NeCTAR  is  supported  by  the  Australian  Government  through  the  National  Collaborative  Research  Infrastructure  Strategy  to  establish  eResearch  infrastructure  in  partnership  with  Australian  research  institutions,  organisations  and  research  communities.  The  University  of  Melbourne  has  been  appointed  as  the  Lead  Agent.   www.nectar.org.au  

 

Research  Cloud  The  NeCTAR  Research  Cloud  is  a  single  integrated  cloud  operated  by  8  national  partners  and  supporting  over  7000  research  user  registrations  across  Australia.  This  innovative  infrastructure  is  reducing  barriers  to  collaboration  and  knowledge  sharing  across  institutional,  state  and  national  boundaries.  

Delivering  Value  to  Australian  Research  The  NeCTAR  Research  cloud  supports  Australian  research  from  over  95%  of  the  Fields  of  Research  codes  (2-­‐digit)  —  a  broad  spectrum  of  disciplines,  research  projects  and  institutions.  

Researchers  are  experiencing  tangible  benefits  in  building  environments  to  meet  their  specific  needs.  The  nature  of  research  collaboration  is  undergoing  a  transformation:  

“We’ve  been  using  the  NeCTAR  Research  Cloud  to  undertake  a  collaborative  project  with  a  group  at  a  Max  Planck  Institute  in  Germany  …  [The  NeCTAR  Cloud]  makes  it  much  easier,  much  faster.  The  performance  is  excellent.  It  just  facilitates  everything.  It  means  more  collaborations  than  we  would  have  done  in  the  past”    

—  Prof.  Ian  Small,  ARC Centre  of  Excellence  for Plant  Energy  Biology, Australian  Laureate  Fellow.  

 

A  single  integrated  cloud  operated  by  8  national  partners  and  

supporting  over  7,000  research  users.  

 

 

NeCTAR  is  supported  by  the  Australian  Government  through  the  National  Collaborative  Research  Infrastructure  Strategy  to  establish  eResearch  infrastructure  in  partnership  with  Australian  research  institutions,  organisations  and  research  communities.  The  University  of  Melbourne  has  been  appointed  as  the  Lead  Agent.   www.nectar.org.au  

     

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Supporting  Diverse  Research  Needs  The  NeCTAR  Research  Cloud  is  an  unprecedented  investment  at  scale  in  highly  diverse  computational  needs  across  the  full  breadth  of  Australian  research.  

NeCTAR  is  supported  by  the  Australian  Government  through  the  National  Collaborative  Research  Infrastructure  Strategy  to  establish  eResearch  infrastructure  by  partnering  with  Australian  research  institutions,  organisations  and  research  communities.  

The  NeCTAR  programs  have  attracted  over  $54  million  in  co-­‐investment  from  the  Australian  research  sector  to  support  the  development  of  the  Research  Cloud  and  research  community  driven  national  Virtual  Laboratories  and  eResearch  Tools.  

Unprecedented  eResearch  Adoption  Utilisation  of  the  NeCTAR  cloud  continues  to  grow  rapidly  with  up  to  250  new  research  users  registering  each  month.  This  represents  one  of  the  largest  user  bases  of  any  Australian  eResearch  infrastructure.  The  Australian  Access  Federation  provides  single  sign-­‐on  for  Australian  researchers  –  supporting  rapid  access  and  uptake.  

World  Leading  The  NeCTAR  Research  Cloud  is  the  world  leader  in  deploying  highly  innovative  cloud  computing  technology  for  the  benefit  of  research  -­‐  providing  opportunities  for  federation  with  emerging  international  research  clouds.  The  Research  Cloud  is  supporting  the  NCRIS  mission  to  deliver  world  class  research  facilities  so  that  Australian  researchers  can  solve  complex  problems  here  in  Australia  and  around  the  globe.  

 

“NeCTAR’s  national  research  cloud  is  an  Australian  first;  providing  flexible  scalable  computing  power  at  any  time,  available  to  all  Australian  researchers.”  

 —  Assoc.  Prof.  Glenn  Moloney,  Director  NeCTAR.  

NeCTAR  Research  Cloud  supports:  

• National  research  communities  • Virtual  Laboratories  • Scalable  research  apps  &  data  • Modelling  and  observation  • Big  data  analytics  • Global  access  and  sharing  • Any  researcher,  anywhere,  anytime  

 

The  NeCTAR  Research  Cloud  is  built  on  industry  leading  OpenStack  cloud  technology  

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