Nowadays there are more than 43 billion devices connected to the Internet, from IoT ones up to bigger cloud and edge servers, all of them generating, collecting and sharing data. The interconnection of these devices, even allowing human interaction, is creating a new era where more intelligent and self-adaptive environments are needed, being able to understand user needs and react accordingly. In this context, ICOS is developing the next generation of meta-operating systems, offering a platform for managing the applications’ lifecycle in a more secure, smart and efficient way in a continuum (cloud-edge-IoT, and vice versa) environment.