Israel
Israel (; he, יִשְׂרָאֵל, ; ar, إِسْرَائِيل, ), officially the State of Israel ( he, מְדִינַת יִשְׂרָאֵל, label=none, translit=Medīnat Yīsrāʾēl; ), is a country in Western Asia. It is situated ...
Cloud Computing
Cloud computing is the on-demand availability of computer system resources, especially data storage ( cloud storage) and computing power, without direct active management by the user. Large clouds often have functions distributed over mul ...
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A cooperation between Israel's Ministry of Industry, Trade and Employment and the Israeli Science Academy led to the establishment of IsraGrid, operating as a project of the National Infrastructures for R&D Forum (TELEM).
The main objective of IsraGrid is to create an
infrastructure
Infrastructure is the set of facilities and systems that serve a country, city, or other area, and encompasses the services and facilities necessary for its economy, households and firms to function. Infrastructure is composed of public and priv ...
for R&D taking advantage of Grid and Cloud Computing. IsraGrid is addressing the needs of all R&D entities, including R&D and IT within enterprises, mature and global Hi-Tech companies and start-ups in different stages with a need for technology ramp-up and need to reduce capital and operational expenses. IsraGrid intends to provide Grid and Cloud infrastructure for R&D in the Israeli academy and industry, and enlarge the computing resources and their efficient usage by organizations and institutions.