Aiming to put advanced computing resources at reach for researchers and academics, last June the first regional agreement to follow up the functioning of the e-Infrastructure based on grid technology in Latin America was signed. Grid Technology will keep growing in the region thanks to a regional agreement signed to keep this e-Infrastructure running.
This effort is focused on benefiting strategic sectors such as health and environment. Moreover, the agreement is greatly focused on getting financial resources and managerial mechanisms to consolidate on sustainable way the region’s e-Infrastructure, and stimulate its use in the Latin American academic comunitties. The agreement is the result of the Gisela-Chain conference held in Mexico in late June.
The representatives of the National Research and Education Networks of Colombia, Ecuador, and Mexico, Renata, Cedia, and Cudi, respectively, signed the agreement in June 29. A few days later, during the Tical 2012 conference held in Lima, Peru (July 2 and 3), Costa Rica joined the agreement through RedConare. Gisela is the last stage of a project that was financed by the European Community to set and develop an e-Infrasctructure based on grid technology, which allows the use of scientific and investigative resources.
This agreement makes real a politic will to guarantee the sustainability of this particular initiative. It is envisioned that new countries will join this important declaration, where the goal is to keep advanced computing services sustainable.
See the declaration here. More about Gisela here.
Source: SDI-LAC
