Network infrastructure

Fulcrum Project

The Universal Cloud Federation
Period: 2024 - Ongoing
The Fulcrum project was launched with the goal of creating a Federated Cloud model that emphasizes complementarity and collaboration rather than competition among providers of different sizes.
The project is built on two main pillars: the InterCloud Exchange Foundation (ICX) and the Computing Exchange Market (CEM). The ICX serves as a consensus forum for defining and agreeing upon open-source frameworks for infrastructure federation. These frameworks are then supported and implemented within the Computing Exchange Market, a platform designed to enable the exchange and visibility of resources and services, adopting the solutions agreed and defined within the ICX.

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Fulcrum Project

La federazione universale del cloud
Periodo: 2024 - In corso
Il progetto Fulcrum nasce con l’obiettivo di realizzare un modello di Cloud Federato che fa leva sulla complementarità e sulla collaborazione, piuttosto che sulla competizione tra fornitori di diverse dimensioni.
Il progetto poggia su due pilastri: l’InterCloud Exchange Foundation (ICX) e il Computing Exchange Market (CEM). Il primo funge da stanza del consenso per definire e concordare framework open-source per la federazione delle infrastrutture, che saranno supportati e implementati all'interno del CEM, piattaforma di scambio e visibilità per risorse e servizi, che adotta soluzioni concordate e definite all’interno della ICX.

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DECICE

Device Edge Cloud Intelligent Collaboration framEwork
Years: December 2022 - November 2025
DECICE aims to develop an AI-based, open and portable cloud management framework for automatic and adaptive optimization and deployment of applications in a federated infrastructure, including computing from the very large (e.g., HPC systems) to the very small (e.g., IoT sensors connected on the edge).

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TOP-IX is partner of the EU Consortium

EWOC

Enabling Virtualized Wireless and Optical Coexistence for 5G and Beyond
Years: September 2022 - August 2026
The EWOC project plans to develop a new converged optical wireless network solution, based on flexible and virtualised infrastructure, for the complete optimisation of resources for beyond 5G requirements. EWOC will target high-capacity, low-latency communications (40-90 GHz), providing the basis for a 50-fold improvement in spectral efficiency.

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TOP-IX is partner of the EU Consortium

Ge-DIX

Genova Data Internet eXchange
Years: 2024 - Ongoing
Genoa's new Internet Exchange managed by a consortium including the Municipality of Genoa and industry leaders, aims to capitalize on the city's strategic location as a landing point for major submarine cables

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TOP-IX is member of the Consortium

QUID

Quantum Italy Deployment
Years: January 2023 - June 2025
The QUID project aims to start the deployment of the Quantum Communication Infrastructure (QCI) in Italy. QUID is deploying systems and networks to test quantum distribution of cryptographic keys, with attention to integrating them with existing communications and will foster the uptake of these systems and networks from use cases.

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Riconnessioni

Education for the future of schooling
Years: 2018 - 2024
An initiative developed by the Compagnia di San Paolo Foundation and implemented by the Foundation for the School, aimed at transforming schools to enable them to tackle the challenges of a rapidly evolving society. Through collaboration with TOP-IX, the involved schools have been provided with a fiber-optic connection, ensuring fast and secure internet access.

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Structura-X

The European Interoperable Cloud
Years: 2022 - Ongoing
The aim is to transform existing infrastructural services of cloud service providers (CSPs) into an ecosystem for European data sovereignty. The creation of a global European cloud infrastructure is underway: users will be able to test and deploy their services and data rooms within an infrastructure approved by Gaia-X.

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