CloudFerro in Horizon Europe EMERALD project
CloudFerro is contributing to Horizon Europe EMERALD research project that will greatly reduce the complexity of cloud services certification process, paving the road towards Certification-as-a-Service.
Cloud computing services for science fully funded
Thanks to OCRE full funding, scientists can now use cloud computing services provided on CREODIAS platform, receiving also open and free access to multi PB repository of Earth Observation data from the Copernicus programme. CloudFerro, CREODIAS platform operator, is a qualified OCRE supplier for all European countries.
OCRE (Open Clouds for Research Environments) provides funding for scientific and research institutions with the aim to foster cloud adoption, offering ready-made service contracts, which brings together cloud providers, Earth Observation (EO) organisations and the research and education community.
Researchers and scientists can now profit from cloud solutions using public cloud to run their projects on a remote, reliable and safe infrastructure that gives opportunity to easily access projects and dataset allowing to disseminate results in a simple way.
Researchers from over 10,000 organizations in the Research and Education sector in Europe, who want to implement their projects based on cloud solutions, are eligible to apply for OCRE funds.
OCRE has a total budget of EUR 9.5 million, including EUR 5 million for cloud computing services and EUR 4.5 million for EO services. Under OCRE, you can get financing for cloud services worth from 50,000 to 100,000 €.
Thanks to OCRE, members of the scientific community can use free cloud computing services (IaaS, PaaS, SaaS) and services related to EO in scientific and research projects with qualified suppliers. In particular, the financing of OCRE includes cloud computing services offered on the CREODIAS platform and additionally specific services in the field of Earth Observation.
Information on the open calls for proposals and detailed instructions how to apply can be found at OCRE website.
Watch webinar CREO4Science and learn how to receive cloud infrastructure funding within OCRE and NoR.
We have extensive experience in cooperation with science. We cooperate with nearly 30 scientific institutions and research centers throughout Europe, such as the European Space Research Institute, Joanneum Research Forschungsgesellschaft mbH, Plymouth Marine Laboratory, Institut des Geosciences de l'Environnement - Université Grenoble Alpes, Institute of Geodesy and Cartography, UiT the Arctic University of Norway, the University of Warsaw and others.
We are a member of the European Open Science Cloud.
Our services are used by leading European firms and scientific institutions from various market sectors, which process big data sets, including the European Space Agency (ESA), the European Centre for Medium-Range Weather Forecasts (ECMWF), Mercator Ocean International, German Aerospace Centre (DLR), the EGI and many others.