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Trusted Research Environments (TREs) and Cost Management in the Cloud – Insights from the EUNIS-GÉANT Joint Cloud Workshop

GÉANT and EUNIS (European University Information Systems) recently collaborated in an online workshop, bringing together NRENs and universities to exchange insights on Trusted Research Environments (TREs) and Cloud Cost Management. This joint effort aims to explore shared challenges, leveraging EUNIS’s focus on high-level requirements and GÉANT and NRENs’ ability to build solutions. The collaboration ensures an efficient and insightful exploration of innovative solutions, saving time and resources in addressing common issues faced by the research and education community. Maria Ristkok (co-leader of the GÉANT Cloud Team) and Denise Dittrich (leader of the EUNIS Special Interest Group on Cloud Management) set the stage by...

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Insight at University of Galway pioneers future of aortic disease research with support of OCRE, AWS and Rackspace

Aortic disease is one of the most common forms of cardiovascular diseases, causing 150,000 to 200,000 deaths worldwide every year. This silent threat often goes undetected, is commonly misdiagnosed and – despite progress in research – its overall global death rate keeps growing. Thanks to OCRE Cloud funding, researchers from the Insight SFI Research Centre for Data Analytics (aka “Insight”) at the University of Galway used AWS cloud services through Rackspace to advance and accelerate research on aortic disease. Using AI & ML models on AWS cloud infrastructure allowed them to reduce data processing times from 150 hours to mere minutes, and to clear the path for more timely and accurate diagnoses of aortic complications. Edward Curry...

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Rackspace Technology

As of January 2021, Rackspace Technology™ will provide AWS cloud services to research institutions, universities and NREN members in Europe through the OCRE framework. By working with OCRE, we aim to accelerate cloud adoption and enhance capabilities in the Education and Research community across Europe. Rackspace will help you find all the information you need about OCRE and the advantages of procuring Rackspace Technology services through the OCRE framework in your country.       Established Agreements OCRE has established framework agreements with cloud service providers that meet the Education and Research community’s specific requirements, which include procurement and payment models that match the financial structures...

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