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Virtualised Resources: Challenges and opportunities
Time is flying, and the EGI Technical Forum in Prague, from 17 to 21 September, is approaching fast. To help you deciding whether to submit an abstract or not, I will introduce the track on "Virtualised Resources" and how it is set-up. |
May 10, 2012 4:59:00 PM |
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I wandered lonely as a cloud...
Last week Gartner released a report on Cloud Computing that identified five trends that would impact the Cloud Computing strategies over the next few years. As EGI finialises its future straetgy to support its research communities, how aligned is it to ... |
Apr 7, 2012 9:25:00 AM |
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Joint Summer School on Workflows and Gateways for Grids and Clouds
From the 2nd to the 6th July, SCI-BUS, SHIWA and EDGI will jointly host a summer school on workflows and gateways for grids and clouds in Budapest, Hungary. |
Apr 4, 2012 12:12:00 PM |
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Seeking new horizons: EGI’s role for 2020
Over the last three months the EGI has been reflecting on its strategy as Europe moves towards the ambitious aims outlined in the European Commission's Europe 2020 vision. Following review and feedback from the EGI-InSPIRE Project Management Board, the ... |
Mar 9, 2012 10:33:00 AM |
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EGI and the SIENA Roadmap
The European Commission was putting a focus on Cloud Computing when launching the Digital Agenda. A cloud as a metaphor for our increasingly ubiquitous digital life is very strong and the specific focus helped a lot to gain the public interest. In the ... |
Mar 5, 2012 1:44:22 PM |
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Quality Research and Innovation through Equality
“Europe needs to improve its research and innovation strategy to gain better returns on investment in scientific and technical capital. Gender equality and diversity represent key elements of ensuring quality of human scientific resources and ... |
Nov 18, 2011 4:34:00 PM |
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Learning how to read old documents
I'm in Florence for the 2011 e-Challenges meeting and just learned that the National Library of the Netherlands (Koninklijke Bibliotheek) has an ambitious goal – they want to digitise all Dutch-language newspapers available since the 17th century to ... |
Oct 27, 2011 3:38:00 PM |
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Meeting the partners at ISGC 2011 part two
I mentioned the food in my last post but the catering here really has to be experienced to be believed. A traditional Chinese greeting is “Have you eaten?” rather than “Hello”&... |
Mar 24, 2011 9:56:00 AM |
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Meeting the Asian Pacific partners at the International Symposium for Grids and Clouds in Taipei
This week I have been in Taipei for the International Symposium on Grids and Clouds 2011 and OGF31 at Academia Sinica. It has been a fascinating week – the food, scenery and presentations have all been of a very high standard, even if I have seen it ... |
Mar 24, 2011 7:58:00 AM |
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Top ten cloud themes from CloudScape-III
After a day or so to reflect on the CloudScape-III event in Brussels earlier in the week, for me some particular ideas and themes seemed to emerge. As a cloud newbie, a few interesting new terms leapt out at me as well - so here, in no particular order, ... |
Mar 18, 2011 3:08:00 PM |
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Diving head first into a standard cloud
Yesterday I was in Brussels for the Cloudscape III meeting organized by the SIENA initiative to discuss ways to take the European cloud infrastructure forward. Some of my colleagues had a bit of trouble getting to the venue in Brussels. For me, taking ... |
Mar 16, 2011 2:27:00 PM |
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Cloud computing: What’s on the horizon?
Neatly timed to coincide with SIENA's Cloudscape-III event in Brussels, the latest e-ScienceBriefing: 'Cloud Computing: What's on the horizon?' has been released by e-ScienceTalk today. You can find both pdf and html versions of the document at the ... |
Mar 15, 2011 2:27:00 PM |
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Gender Equality=>Sustainability
When preparing the Gender Action Plan as a project deliverable, I encountered several statistics reflecting on the underrepresentation of women in research and senior positions. To hear about some suggestions to change this situation I participated in the ... |
Mar 10, 2011 9:12:00 AM |
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In Budapest searching for Europe’s cyberellas
Most of my colleagues at EGI.eu have computer science degrees. We are hosted by the High Energy Physics institute and neighbours of SARA, the Dutch centre for high-performance computing and networking. From where I stand, IT specialists are not hard to ... |
Mar 7, 2011 4:34:00 PM |
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EGI.eu among new arrivals welcomed to Amsterdam
EGI.eu was one of 122 multinational companies to set up in Amsterdam in 2010 – together these companies have brought more than 1000 people to the city, representing around 40 nationalities. EGI.eu is featured in an article about the new businesses ... |
Mar 2, 2011 3:55:00 PM |
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Reflections on the next year in EGI
With EGI.eu reaching its first birthday in February, the New Year seems a perfect time to reflect on the last year, and to think about some of the challenges for the year ahead. |
Jan 28, 2011 1:36:00 PM |