Launch of new cloud-computing marketplace to boost research
May 15, 2014
Grazed from CERN. Author: Editorial Staff.
Helix Nebula launched its new cloud-computing marketplace service during event held yesterday at CERN. ‘Helix Nebula – the Science Cloud Initiative’ is a pioneering partnership between big science and big business in Europe, which charts the course towards the sustainable provision of cloud computing for science.
Now, through a cutting-edge collaboration between commercial providers and public e-infrastructures, including GÉANT and the European Grid Infrastructure (EGI), the Helix Nebula Marketplace offers a first-of-its-kind production service to meet the needs of researchers and facilitate innovation in science…
The Helix Nebula Marketplace will deliver easy and large-scale access to a range of commercial cloud-computing services through the innovative broker technology deployed within the Helix Nebula Initiative over the last two years and tested with flagship applications from CERN, EMBL, and ESA. “This occasion marks an important point for the Helix Nebula Initiative,” says Bob Jones, head of CERN openlab. “The Helix Nebula Marketplace is a true-life example of a hybrid system bringing together commercial cloud providers and public e-infrastructures.”…
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