IU and Penguin Computing Agree to Partnership

By DE Editors

Indiana University (IU) and Penguin Computing have announced a partnership to offer U.S. researchers access to shared computing resources in a secure environment. This type of service--also known as on-demand or cloud computing--lets individuals and organizations share the resources of large computing systems without individually purchasing and maintaining the costly equipment.

One downside of traditional cloud services is that users often do not know where or how shared equipment is kept, which may create security and grant compliance concerns. The new service provided by IU and Penguin provides access to a group of computers owned by Penguin and housed on U.S. soil in IUs data center.

Security and technical expertise are to be provided by IU. The cluster will be located in the IU Data Center, a facility the university says is built to withstand a Category 5 tornado, with security provided by the IU GlobalNOC.

For more information, visit Indiana University and Penguin Computing.

Sources: Press materials received from the company and additional information gleaned from the company's website.