OK sunshine, but put it on-prem Lindsay Clark Tue 22 Dec 2020 // 10:45 UTC Share Copy Few things are certain in computing, but the shift to the white and fluffy seems irrepressible. One prediction the European Centre for Midrange Weather Forecasts (ECMWF) seems confident in making, then, is that it needs to up its game in cloud computing. In a pre-qualification round of procurement, ECMWF said it is looking for suppliers for a production-quality, general-purpose, on-premises cloud computing environment: its Cloud Strategy. According to a tender document, it wants to get responses from the widest possible range of potential suppliers who might meet the requirements.