Shared Services in Cloud Computing

Today's announcement by HEFCE of funding for the development of cloud services in UK Higher Education will allow the DCC to develop some significant new services in the coming year. As well as deploying our own tools in the cloud infrastructure, we'll be developing advice and support for institutions considering use of the cloud for any and all aspects of research data management. This funding will also allow us to take forward many of the salient recommendations from the UK Research Data Service (UKRDS) project and intensify a number of our existing activities, such as the DCC roadshows. We'll be developing detailed plans in the next few weeks and expect to make a number of further announcements during and after that time. The DCC will be working closely with JISC, JANET, Eduserv and others to realise the benefits of this exciting but challenging programme. The full text of the announcement from HEFCE, containing details of all aspects of the programme, is here.