Wikipedia describes "cyberinfrastructure" as "new research environments that support advanced data acquisition, data storage, data management, data integration, data mining, data visualization and other computing and information processing services over the Internet. In scientific usage, cyberinfrastructure is a technological solution to the problem of efficiently connecting data, computers, and people with the goal of enabling derivation of novel scientific theories and knowledge".

At IU, the Advanced IT Core provide you with access to today's cutting edge cyberinfrastructure, both local and national. As part of our cyberinfrastructure we not only provide but assist in every step of planning and delivering the following resources and services.

Storage of critical research data

• Store working data centrally on our system and work with it transparently on computers distributed on or off-campus All data are backed up daily.
  
• Store archival data up to 5 terabytes per project at no-charge. All data are disaster-proofed via real-time replication between IUB and IUPUI.
  

High performance computing (for data analysis/simulations)

• Use our nationally recognized supercomputers for computational and data intensive analyses such as BLAST, image analysis, gene, or protein analyses.
• Speed up Matlab analyses up to ten-fold by using Star-P software on our parallel computing infrastructure. Visit the Stat Math Center for more information on Star-P.
  

Visualization

• Use our Advanced Visualization Lab equipment, software and technical expertise to display medical information in 2, 3, and 4 dimensions.

Virtual servers

• Own part of IU's Intelligent Infrastructure - get your own virtual server(s) for your lab or department. No more headaches with hardware purchases, maintenance, backups, technology upgrades, etc., on these, UITS-housed/maintained, bullet-proof systems with 99.9% uptime.

Management, analysis, and dissemination of research data

• Create information workflows that allow easy, standards-based data entry, management, analysis, and dissemination of research data through web environments. These environments can grow with your project and as you bring in national or international collaborators.

Access to national computational grid environments

• Leverage our active participation in national biomedical grids such as caBIG and other national cyberinfrastructure facilities such as the TeraGrid. We are the doorway to your use of these as either a data/service provider or a consumer.

Strategic partnering in grant solicitation

• Make research more competitive and productive with us, with a national record of advanced IT accomplishments, as a technology partner, bringing to bear the advantages of a major university technology program to provide an advantage.