Storage and the potential role of cloud and shared services are issues that arise regularly in the DCC's work with UK universities. We hope, therefore, that a forthcoming event we're planning in collaboration with colleagues in JISC and the JANET brokerage on storage service requirements will prove to be of interest to many.
The current issue of JISC Headlines includes two podcasts on research data management from leading experts in the field.
Quality data underpins research excellence:
http://www.jisc.ac.uk/news/stories/2011/08/podcast123kevinschurer.aspx
JISC Announce Press Release
31 August 2011
JISC Legal responds to cloud computing developments
Colleges and universities now have a toolkit to help them make confident, informed decisions about the legal issues surrounding cloud computing.