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HIFIS aims to ensure an excellent information environment for outstanding research in all Helmholtz research fields and a seamless and performant IT-infrastructure connecting knowledge from all centres. It will build a secure and easy-to-use collaborative environment with efficiently accessible ICT services from anywhere. HIFIS will also support the development of research software with a high level of quality, visibility and sustainability.
<p>To achieve its goals, HIFIS works in three Competence Clusters which are distributed throughout different Helmholtz research centers:</p>
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<li><ahref="cluster_cloud">Cloud Services</a>: Federated platform for proven first class cloud services; led by <ahref="https://www.helmholtz-berlin.de/">HZB</a>.</li>
<li><ahref="cluster_backbone">Backbone Services</a>: High-performance trusted network infrastructure with unified basic services; led by <ahref="https://www.desy.de/">DESY</a>.</li>
<li><ahref="cluster_software">Software Services</a>: Platform, training and support for high-quality, sustainable software development, led by <ahref="https://www.hzdr.de/">HZDR</a>.</li>
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<p>Within the scope of the declared goals and achievements of the Helmholtz Association for HIFIS, the respective centres steer the competence clusters.
All competence clusters are connected through the HIFIS ICT Office.</p>
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### Participating centers
The following 11 out of 19 Helmholtz centres are members of the HIFIS platform: