Hp,Intel and Yahoo! create global cloud computing research test bed

Hewlett Packard,Intel and Yahoo! Inc,have announced the creation of global multi-data center,open source test bed for the advancement of cloud computing research and education.The goal of the initiative is to promote open collaboration among industry,academia and governments by removing the financial and logistical barriers to research in data-intensive,internet-scale computing.
The HP,Intel and Yahoo! Cloud Computing Test Bed will provide a globally distributed,internet-scale testing environment designed to encourage research on the software,data centre management and hardware issues associated with cloud computing at a larger scale than ever before.The initiative will also support research of cloud applications and services.
HP,Intel and Yahoo! have partnered with the Infocomm Development Authority of Singapore (IDA),the university of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign,and the Karisruhe Institute of Technology (KIT)in Germany to form the research initiative.The partnership with Illinois also includes the National Science Foundation.Morever,the test bed will initially consist of six "centers of excellence" at IDA facilities,the University of Illinois at Urbana-