CERN openlab is a collaboration between CERN
and industrial partners to develop new knowledge
in Information and Communication Technologies
through the evaluation of advanced solutions
and joint research to be used by the worldwide
community of scientists working at the Large
Hadron Collider.Intel, Oracle, and Siemens
are all partner companies for the fifth phase
of CERN openlab.
Brocade, Cisco, IDT, Rackspace, and Seagate
are contributors, while Comtrade, Huawei and
Yandex are associate members.In 2015, other
public research organisations joined CERN
openlab for the first time.
The current research members are the European
Bioinformatics Institute (EMBL-EBI), the GSI
Helmholtz Centre for Heavy Ion Research, Innopolis
University, Kazan Federal University and Newcastle
University.
== History ==
The CERN openlab concept started in 2001 led
by Manuel Delfino, and since 2003 it has run
in successive phases of three years.
During CERN openlab I (2003-2005) an advanced
prototype called opencluster was developed.
CERN openlab II (2006-2008) focused on various
domains such as platforms, databases, grid
computing, security and networks.
This work was continued by CERN openlab III
(2009-2011) which also hosted projects with
emphasis on technologies and services relevant
to CERN and its partners.
Later, CERN openlab IV (2012-2014) paid particular
attention to cloud computing, business analytics,
the next generation of hardware, and security
for large numbers of network devices.
From 2002 to 2010 the head of CERN openlab
was Wolfgang von Rüden.
His successor was Bob Jones and the current
leader of this collaboration, since 2015,
is Alberto Di Meglio.
== See also ==
LHC Computing Grid
== 
External links ==
CERN openlab
