Synthesis of the iAOS infrastructure

This report will summarize the experiences with deploying and operating the IAOS infrastructure and identify technical and nontechnical challenges that need to be addressed to establish a sustainable panArctic IAOS The summary will include experiences with setting up and running the cloud platform integrating data from existing data repositories and integrating new sector specific and cross domain services into the generic platform Potential challenges to be considered include among others maturity of the chosen technical solution lack or in flux cloud computing and interoperability standards interoperability in federated cloud infrastructures evaluation of cost legal issues trust privacy security and usability issues for both users eg scientists decisionmakers operators and stakeholders eg environmental agencies local and national authorities panArctic organizations