Repositories and the Cloud

Tuesday 23 Feb 2010
Magic Circle Headquarters
London NW1 2HD [map]

Event tag: #repcloud

Outline

This free event, organised jointly by Eduserv and the JISC, brought together software developers, repository managers, service providers, funding and advisory bodies to discuss the potential policy and technical issues associated with cloud computing and the delivery of repository services in UK HEIs.

Presentations

DuraCloud - Open technologies and services for managing durable data in the cloud
Michele Kimpton, Chief Business Officer, DuraSpace

Cloud Services for Repositories
Alex Wade, Director - Scholarly Communication, Microsoft

EPrints and the Cloud
Les Carr, EPrints/University of Southampton

Cloud based Projects at Belfast e-Science Centre
Terry Harmer, Technical Director, Belfast e-Science Centre

Video reactions, thoughts and commentary by people at the event

Michele Kimpton	Alex Wade	Les Carr	Brad McLean
Ross MacIntyre	Michael Guthrie	John Salter	Rob Sanderson
Simeon Warner	Kevin Ashley	Jane Stevenson	Dave Tarrant

Note: These video interviews were undertaken by Adrian Stevenson of UKOLN.

Twitter activity

See the #repcloud archive on TwapperKeeper and an overview of the Twitter activity.

Other materials

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