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Microsoft, NSF team to provide research in the cloud

By | February 4, 2010, 10:18am PST

Microsoft and the National Science Foundation announced on February 4 that they are teaming to provide NSF-selected researchers with free cloud computing resources built around Microsoft’s Windows Azure public-cloud operating system.

Under the terms of the new program, the NSF chooses individual researchers and research groups who will get free access to Microsoft’s cloud-computing resources for three years. The NSF is charged with awarding and managing the projects. More details for those interested in applying are available on the NSF’s Web site.

The winners get free Azure compute/storage time, access to Microsoft support to help them figure out how to integrate Microsoft’s cloud technology into their research. Microsoft also will provide the winners with “a set of common tools, applications and data collections that can be shared with the broad academic community, and also provide its expertise in research, science and cloud computing,” according to the company.

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Linux Geek 4th Feb 2010
why would a scientist use mind numbing 'free' products from M$?
FOSS is so much better.
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RomW 4th Feb 2010
It costs money to build out your own computation cluster or to use somebody elses.

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no secrets 4th Feb 2010
Azure and VCSY's patent 6826744.(By Portuno)

You owe it to yourself to compare them. Microsoft has a license to use 6826744. Check out what they will be able to do with it.

Azure:
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http://www.microsoft.com/azure/services.mspx
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Now, look what Microsoft will use in Azure.

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no secrets 4th Feb 2010
How did Microsoft do it?

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astro_z 5th Feb 2010
A number of my users are NSF-funded, some are Windows-centric.
I've forwarded the link to your article and the NSF link to them.

Our current Linux cluster would've made the "Top 500" when it was ordered in April 2007, but fell shy by the time it was installed in July 2007.

..there are never enough cycles..
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davidcchou 12th Feb 2010
This is a nice use case for cloud computing. Scientists don't have to be as concerned with acquiring and managing computing infrastructure in order to run massive modeling and computational processes. And Windows Azure (http://azure.com) provides an easy-to-use cloud platform that aligns well to existing programming models and tools, which can help scientists focus more on research.

?We?ve entered a new era of science ? one based on data-driven exploration ? and each new generation of computing technology, such as cloud computing, creates unprecedented opportunities for discovery,? said Jeannette M. Wing, assistant director for the NSF Computer and Information Science directorate. ?We are working with Microsoft to provide the academic community a novel cloud computing service with which to experiment and explore, with the grander goal of advancing the frontiers of science and engineering as we tackle societal grand challenges.?
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