Cloud Enablement of Common Research Resources

Abstract

To be competitive researchers need access to high end research resources, but no single research institution can house all the needed resources to perform the types of cutting edge research expected. In addition European research faces the challenge that policies and infrastructure are fragmented as a result of member state borders. To overcome this problems a platform called Open IRIS was developed to provide researchers a marketplace for sharing research resources independently of national borders, but a business model that covers the platform business requirements still needs to be defined.