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Interconnected private clouds for research and education

OpenCloudMesh (OCM) is a joint international initiative under the umbrella of the GÉANT Association that is built on the open Federated Cloud Sharing application programming interface (API) – first initiated and implemented by ownCloud – taking Universal File Access beyond the borders of individual clouds and into a globally interconnected mesh of research clouds without sacrificing any of the advantages in privacy, control and security an on-premises cloud provides. OCM defines a vendor-neutral, common file access layer across an organization and/or across globally interconnected research communities, regardless of the user data locations and choice of clouds.

The collaborative project was established under the umbrella of the GÉANT Community Committee (GCC) called the OpenCloudMesh Project on 22 October 2015. The kick-off meeting was held in Vienna, Austria.  Currently, the GÉANT Special Interest Group on Cloudy Interoperable Software Stacks (SIG-CISS) oversees the development of the OCM project and help defining its longer term strategies.