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News Release 10-023

Microsoft and NSF Enable Research in the Cloud

Agreement will offer free access to new computational and collaborative services to accelerate scientific discovery for research communities.

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In this media webcast, Dan Reed, corporate vice president, technology strategy and policy and eXteme computing for Microsoft, and Jeannette Wing, assistant director for Computer & Information Science & Engineering for NSF discuss a new agreement between Microsoft and NSF to enable academic researchers access to Microsoft's Windows Azure cloud computing services.

Credit: National Science Foundation, Microsoft