2nd BonFIRE Open Call for experiments and a new Cloud infrastructure provider

Open call announcement: cordis.europa.eu/fp7/competitive-calls_en.html

The 2nd BonFIRE Open Call for experiments and a new Cloud infrastructure provider has just been opened (as of February 1, 2012) with a total funding of 600K EUR.
 
The call closure is March 7th 17:00 Brussels time.

The BonFIRE (Building service testbeds for Future Internet Research and Experimentation) project is designing, building and operating a multi-site cloud-based FIRE facility to support research across applications, services and systems targeting in particular but not exclusively the research community on Internet of Services.

BonFIRE is the first multi-cloud infrastructure mainly based on European open source technology (Open Nebula), with a Cloud Broker that manages the access to several multiple Cloud sites by means of an standard API (based on OCCI specification) to push for interoperability and avoid the lock-in. We have heterogeneity (different open source virtualization techniques Xen, KVM) in the sites that we deal with which enriches the research scenarios.

BonFIRE facility with 5 Cloud sites is in operation and is open for researchers from both academic and industrial organizations. BonFIRE enables the concept of research by experimentation or discover by doing.

For more information about the Open Call, presentations, templates, FAQs, etc. please click: http://www.bonfire-project.eu/involved/open-call-info