The NSF and Microsoft have agreed to offer American scientific researchers free access to the company’s new cloud computing service. ORCI’s Dan Atkins is quoted extensively in the Microsoft feature.
News from NSF: http://www.nsf.gov/cise/news/2010_microsoft.jsp
News from Microsoft: http://www.microsoft.com/presspass/features/2010/feb10/02-04scienceinthecloud.mspx
New York Times story: http://www.nytimes.com/2010/02/05/science/05cloud.html?hpw