The ARDC Nectar Research Cloud (Nectar) is Australia’s national research cloud, specifically designed for research computing.
Launched in 2012, Nectar provides Australia’s research community with fast, interactive, self-service access to large-scale computing infrastructure, software and data. A powerful platform for collaboration, it allows researchers and research support staff to access compute resources, software and data from their offices and homes and easily share them with collaborators at other institutions.
Nectar is a federation that is co-designed and receives co-investment from universities across Australia. The federation enables cross-institutional research collaborations to deliver research computing services at a national scale.
Why Should Researchers Use Nectar?
Nectar gives researchers access to computing infrastructure to conduct data analysis at scale.
- Try it out with a 6-month trial for all researchers in Australia
- Ongoing access at no cost to eligible researchers
- Fast, interactive, self-service model
- Scalable support for all research needs
- A powerful and user-friendly collaborative platform
Nectar is a national research cloud. We cater to all Field of Research codes. It’s already used by 35 Australian universities and 16 NCRIS facilities across Australia. Regardless of what institution you work at, our federated cloud’s homogenous platform provides you with a consistent look and feel.
We’ve simplified the process of storing, analysing and collaborating with data to provide Australian researchers with a competitive edge.
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