Cloud services empower users to select and use the services they really want, in an easy and often economically attractive manner. Research and education organisations can become more agile, facilitating dynamic collaborations between teams and across borders.
GÉANT is actively helping national research and education networking organisations (NRENs) to deliver cloud services to their communities, with the right conditions of use. It is also engaging with existing NREN brokerages to promote an efficient and coordinated pan-European approach, by building on existing experience and supplier relationships.
The goal is to acquire and manage the delivery of services from providers to the pan-European GÉANT community. These parties can be commercial vendors as well as NRENs, and other research and education communities. The goal is an attractive, well-balanced portfolio of cloud services published in the online GÉANT Cloud Catalogue, an informative list of cloud providers.
The GÉANT Cloud Services team has developed a website and cloud catalogue to support the use and increased uptake of cloud services in the research and education community.
For all members of NRENs and research and education institutes. The GÉANT Cloud Services team helps you to deliver and adopt services. Please express your interest for cloud adoption pilots through this cloud survey.
To find out more about GÉANT's cloud service activities visit the website and cloud catalogue.
Cloud services allow NRENs, campuses and researchers access to scalable affordable IT facilities with potentially lower capital costs and reduced maintenance compared to self-building.
