European Commission : CORDIS : News and Events : CHAIN-REDS paves way for global e-Infrastructure ecosystem for researchers

"Aniyan Varghese, Programme Manager with DG CONNECT introduced CHAIN-REDS as a project that ‘has really looked beyond the borders’. And the wide reach of this ambitious initiative was well-reflected in the array of international organisations represented at the conference in Brussels – from the Emeritus Research Centre Johannesburg and Anna University in Chennai to Buenos Aires University and the Chinese Academy of Sciences. Participants discussed the benefits of e-infrastructures for research and education, their vision on long-term global collaboration as well as their experience in using CHAIN-REDS solutions across various disciplines and environments. The ultimate aim of CHAIN-REDS, which began in December 2012 and is coordinated by the National Institute for Nuclear Physics (INFN) in Italy, is to define a path towards a global e-Infrastructure ecosystem that will allow Virtual Research Communities (VRCs), research groups and even single researchers to access and efficiently use worldwide distributed resources covering computing, storage, data, services, tools, and applications. As the project enters its final few months, the CHAIN-REDS team reflected on the achievements and challenges encountered so far. Over the course of the past two and a half years, CHAIN-REDS has directly facilitated the signing of four Memoranda of Understanding (MoUs) to define a framework for collaboration between European Grid Infrastructure (EGI) and Regional Operation Centres (ROCs) in Africa and Arabia, China, India and Latin America ..."