October 20, 2021 | Brigitte Raumann

Globus Connect Server version 5 (GCSv5) provides new capabilities and enhancements for both administrators and users and offers platform features that allow developers to build interesting data management solutions. Among other improvements, GCSv5…

-  ...replaces user certificates with OAuth based authentication,

-  ...adds HTTP/S access to data,

-  ...simplifies support for multiple storage types via a DTN pool,

-  ...provides higher levels of assurance for managing protected data,

October 18, 2021 | Ian Foster

The petabytes produced and consumed by exascale computers must often be moved among elements of the international scientific infrastructure. Scientists have long relied upon Globus for efficient, reliable, and secure data movement, and indeed as of 10/18/2021, Globus has been used to move more than 1018 bytes (1,343,546,072,100,387,000,000 bytes to be precise) among more than 20,000 labs worldwide.