New framework for sharing data and compute resources

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GridwiseTech announced late last week the release of their newest product, AdHoc, for sharing geographically distributed data and compute resources. From the PR

The premise of AdHoc is to enable each member of the associated institution to control access to his or her resources without an IT administrator’s help, and with high security level of any exposed data or applications assured.

It takes 3 easy steps to establish cooperation within AdHoc: create a virtual organization, add resources and share them. The application can be implemented within any organization to exchange data and resources or between institutions to join forces for more efficient results.

AdHoc was initially created to enable sharing of medical data

“Advanced international scientific consortia need to set up ad-hoc collaborations. For this reason, we used the concept of Virtual Organizations, introduced by international Grid projects. However, to create such a VO and grant people access to different resources, a lot of administrative effort is needed, including admins’ time and paperwork. GridwiseTech’s AdHoc software is the first application I know of truly dynamic Virtual Organizations, where users themselves are responsible for their resources and can share them easy in real time without involving an administrator” said Andrea De Luca, Clinician and Researcher at the Institute of Clinical Infectious Diseases, Catholic University of Rome, Italy.