CloudWorkbench

Short name

Duration

August 2012 – May 2014

Summary

Phase 1 of the CloudWorkbench (CWB) project is a project funded internally within EDINA.
The aim of the project is to build capacity, experience and facility within EDINA to exploit Cloud based technology stacks for the purposes of service delivery, economic long term sustainability and compatibility with emerging UK and global digital infrastructures.
Cloud technologies have the potential to be strategically important for future hardware and compute provisioning for the operation of our services. It is important therefore that EDINA has experience in using and deploying Cloud based services that it manages and develops.

Project Deliverables

The project will offer Digimap users a personal workbench where they can easily access all their Digimap data alongside a range of geospatial software tools in their own persistent personal cloud space that’s already pre-configured and authenticated.
The project is at the user requirement definition stage at present and it is planned that the project will run to completion in May 2014. Its outcome will inform the strategic direction that EDINA should adopt with regard to Cloud technologies and will conclude with recommendations as to the merit of subsequent Phases of work and their respective cost-benefits.

EDINA Contacts

Sandy Buchanan