The Intelligence Systems Laboratory of the School of Electronic & Computer Engineering, Technical University of Crete (TUC), participates with the 'Crete Node' (Openstack cloud infrastructure) in the FIWARE Lab Infrastructure Federation, a sustainable pan-European open federation of test infrastructures, realized by the XIFI project (https://www.fi-xifi.eu/home.html).
The FIWARE Lab infrastructure federation comprises 19 nodes and as such, it can cope with large trial deployments and can serve the various needs of Future Internet users and entrepreneurs . The Crete Node is being financed by internal, national and EU funds, it is maintained and supported by the personnel of the intelligent Systems Laboratory in cooperation with personnel of the Network Operations Center (NOC) of TUC.
Recently, 'Crete Node' has participated in the FIWARE Lab Recognition & Reward Programme, based on 3 levels of engagement accreditation (Bronze, Silver, and Gold) and has received the Silver label complying with the Silver quality validation criteria of its infrastructure.