Research infrastructure

Head in the clouds

Published: Fri, 2012-02-17 16:22 by Belinda Weaver

Cloud computing
Research Computing
Research infrastructure

The tide is high

Published: Thu, 2011-11-17 09:23 by Belinda Weaver

Data management
Data sharing
Data-intensive research
Europe
Fourth paradigm
Research infrastructure
eResearch

In the US, 2.5 petabytes of data are stored annually just for mammograms.

The volume of earth-observation data from the European Space Agency's satellites passed three petabytes in 2007. The projection for 2020? A seven-fold rise.

Sip some NecTAR

Published: Wed, 2011-09-21 11:26 by Belinda Weaver

Data sharing
Data-intensive research
Research Computing
Research Data
Research infrastructure

The Federal Government has funded a number of initiatives aimed at boosting Australian research infrastructure. The $50m Research Data Storage Infrastructure project is one, and the $47m National eResearch Collaboration Tools and Resources (NecTAR) project is another.