The Yorkshire and Humber metropolitain area network (YHMAN): shared virtual data centre
"To help share new and existing resources in Yorkshire and Humberside, a world-class 'community cloud' has been established across the YHMAN network, which connects 10 universities, 53 colleges and museums and nine councils.
"Pushing the 'art of the possible', the collaboration has created a scalable service, reducing duplication and cost and using resources to full potential. Secure multi-site tenancies and storage provide service continuity.
"There is also opportunity to share applications, our mantra is: "why do things multiple times, if once will do for less?". This has the potential to be a real game changer for the sector and beyond."
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The AMBIT collaboration
"AMBIT's innovative open source treatment approach radically improves knowledge sharing across NHS and voluntary sector teams working with the most vulnerable, disadvantaged youth.
"AMBIT provides an internet/smartphone app with guidelines that each team adapts, refines and improves, based on local expertise.
"Any improvements are shared, compared and integrated with other ideas from teams around the country and existing evidence, which constantly improves effectiveness.
"Supported by open source programmers, the project fosters co-ownership of professional knowledge and multi-stakeholder participation through sharing and evolving content for professional practice-guides."
