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          <h1 class="animated fadeInUp">Cirrus powered by EPCC</h1>
          <p class="animated fadeInUp">Cirrus is a state-of-the-art advanced computing facility available to industry and academia</p>
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            <h2>About Cirrus</h2>
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              Cirrus is one of the <a href="http://www.epsrc.ac.uk">EPSRC</a> Tier-2 National HPC Facilities and is available for users
              in both academia and industry.
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            Housed at <a href="http://www.epcc.ed.ac.uk">EPCC's</a> Advanced Computing Facility, Cirrus is a flexible,
            state-of-the-art High Performance Computing system that provides an ideal
            platform for users to solve their computational, simulation, modelling, 
            and data science challenges.
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            <a href="about/">Find out more about Cirrus</a>
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        <h2>Further Information</h2>
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           Where you go next depends on what you are looking for. For potential users we have 
           information on how to apply for access to Cirrus and for current users you can find
           documentation and support to help you get the most out of Cirrus. You can also find
           more information on the Cirrus facility.
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          <p>Getting access to Cirrus</p>
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          <p>Information on using Cirrus and SAFE</p>
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          <h4>Support</h4>
          <p>Support from EPCC's experts</p>
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          <h4>About</h4>
          <p>More information on Cirrus</p>
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