Big Data Sandbox Options for a Sustainable Future

Fully independent – separate networks with independent infrastructures and with no contact at organizational level

Technically independent – separate networks but with collaboration between participants of different sandboxes.

Loosely coupled – some degree of technical connection - e.g. replicated datasets, one sandbox acting as a backup for another.

Tightly coupled – a much closer degree of technical connection, where physically separate sandboxes can share computation (may not be technically feasible).

We envisage that the most likely network approaches are technically independent (with collaboration) or loosely coupled. The major advantages of such a network are:

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  Localisation - each sandbox could be customised to a local language, e.g. for document, support, etc.
  
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