We are pleased to share that the signature process of OCRE 2024 Framework agreements is rapidly progressing in line with the approaching start date of the OCRE 2024 Framework, planned for 3 February 2025. The process involves the formalisation of 416 framework agreements with a wide range of commercial cloud service providers, offering Infrastructure-as-a-Service (IaaS), Platform-as-a-Service (PaaS) and Software-as-a-Service (SaaS) solutions. With the majority of the contracts already countersigned by service providers, OCRE 2024 framework agreements will soon be available for all the institutions that had expressed their willingness to participate through their National Research and Education Networks (NRENs). The full list of...
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Since 2016, GÉANT’s flagship cloud frameworks have fostered digital transformation across Europe, by enabling easy, convenient, and compliant consumption of commercial cloud services for Research and Education (R&E) institutions. In this article, we provide a comprehensive update on the current and upcoming cloud service agreements for the pan-European R&E community. An update on the OCRE 2024 Framework (available from February 2025) Following an intensive phase of evaluation of tender responses, we are pleased to share with our community that the new GÉANT cloud framework – OCRE2024 – is now in the final stages of preparation. The new framework agreements are expected to become available on 3 February 2025 and will be in place...
Fifteen innovative research projects will benefit from commercial cloud solutions through EU cloud project Open Clouds for Research Environments (OCRE), demonstrating the adoption and effectiveness of commercial cloud services in research. Approximately €6 million will be distributed to the successful applicants, each receiving between €100,000 and €500,000. This is the second and final call run by the OCRE project for the adoption of the cloud services available through the OCRE IaaS+ framework agreements. It proves a new funding mechanism with commercial cloud providers teaming up directly with researchers to apply. All applications were screened, evaluated, scored and ranked by the OCRE cloud adoption funding team and overseen by the...
The EC-funded OCRE project is awarding approximately €500,000 per project to fund cloud infrastructure, platform and software services that drive agility and accelerate outcomes for qualifying research projects. This includes both Cloud and Earth Observation services. We encourage you to engage with researchers in your institutions to take advantage of this funding and share this information with their colleagues, students and networks. As coordinators for the OCRE Frameworks in each country, NRENs can play a vital role in supporting research projects with this funding call. Please use national channels to raise awareness of this opportunity among research communities, and work to facilitate the necessary partnerships (e.g. project...
