Cybera drives business and research success by partnering with academia and the private sector on projects that explore the latest technologies and strive to meet the needs of today’s society. Through its access to computing infrastructure and cyberinfrastructure expertise, Cybera enables academic, industry, and government groups to accelerate research and product development in priority areas, including health, energy and environment, and ICT.
Cybera provides cyberinfrastructure related project management and consultation services, cloud computing, social networking platforms, high performance computing, and data management. Researchers and companies work with Cybera to investigate, develop, and test new technologies, or to launch their products in effective innovative ways.
These services are implemented through Cybera’s pilot project program where the objective is to work with partners to demonstrate the benefits and advance the use of cyberinfrastructure and related tools in academic and industry applications. The outcome of the program is enhanced research effectiveness and the potential to re-purpose discoveries for use in a variety of other initiatives.
A Closer Look at Cybera's Services:
Consulting and Outreach
Data Management, Cloud, and Other Computing Technologies
Project Management and Proposal Development
Cloud computing infrastructure allows for data and software to be
easily accessed from a network of online servers and connections through
many supporting devices, including computers and mobile phones.
CyberaNet: Driving Cybera’s Services
Cybera operates CyberaNet, a high-speed network that connects research institutes across Alberta. The network provides an essential base infrastructure that enables Cybera to support groups performing research. The network runs at a speed of 10 Gbs between the Universities of Calgary and Alberta and 1 Gbs between other member institutes across the province. CyberaNet also provides a gateway to CANARIE, Canada’s national research network, allowing member institutes to connect to 42 other networks around the world. In the past year, CyberaNet has seen a 30 per cent increase in usage over the last year.
CyberaNet also supports a virtual network using the Alberta SuperNet, providing connectivity to various education institutes and community organizations.
Cyberport Collaboration Facilities
Cybera operates videoconferencing and advanced collaboration facilities called Cyberports. These facilities use the broadband capabilities of CyberaNet to allow colleagues to collaborate over long distances using high-definition videoconferencing and file sharing technologies. These Cyberport facilities are located at the Universities of Alberta and Calgary.