Technology Group Promises Scientists Their Own Clouds

jyosim writes On Tuesday, Internet2 announced that it will let researchers create and connect to their own private data clouds on the high-speed network (mainly used by colleges), within which they will be able to conduct research across disciplines and experiment on the nature of the Internet. The private cloud is thanks to a $10-million grant from the NSF. "They will have complete visibility into [the clouds] so they can really treat this as a scientific instrument and not a black box," the project's lead investigator told The Chronicle of Higher Education.

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Every time I hear the word "cloud" my brain hurts

[Anonymous Coward]

Stop calling servers "the cloud". Stop it stop it stop it.

Re:Contradiction

[pushing-robot]

Your naughty bits are owned and managed by others? You're married?

Re:The actual Press Release

[ShaunC]

The private racetrack that you don't have access to just built a new community garage.

Re:Every time I hear the word "cloud" my brain hur

[plover]

To be fair, there is room for distinctions inside the cloud metaphor. Regular cloud services will now be called the "cumulus" cloud, and the Internet2 service is the "cirrostratus" cloud, because it has faster winds.

So you're saying that cloud metaphors blow? I concur.