Speakers
Garvan McFeeley
(HEAnet)
Monique Pellinkhof
(GÉANT)
Description
The presentation "A Bright Future in the Cloud – Unique Collaboration on Cloud Procurement" at TNC25 will showcase GÉANT’s OCRE2024 initiative, a pan-European cloud procurement framework. Launched in February 2025, it unites 39 NRENs and approximately 25,000 institutions, securing cloud services worth up to €1.7 billion. With 416 framework agreements, it simplifies procurement, ensuring compliance, security, sustainability, and AI readiness. The session will cover outcomes, key benefits, tender goals, the working processes, and adoption insights, aiming to empower R&E institutions to leverage this innovative, large-scale collaboration. Presenters include experts from HEAnet and GÉANT.
Primary author
Monique Pellinkhof
(GÉANT)
Co-authors
Garvan McFeeley
(HEAnet)
Mr
Michel Wets
(SURF)
