Reaching for the cloud: architecting a cloud-native service-based ecosystem for dmac

The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) awarded a $1,197,654 cooperative agreement to RPS Group, Inc. under the Integrated Ocean Observing System (IOOS) program to support the "REACHING FOR THE CLOUD: ARCHITECTING A CLOUD-NATIVE SERVICE-BASED ECOSYSTEM FOR DMAC" project. RPS Group will deliver products and services aimed at developing and sustaining a national and international integrated ocean observing system to collect, monitor, and disseminate marine environment data in an interoperable, reliable, and timely manner for users. Specifically, RPS Group will architect a cloud-native, service-based ecosystem to manage and distribute data, metadata, and digital assets generated by ocean observing systems for the IOOS Data Management and Communications (DMAC) component. The three-year project period will run from September 1, 2021 through August 31, 2024 in Houston, Texas.