VIP: Virtualised Infrastructure Provisioning

VIP Platform

The VIP (Virtualised Infrastructure Provisioning) platform is a purpose‑built, end‑to‑end solution that turns fragmented research infrastructure into a reproducible, secure, and self‑service foundation for experimentation. Built on immutable VM clusters, declarative IaC templates, and optional Kubernetes orchestration, it delivers consistent, versioned environments across hybrid clouds while automatically provisioning resources through API‑driven workflows. Integrated observability dashboards, centralized logging, and role‑based access controls give teams real‑time visibility into cost, usage, and compliance, all within a single graphical interface or REST API that enforces governance via approval gates. Curated application bundles make it trivial to spin up AI pipelines, ETL jobs, or distributed ledger experiments with minimal manual effort, empowering researchers to focus on science rather than firefighting.