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Data and server services IT facilities

As an institution, you can build and manage your own IT infrastructure. But you can also use these functionalities in the cloud. This is more flexible, scalable and cheaper. SURF offers various solutions to take the step to the cloud, from IaaS to cloud storage.

Providers SURFcumulus

Are you curious about the cloud services you can purchase via SURFcumulus? Take a look at the overview of all 12 providers selected in the OCRE tendering procedure and read more about their offerings. Read more

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SURFcumulus: to the cloud with our broad range of IaaS services

Move your data centre securely and simply to the cloud with SURFcumulus.

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Need advice on cloud and sourcing?

SURF can help your institution with cloud strategy, support for central IT, cloud use for research, and management of Office 365.

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SURFdrive: Personal cloud storage service

Store, synchronise and share your documents easily with SURFdrive. SURFdrive is a personal cloudservice for the Dutch education and research.

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Send large files securely and encrypted with SURFfilesender

Want to send and receive files quickly, securely and easily? With SURFfilesender, you can send large files, such as research data.

Research Drive: securely and easily store and share research data

Research Drive is a cloud-based shared-storage environment specifically designed for large storage quotas. Learn more!

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Research Capacity Computing Service

Research Capacity Computing Service (RCCS) is the service that gives SURF members directly access to its compute facilities.

iRODS Hosting enables carefree data management

Do you want to use iRODS to manage research data, but don't want to spend time, resources or hardware on managing the software? We can do it for you.

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Expand your storage space with our scale-out service

Do you need extra storage capacity for research data? With the scale-out module for iRODS you can easily and flexibly use the Data Archive at SURF.

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SURF Research Cloud

SURF Research Cloud is a portal for building, changing, and versioning virtual research workspaces efficiently.

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Artificial intelligence and machine learning

We do world-class research into the application of AI and machine learning for research. We are also exploring the potential in education.

Cloud Expertise Centre (CEC)

SURF members are making increasing use of cloud services. How do you acquire the necessary knowledge and stay up to date? There is a great need for expertise on the introduction and use of these services. SURF supports its members through the CEC. Read more >

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