HP, Intel and Yahoo! Create Global Cloud Computing Research Test Bed

July 29, 2008 - HP, Intel and Yahoo! announced today the creation of a global, multi-data center, open source test bed for the advancement of cloud computing research and education. The goal of the initiative is to promote open collaboration among industry, academia and governments by removing the financial and logistical barriers to research in data-intensive, Internet-scale computing.

News release

»	HP, Intel and Yahoo! Create Global Cloud Computing Research Test Bed

Related links

»	HP Labs feature story: Clear skies for cloud computing: New collaboration offers open cloud-computing research test bed
»	Everything as a Service: Find out more about cloud services and the next big technology shift.

Fact sheets

Initially, HP Labs will focus its research in the HP/Intel/Yahoo! Cloud Research Test Bed on the following projects:

»	HP Labs Cloud Research Test Bed fact sheet
»	Scalable Storage Project fact sheet
»	Exascale Data Center Project fact sheet
»	Cells as a Service fact sheet
»	Service Lifecycle Management (SLiM) fact sheet

Executive bios

»	Prith Banerjee Senior Vice President, Research, HP and Director, HP Labs

»	Russ Daniels Vice President and CTO, Cloud Computing Services, HP

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