The Renku PlatformWatch Renku’s webinar in Géant’s partner event: https://youtu.be/qO461JqB8aQ?si=Nsp9OSPnPd6uLm04&t=1067
@rrrrrok presents Renku's vision and solution for building collaborative research communities bringing together data, code and compute.
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GÉANT🌐 Microsoft premieres new Academic Research Skilling Hub to the GÉANT community
European Research & Education institutions consuming Microsoft #cloud services via GÉANT’s #OCRE2024 Framework now have a new resource: Microsoft's Academic Research Skilling Hub.
Specifically designed for research teams, this dedicated portal helps researchers and research #IT professionals advance their skills and make practical use of Microsoft tools.
🔗 Learn more and explore the hub: https://connect.geant.org/2025/12/11/microsoft-premieres-new-academic-research-skilling-hub-to-the-geant-community
Deutsches Forschungsnetz (DFN)🎤 Im Interview: Auf Wolke sieben? #Cloud in #Forschung und #Lehre
Denise Dittrich (#RWTH Aachen University) engagiert sich im #ZKI-Arbeitskreis #CloudManagement für den Austausch rund um Cloud-Themen im Hochschulkontext.
Im Interview spricht sie über Hürden & Erfolgsfaktoren – außerdem, warum die #OCRE2024-Rahmenverträge echte Gamechanger sind.
👉 Jetzt lesen! https://www.dfn.de/auf-wolke-sieben-cloud-in-forschung-und-lehre/
Die ZKI-Publikation „Cloud Management“ finden Sie unter: https://www.zki.de/ueber-den-zki/arbeitskreise/arbeitskreis-cloud-management/
#DFNMitteilungen
🚀 OCRE 2024 gestartet: Neue Cloud-Services für Forschung & Lehre!
Die neuen Rahmenverträge für kommerzielle #Clouddienste #OCRE2024 sind da! 🎉
Forschungs- & Bildungseinrichtungen in 39 Ländern erhalten Zugang zu einer leistungsstarken & kosteneffizienten Cloud-Infrastruktur.
🌍 In Deutschland ist der #DFNVerein Ansprechpartner für Einrichtungen im Wissenschaftsnetz.
@geant
🔗 Mehr Infos: https://www.dfn.de/startschuss-fuer-ocre-2024/
Startschuss für OCRE 2024
Die Rahmenverträge für kommerzielle Clouddienste in OCRE 2024 (Open Clouds for Research Environments) sind am 3. Februar 2025 offiziell gestartet. Damit steht Zehntausenden europäischen Forschungs- und Bildungseinrichtungen in 39 Ländern ein umfassendes Cloud-Infrastrukturangebot zur Verfügung.
📣 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
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
📣 GN5-2 - a new cycle of the #GÉANT Project has officially begun!
Last week, work package leads, coordinators, the project management office, and other key contributors gathered in Amsterdam to kick off this new phase.
Key topics included:
🔹 Enhancing connectivity infrastructure
🔹 The #OCRE2024 Framework
🔹 Supporting Open Science initiatives
🔹 Delivering innovative #Trust and #Identity services
🔹 #Security and #NetworkOperations
🔹 And many others topics
➡️ Read more: https://connect.geant.org/2025/01/22/geant-and-european-nren-partners-kick-off-new-project-cycle
GÉANT and European NREN partners kick-off new project cycle | GÉANT CONNECT Online
Work Package Leads, Coordinators, the Project Management Office, as well as the project’s Oversight and Quality Assurance committees met in Amsterdam in the third week of January to kick off the latest stage of the successful GÉANT project collaboration. GN5-2 is the second of the formal project proposals (Specific Grant Agreements – SGAs) within the
📣 #OCRE2024 Framework Update 📣
Exciting news! Everything is on track for the OCRE 2024 #cloud framework to start on 3 February 2025. 👏
Currently, 416 framework agreements with a wide range of commercial #cloudservice providers are being formalised. Once finalised, #OCRE2024 framework agreements will be available in 39 countries across Europe, each with its own portfolio of #IaaS, #PaaS and #SaaS solutions.
Read our latest article for the full update: https://connect.geant.org/2025/01/08/ocre-2024-framework-moves-forward-with-signature-of-framework-agreements-underway
OCRE 2024 Framework moves forward with signature of framework agreements underway | GÉANT CONNECT Online
We are pleased to share that the signature process of OCRE 2024 Framework agreements is rapidly progressing in line with the approaching start date of the OCRE 2024 Framework, planned for 3 February 2025. The process involves the formalisation of 416 framework agreements with a wide range of commercial cloud service providers, offering Infrastructure-as-a-Service (IaaS),
🔔 #SavetheDate 💭 DFN-Webinar-Tag Cloud: IT-Sicherheit in Videokonferenzen
Am 🗓️ 21. November 2024 finden zwei Webinare zum Thema IT-Sicherheit statt + eine aktuelle Stunde zu #OCRE2024.
📍 10:00 Uhr: Datenschutz bei Microsoft 365 (DrVis GmbH)
📍 13:30 Uhr: OpenTalk und das IT-Sicherheitskennzeichen des BSI (OpenTalk GmbH)
📍 15:00 Uhr „Aktuelle Stunde“ zu den Ergebnissen von OCRE 2024
👉 Weitere Informationen und den Link zu den Webinaren finden Sie unter: https://www.conf.dfn.de/event/dfn-webinar-it-sicherheit-in-videokonferenzen/
The latest GÉANT CONNECT Magazine, #CONNECT47 is out!
This issue is packed with insights from the global #research and #education networking community, including:
🔸 An inspiring interview with Dorcas Muthoni, co-founder of AFCHIX
🔸 Everything about #OCRE2024 Framework
🔸 and the #Network eAcademy
We also celebrate two major milestones:
🎉 The 40th anniversary of @DFN
🎉 The launch of #EUMEDplus
& much more! Thank you to all contributors!
👉 Read or download https://connect.geant.org/connect47
#Cloud service offerings in the #OCRE2024 Framework will be available in 39 countries across Europe, each with its own portfolio of #IaaS, #PaaS and #SaaS solutions.
The OCRE 2024 Framework will incorporate several improvements in response to community feedback and will continue to provide and support important features, guarantees and support mechanisms already covered by the previous framework.
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