{"id":1204,"date":"2010-06-25T10:20:36","date_gmt":"2010-06-25T08:20:36","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/oldblogs.uct.ac.za\/blog\/big-bytes\/2010\/06\/25\/africa-roc"},"modified":"2022-09-26T19:52:55","modified_gmt":"2022-09-26T17:52:55","slug":"africa-roc","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ucthpc.uct.ac.za\/index.php\/2010\/06\/25\/africa-roc\/","title":{"rendered":"Africa ROC"},"content":{"rendered":"A regional operating center (ROC) for Africa has finally been established:\r\n\r\nThe <a href=\"http:\/\/roc.africa-grid.org\/\">Africa Regional Operation Centre<\/a> (Africa ROC) has been created as a\r\ncoordination and support point for all sites in the Continent wanting\r\nto participate in the stimulating and challenging endeavour of creating\r\na common Grid infrastructure to foster e-Science.\u00a0 Africa ROC is supported by many projects and initiatives. 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