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Additional Information regarding Academic Cloud
Thank you very much for your numerous responses to our message dated December 4, 2025. Apparently, the newsletter raised some questions. We are very pleased to have received so much feedback and would like to take this opportunity to try to clarify some of the most frequently asked questions.
Several questions concerned the AI services of the Academic Cloud, including ChatAI as well as other offerings such as Voice AI, Image AI, CoCo AI, and the upcoming Protein AI service.
These services were not mentioned in the newsletter because they are not part of the funding secured by the state of Lower Saxony. The AI services are funded through the “AI Service Center for Sensitive and Critical Infrastructures” (KISSKI) project and are therefore secured until June 30, 2026. Discussions are currently underway regarding how these services will continue thereafter.
Academic Cloud Operations Secured for Another Year in Lower Saxony
We are very pleased to announce that the continued operation of the Academic Cloud for Lower Saxony has been secured for another year.
This means that the Academic Cloud will remain fully available to all users at participating universities in Lower Saxony.
The following services will continue to be centrally funded and provided:
- Academic Cloud Base Module (IDM, authentication, MFA, administration portal, guest management, as well as basic services such as Pad, URL shortener, QR code generator, Filesender, and Mastodon)
- eduVote
- Events
- Sync & Share – Nextcloud including groupware & OnlyOffice
- GitLab
- Hub
- Jupyter
- Meet (BigBlueButton)
- Projects (OpenProject)
- Stack (goemaxima)
- Survey (LimeSurvey)
- Whiteboard (Collaboard)
We thank all users for their continued support and look forward to further developing and operating the Academic Cloud together.
Collaboard and WooClap available until year’s end
Good news for all current users of Collaboard and WooClap: These services will remain available until December 31 of this year.
Please make use of the remaining time to back up your content if necessary and to explore possible alternatives. We will, of course, keep you informed about any further developments. We endeavor to extend the license.
If you would like to continue using Collaboard or WooClap for your institution in the future, please contact us at support[at]gwdg.de.
Academic Cloud Newsletter
We have now set up a newsletter to inform you about developments, new offers and events relating to the Academic Cloud. You will receive new information and announcements - such as technical changes, pilot services or events - conveniently by email. You can subscribe to the newsletter here: news-subscribe[at]academiccloud.de