please email to
IDA_Cloud@ida.gov.sg
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