This month
the MobiCloud project members met at the offices of project member EsperantoX
in Utrecht, Netherlands to discuss progress of the project and plan the main
activities for 2014.
EsperantoXL and MobiCloud also hosted a successful
breakfast seminar where the technology and application was demonstrated to a
number of interested parties that joined us from across the Netherlands in
industries as diverse as recruitment, HR and logistics.
While in Utrecht the consortium members visited the Flora Holland Auction, the largest flower auction site in Europe. About 12.5 billion plants and flowers pass through the auction each year which employs over 4000 people.
Because the flower industry is seasonal many of these employees are "flexible workers" - people on short-term contracts. EsperantoXL is currently using the MobiCloud platform to develop a solution for Tence, an agency which supplies a large number of these workers. The solution is unusual in that many of its benefits are aimed directly at the end-users and runs on their own personal devices - so cross-platform support and a very easy to use interface are essential.
After the consortium meeting the team
then moved on to Brussels, where MobiCloud progress was reviewed with
our sponsors at the European Commission. Maria Tsakali,
Scientific Officer within the Communications Networks, Content and Technology
directorate was responsible for the review. She praised the overall management of the
project and the "Good technical work with very good involvement of the
end-users." and commented that the consortium was working well together.