<font size="2"><font class="Apple-style-span" face="'trebuchet ms', sans-serif">[Forwarding from Carol Minton Morris of DuraSpace, via the AmSci Forum. --Peter Suber.]</font><br><br></font><div class="gmail_quote">
<br><b>NEWS RELEASE</b><br><p class="MsoNormal">
July 26, 2011</p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Contact: <a href="mailto:cmmorris@duraspace.org" target="_blank">Carol
Minton Morris</a> <<a href="mailto:cmmorris@duraspace.org" target="_blank">cmmorris@duraspace.org</a>></p>Online: <a href="http://bit.ly/ozKnRW" target="_blank">http://bit.ly/ozKnRW</a><p class="MsoNormal"> </p>
<p style="text-align:center" align="center"><span style="font-size:14pt"><b>DuraSpace to Bring Cloud-Based Platform
“Direct-to-Researchers”</b></span><span style="font-size:12pt;font-weight:normal"><i><br></i></span></p><p style="text-align:center" align="center"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-weight:normal"><i>Grant from Alfred P. Sloan
Foundation will fund expansion of popular cloud storage service</i></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><i>Ithaca, NY</i><span style="font-style:normal"> The
not-for-profit DuraSpace organization announced that it will develop a hosted,
cloud-based data storage and management service aimed at meeting the specific
needs of working scientists and researchers.<span> </span>The new service, an expansion of DuraSpace’s popular
DuraCloud data management and archiving service, is being funded through a
grant from the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation. </span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">“Scientists and researchers are under increasing pressure to
archive and provide access to their data well beyond the grant funding period.
The currently available commercial cloud services do not fully meet their needs
and have no ties back to the research organization”, said Michele Kimpton, CEO
of DuraSpace.<span> </span>“We’re committed to
providing a solution for managing research data that’s safe, secure, flexible,
and most of all, easy-to-use for the scientist who does not have IT staff on
hand to help tackle data management issues.” With “Direct-to-Researcher,
“catching” the results of research at the source means that scientists and
researchers have the ability to meet granting agency requirements for
accountability in preserving and creating access to data. </p>
<p class="MsoNormal"> </p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Software development and user testing for the new service is
being provided through a grant from the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation.<span> </span>“DuraSpace has a proven record of
working successfully with universities to meet their data management needs,”
said Joshua M. Greenberg, Program Director of the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation’s
Digital Information Technology program.<span>
</span>“Expanding on that success to reach scientists directly is a very
exciting project that could revolutionize how research data gets stored and
shared.”</p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">“The DuraCloud Direct-to-Researcher model is compelling
since it can bridge the researcher’s need for an easy solution for storing data
with the institution’s interest in managing and preserving research data for
the long term. The DuraCloud Direct-To-Researcher service has the potential to
make a valuable contribution to scientists by providing an easy cloud-based
platform for research data.”<span> </span>Said
Mary Marlino, NCAR Director of e-Science.</p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Development will begin by soliciting input directly from
scientists, university administrators, and other stakeholders in a workshop
scheduled for the fall. Results of the workshop will help inform the first set
of requirements for building a platform specific to the needs of researchers.
The new service is expected to launch sometime in 2013.</p>
<h1><font size="2">About the Alfred P.
Sloan Foundation</font></h1>
<p class="MsoNormal">Established in 1934 by Alfred Pritchard Sloan Jr.,
then-President and Chief Executive Officer of the General Motors Corporation,
the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation is a philanthropic, not-for-profit grant making
institution that supports original research and broad-based education in science,
technology, engineering, mathematics and economic performance. <a href="http://www.sloan.org/" target="_blank">http://www.sloan.org/</a>.</p>
<h1><font size="2">About DuraSpace</font></h1>
<p class="MsoNormal">DuraSpace is a 501(c)(3) not-for-profit organization.<span> </span>DuraSpace provides leadership and
innovation in the use of open source and cloud-based technologies to serve
libraries, universities, and research centers, for managing and preserving
digital content.<span> </span>The
organization’s open source technology portfolio includes the DSpace open access
repository application and the Fedora open repository platform. DuraSpace is
the home of DuraCloud, an emerging cloud-based service that leverages existing
cloud infrastructure to ensure durability and enable access to digital content.
<a href="http://duraspace.org/" target="_blank">http://duraspace.org/</a>.</p><p class="MsoNormal"><br></p><p class="MsoNormal">--</p>Carol Minton Morris<font color="#888888"><font color="#888888"><br>DuraSpace<br>Director of Marketing and Communications<br>
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