A collaboration between Red Hat and Boston University, the Red Hat Collaboratory promotes the research agenda of the Cloud Computing Initiative by connecting academic researchers with industry practitioners to work together on ground-breaking projects that seek to advance state-of-the-art cloud computing technologies. Embedded within both organizations, the Red Hat Collaboratory @BU will have a footprint at Red Hat’s facility in the Boston Seaport Innovation District and at Boston University’s Hariri Institute for Computing.