JISC's executive secretary recently called for more join-up across Europe to ensure researchers and other network users get the most from cloud computing. Speaking at a research networking conference in Europe, Dr Malcolm Read said that a federation of clouds for education and research could be extended across the whole of Europe if conditions were right.
Dr Read highlighted JISC as the funder of the UK's national research and education network, JANET. In his talk he drew a parallel with the success of the GEANT network, the European infrastructure that reaches 40 countries through interconnectivity with its national research and education network project partners. Around 40 million research and education users benefit from the connection across Europe.
Dr Read was speaking to over 500 decision makers, networking specialists and managers from across the continent at the Terena networking conference in Prague.
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