NSF greenlights ‘Chameleon’ and ‘CloudLab’ for innovative cloud computing research
August 21, 2014
Grazed from FierceGovernmentIT. Author: Dibya Sarkar.
The National Science Foundation said it’s funding academic research to develop and experiment with innovative cloud computing architectures. NSF announced Aug. 20 two $10 million projects to create cloud testbeds – one called "Chameleon" and the other, "CloudLab," according to a press release.
Cloud computing, which essentially is the use of remote servers to store, manage and process data, has gained enormous popularity in recent years due to the greater capacity, scalability, flexibility and savings it provides. Organizations can tap into new applications and services, enhance collaboration and ensure service reliability, among other benefits…
Both projects are part of the NSFCloud program, which is aimed at revolutionizing the science and engineering for cloud, said Suzi Iacono, acting head of NSF’s Directorate for Computer and Information Science and Engineering. These projects could eventually help support new, innovative real-time and safety-critical applications such as those used in medical devices, power grids, and transportation systems…
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