📣 The #OCRE2024 Framework officially starts today and will be in place for the next five years!
Key Framework Highlights:
✅ 416 cloud service offerings across 39 countries
✅ 17 cloud platforms for #IaaS, #PaaS and #SaaS solutions
✅ 416 framework agreements with 40 service providers
Learn more: https://connect.geant.org/2025/02/03/ocre-2024-framework-officially-starts-empowering-european-research-and-education-with-extensive-cloud-service-offering
#CloudServices #Procurement #Innovation #CloudFramework


OCRE 2024 Framework officially starts, empowering European Research and Education with extensive cloud service offering | GÉANT CONNECT Online
3 February 2025. GÉANT is delighted to announce that the OCRE 2024 Framework, the third iteration of GÉANT’s flagship cloud frameworks, officially starts today, 3 February 2025, and will be in place for a period of five years. Resulting from a pan-European procurement established under the GÉANT (GN5-1) Project and building on the successes of
GÉANT CONNECT Online | The leading collaboration on e-infrastructure and services for research and educationWe are pleased to share that the new GÉANT #cloud framework – #OCRE2024 – is now in the final stages of preparation!
The new framework agreements are expected to become available on 3 February 2025 and will be in place for five years.
Read our latest article for a comprehensive update on the current and upcoming cloud service agreements for the pan-European #Research & #Education community: https://connect.geant.org/2024/10/16/towards-the-ocre-2024-framework-everything-you-need-to-know-about-the-transition-from-current-to-upcoming-cloud-framework-agreements
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Towards the OCRE 2024 Framework – Everything you need to know about the transition from current to upcoming cloud framework agreements | GÉANT CONNECT Online
Since 2016, GÉANT’s flagship cloud frameworks have fostered digital transformation across Europe, by enabling easy, convenient, and compliant consumption of commercial cloud services for Research and Education (R&E) institutions. In this article, we provide a comprehensive update on the current and upcoming cloud service agreements for the pan-European R&E community. An update on the OCRE
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