Open space
"For the benefit of all” is NASA’s motto. Technologies developed by the agency in its 50-year history range from streamlined swimwear to robotic joints for injured horses (the pen that could write upside down, a popular allegory for over-engineering, is a myth).
Now, NASA’s duty to share its technical advancements with society is set to benefit enterprise IT departments. The agency has contributed technology it developed to support its own private cloud to an open source cloud software project.
NASA’s private cloud, named Nebula, was initiated in 2008 by chief technology officer for IT, Chris Kemp. It was designed... read more...
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