The ECHO project assumes a resource landscape where utility clouds are the norm and aims to experiment with the added value capabilities which the utility resource landscape might offer.

The work will not focus on one cloud provider or one provider’s technology but experiment with applications that are multi-provider and provider technology agnostic. The goal is to use the emerging cloud providers as a marketplace for delivering the best value to researchers at the time they require resources. The work shall look at both small and large scale applications, and investigate how dynamic resource scaling, resilience and quality of service can be achieved and how these might benefit the research community.

More details: http://www.besc.ac.uk/ECHO