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New DuraCloud Web Site Launches

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Ithaca, NY Today the DuraSpace organization is pleased to announce the launch of the DuraCloud web site. DuraCloud is an open source platform and managed service of DuraSpace that provides on-demand  storage and services for digital content in the cloud.

PREVIEW: DuraCloud Open Source 0.9 Release

Ithaca, NY The focus of DuraCloud 0.9 Open Source release, scheduled for the end of April 2011, is simplification and improvement of the bulk services currently available. Bulk services are those that run over large amounts of data including bit integrity checking, image conversion, and duplicating content from one storage provider to another. Highlights include:

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AVAILABLE NOW: DuraCloud Open Source 0.8

Ithaca, NY DuraSpace, a leading provider of open source tools to help organizations ensure their digital content is durable and usable, announces the release of an updated version of DuraCloud Open Source (0.8) with improvements for managing content in the cloud.

DuraSpace Announces New CEO and Chief Strategy Officer

Ithaca, NY  DuraSpace, a not-for-profit organization providing open source software and services, announced today that Michele Kimpton will assume the role of Chief Executive Officer, effective March 1, 2011.  Kimpton is currently the Chief Business Officer of DuraSpace, and formerly the Executive Director of the DSpace Foundation.

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REPORT: D.C. Area Fedora Users Meet at National Museum of the American Indian

Ithaca, NY On January 18th the Washington, D.C. Area Fedora Users Meeting was held at the National Museum of the American Indian, hosted by the Smithsonian Institution. Despite icy conditions, about 25 participants attended the all-day meeting. Thornton Staples, Director of Research and Scientific Data Management, Office of the CIO, Smithsonian Institution led the meeting.

Following introductions and a welcome from Thorton Staples presentations about Fedora-related projects–anywhere from pilot phase to mature, production installations–were offered.

Submitted by carol on Thu, 01/20/2011 - 12:45pm

Hybrid Open Source-Enterprise Cloud Solutions

Santa Cruz, CA The west coast based Armada Group focuses on understanding and taking advantage of cloud computing, virtualization, SOA and web services to provide optimal, cost effective, scalable services for their customers. A recent whitepaper by Haresh Parekh and Vasa Dasan gives an overview of hybrid enterprise-open source cloud-based solutions that are making technical and business model innovations possible for industry and professional service providers.

You may read an overview or download the whitepaper here:

Submitted by carol on Wed, 01/19/2011 - 12:17pm

Digital Preservation Pioneer Michele Kimpton: Getting People and Technologies to Work Together

Ithaca, NY In introducing the Digital Preservation Pioneers feature the Library of Congress's Digital Preservation Program notes that the program itself has only been around since 2000 when stewards of our nations cultural and scientific heritage became aware that the scholarly enterprise was moving towards being all digital, all the time. Who would ensure that our collective scholarly record would be available for future generations?

Submitted by carol on Tue, 01/18/2011 - 12:19pm
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