unpacking the layers box
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Learning Layers
Scaling up Technologies for Informal Learning in SME Clusters
Unpacking the Layers Box
Cloud Infrastructure to Support Workplace Learning
István Koren and Ralf Klamma, RWTH Aachen University
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Public Clouds
- Is There a Safe Harbor at all?
• Data is possibly at risk in public clouds
– Who owns your data?
• User authentication
– How safely are passwords stored?
• Data center location
– Is a data center in overseas really good for yourlatency?
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Layers Box
• Ready-to-deploy, custom packagedinfrastructure
• Industry-strength user management
• Pre-installed Web apps from LAPPS
• Microservices with open APIs
• Flexible deployment options
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Layers Box Delivery Models
• Small-scale– Cheap commodity hardware
– For small companies
• Medium-scale– Server hardware
– Networks of SMEs
• Hosted– Trusted cloud environment
– Hybrid infrastructure
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Flexible deployment options of the Layers Box
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APIs for Mobile Apps
• Configurable to use specific Layers Box instance
• E.g., Ach so! tool for mobile video annotation
• Microservice API usage
– OpenID Connect
– Cloud storage
– Annotation services
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Ach so! app on an Android tablet
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Layers Adapter
• Reverse proxy for managing incoming API requests
• Monitoring andlogging
• Load balancingof microservices
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Layers Adapter for proxying and logging
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