BEGIN:VCALENDAR PRODID:-//Microsoft Corporation//Outlook MIMEDIR//EN VERSION:2.0 BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART:20141118T231500Z DTEND:20141119T010000Z LOCATION:New Orleans Theater Lobby DESCRIPTION;ENCODING=QUOTED-PRINTABLE:ABSTRACT: We present IKAROS as a utility that permit us to form=0Avirtual scalable storage platforms. IKAROS is a data centric,=0Aenergy aware platform seeking synergies between wider=0Acommunities, permits ad-hoc nearby storage formations and is=0Aable to use a huge number of low spec, low power consumption=0AI/O nodes in order to increase the available bandwidth and=0Adecrease the overall power consumption. It unifies remote and=0Alocal access in the overall data flow, by permitting direct access=0Ato each I/O node. This approach enable users to virtually connect=0Athe several different computing facilities (Grids, Clouds, HPCs,=0AData Centers, Local computing Clusters and personal storage=0Adevices), being utilized by an international collaborative=0Aexperiment, on-demand based on their needs. SUMMARY:Using IKAROS to Form Scalable Storage Platforms PRIORITY:3 END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR