GUSE Users Can Run Scientific Workflows on Cloud Infrastructures via the CloudBroker Platform

The Computer and Automation Research Institute, Hungarian Academy of Sciences (MTA SZTAKI), the CloudBroker GmbH, and the SCIentific gateway Based User Support (SCI-BUS) project are happy to announce the first release of the grid User Support Environment (gUSE) providing access to cloud infrastructures by incorporating an interface to the CloudBroker Platform.

The gUSE is the first one that incorporates major results of the collaboration of MTA SZTAKI and CloudBroker GmbH within the SCI-BUS project. The following corresponding features are available in gUSE now:

• Configuration of one or more CloudBroker Platform installations as DCIs.
• Usage of an existing or to be created CloudBroker Platform user account.
• Workflows allowing execution of jobs on the CloudBroker Platform.
• Selection possibilities for application software and cloud resources during job creation.
• CloudBroker Platform job management from WS-PGRADE.

Further features such as cost display are in preparation, and will be included in forthcoming releases of gUSE.