*FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE*
July 27, 2010
Contact: Michele Kimpton <[email protected]>
*Introducing "DuraCloud Open Source": Preservation in the Cloud*
*Ithaca, NY* The DuraSpace organization unveiled the open source code for
the new DuraCloud platform, a hosted service and open technology that makes
it easy for organizations and end users to use cloud services, at the Fifth
International Open Repositories Conference <http://or2010.fecyt.es/> (OR10)
in Madrid, Spain earlier this month. DuraCloud is an open source platform
that is built upon commercial cloud infrastructure. The platform itself
deploys into a cloud server environment and is integrated with multiple
cloud storage providers, including Amazon AWS and Rackspace. DuraSpace is
making the open source code available to enable the community to create new
software and services that integrate with the core platform.
Developers who are looking into building applications in the cloud are
encouraged to experiment with the DuraCloud code and provide
feedback<[email protected]>about what you see as development
synergies and potential additional
features. See the DuraCloud wiki for technical documentation and links to
download the code:
https://wiki.duraspace.org/display/duracloud/DuraCloud
The DuraCloud open source platform enables cloud storage across multiple
commercial and non-commercial providers and offers a cloud-based services
framework focused on preservation support and data access for reuse and
sharing. Features include replication, image transformation, bit integrity
checking, image viewing, media streaming and general compute processing.
For more information about DuraCloud Open Source please attend the free
DuraSpace/ORACLE-sponsored "All About Repositories" *web seminar on July 28
at 2:00 pm EDT *(tomorrow) presented by Michele Kimpton, CBO DuraSpace.
Register here:
http://www.oracle.com/dm/11q1field/51943_duracloud_opensrc_webcst.html.<http://www.oracle.com/dm/11q1field/51943_duracloud_opensrc_webcst.html>
*About DuraCloud*
DuraCloud <http://duracloud.org> is a hosted service focused on providing
preservation support and access tools to academic libraries, academic
research centers, and other cultural heritage organizations.
The service builds on pure cloud-based storage available from expert storage
providers by overlaying the access functionality and preservation support
tools that are essential to ensuring long-term access and durability.
DuraCloud offers cloud storage across multiple commercial and non commercial
providers, and offers compute services that are key to unlocking the value
of digital content stored in the cloud. DuraCloud provides services that
enable digital preservation, data access, transformation, and data sharing.
DuraCloud is appropriate for individuals, single institutions, or for
multiple organizations that want to use cross-institutional infrastructure.
DuraCloud has been in a pilot program phase funded by the Library of
Congress's National Digital Information Infrastructure and Preservation
Program (NDIIPP), to utilize and give feedback on the DuraCloud platform
since the beginning of Fall 2009. The first three pilot partners identified
were New York Public Library, the Biodiversity Heritage Library, and WGBH
Educational Foundation. These three partners were chosen because they were
already managing and preserving large amounts of content in a repository and
were facing several challenges where cloud infrastructure could provide a
possible solution. The DuraSpace not-for-profit organization will release
the DuraCloud service in early 2011.
*About DuraSpace*
DuraSpace <http://duraspace.org> is a 501(c)(3) not-for-profit organization.
DuraSpace software and services are used worldwide as solutions for open
access, institutional repositories, digital libraries, digital archives,
data curation, virtual research environments, and more. DuraSpace provides
leadership and innovation in the use of open source and cloud-based
technologies to serve libraries, universities, research centers, cultural
heritage institutions, and other knowledge stewards. The organization's
open source technology portfolio includes the DSpace open access repository
application, the Fedora open repository platform, and the Mulgara semantic
database. DuraSpace is the home of DuraCloud, an emerging cloud-based
service that leverages existing cloud infrastructure to enable durability
and access to digital content. The DuraSpace team includes recognized
leaders and experts in the management of digital information. The team
works with an active and diverse international community committed to the
durability of digital resources.
The DuraSpace technology portfolio inherently addresses the issue of
durability of digital content. Our values are expressed in our
organizational byline, "open technologies for durable digital content.
--
Carol Minton Morris
DuraSpace
Director of Marketing and Communications
[email protected]
Skype: carolmmorris
607 592-3135
twit...@duraspace <http://twitter.org/duraspace>
twit...@duracloud <http://twitter.org/duracloud>
http://DuraSpace.org
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