NASA plans cloud marketplace for scientists

November 4, 2011 | Source: Information Week

NASA plans to offer a cloud storefront where scientists can determine their computing needs and access cloud services from a central location.

NASA already operates the Nebula cloud computing platform, an open-source, private cloud platform, primarily for scientific computing. Nebula includes data centers built in shipping containers as part of its infrastructure.

NASA now plans to expand beyond Nebula with a cloud marketplace and new services to get computing capabilities into the hands of scientists in real time.