CERN's European cloud computing mission

“CERN’s computing capacity needs to keep up with the enormous amount of data coming from the Large Hadron Collider and we see Helix Nebula — the Science Cloud as a great way of working with industry to meet this challenge.”

In order to decode such genomic sequences, many laboratories across the world struggle — due to the high-performance computing required.

The project has gained many backers

The project has gained many backers and business partners. These include Atos, Capgemini, CloudSigma, Interoute, Logica, Orange Business Services, SAP, SixSq, Telefonica, Terradue, Thales, The Server Labs and T Systems, as then as the Cloud Security Alliance, the OpenNebula Project and the European Grid Infrastructure.