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Building an Academic Cloud for 500,000 Users

Vogl, R., Angenent, H., Rudolph, D., Thoring, A., Schild, C., Stieglitz, S. & Meske, C.

Research article (journal) | Peer reviewed

Abstract

Under the brand name "sciebo - the Campuscloud" (derived from "science box") a consortium of more than 20 research and applied science universities started a large scale cloud service for about 500,000 students and researchers in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany's most populous state. Starting with the much anticipated data privacy compliant sync & share functionality, sciebo offers the potential to become a more general cloud platform for collaboration and research data management which will be actively pursued in upcoming scientific and infrastructural projects. This project report describes the formation of the venture, its targets and the technical and the legal solution as well as the current status and the next steps.

Details about the publication

Volume: 11
Status: Published
Release year: 2015
Language in which the publication is written: English
Link to the full text: http://eleed.campussource.de/archive/11/4279
Keywords: IT infrastructure; Project Report; cloud Services; cloud storage; collaboration; cooperative project; information infrastructure; university IT

Authors from the University of Münster

Angenent, Holger
Gruppe 2.1: Linux und Infrastruktur
Meske, Christian
Research Group Communication and Collaboration Management (KUK)
Rudolph, Dominik
ZIV - Leitungsgruppe
Schild, Christian
Gruppe 2.3: Dienste und Projekte
Stieglitz, Stefan
Research Group Communication and Collaboration Management (KUK)
Thoring, Anne
ZIV - Leitungsgruppe
Vogl, Raimund
ZIV - Leitungsgruppe