EMI INFSO-RI NA2 – Outreach and Collaborations Emidio Giorgio (INFN Catania) NA2 Leader 1 st EMI Periodic Review Brussels, 22 June 2011

EMI INFSO-RI Outline 2 NA2 Overview Objectives Strategies Dissemination Events Dissemination material EMI Web site Training In reach & Out reach training events Collaboration EMI collaboration programs Exploitation & Sustainability Plans 1 st year results Conclusions 1st EMI Periodic Review 22/06/2011

EMI INFSO-RI Project Management NA2 in EMI 22/06/20113 Requirements Technical Plans Development and Test Plans Development Testing Certification Validation Release Maintenance Support NA1, JRA1 JRA1 SA1 SA2 Software & Services Requirements Defines ImplementsCertifies Release Candidate Process definition Process monitoring NA2 NA1, NA2 Training Dissemination & Out-Reach In-Reach NA1 Collaborations, exploitation, sustainability 1st EMI Periodic Review

EMI INFSO-RI NA2 Objectives 4 “Make the EMI achievements known through managed outreach and dissemination activities” “Enlarge the base of expert developers and engineers knowledgeable in the EMI technologies through comprehensive training programs and materials” “Establish managed collaboration programs with other projects, initiatives and commercial enterprises to make the EMI technologies part of their ongoing development efforts” “Ensure the active exploitation of project results the creation of a sustainable model through the definition of exploitation results, targets and partners” Dissemination Events - Material Public Web SIte Training Courses Collaboration Activities Exploitation & Sustainability 22/06/2011 1st EMI Periodic Review

EMI INFSO-RI … and Strategies 1st EMI Periodic Review 5 Individuation of Dissemination channels Analysis of EMI position in the “market” Branding Identification of exploitable items Involvement of potential new users Training Measuring responses Sysadmin Surveys Web site Articles in specialized web sites Analysis Users Conferences 22/06/2011

EMI INFSO-RI Dissemination events highlights 6 Main Events attended Cloudscape III / SIENA ICT 2010 Supercomputing 2010 ISGC 2011/OGF31 OGF 29/30 EMI Technical Conference/EGI UF 2011 EGI Technical Forum 2010 EEF Meeting 1st DCI Collaboration Meeting CHEP 2010 HEPiX 2010 NorduGrid 2010 Unicore Summit 2010 Type of events Leading standardization Policy/Decision makers oriented dissemination User oriented Conferences DCI Collaborations Out of Europe dissemination 22/06/2011 1st EMI Periodic Review

EMI INFSO-RI Dissemination material 7 Posters Technical areas EMI project Kebnekaise EMI-branded gadgets Sticker Cotton bag Video Interviews EMI TC high profile Participants Articles / Press releases ISGTW Kebnekaise article Keb release announcement EMI Survey Gridcast MoU signing at EGI WS EMI data roadmap Presentation of EMI LSWN EMI 1 press release EMI TC announcement EGI Inspired Kebnekaise 1st EMI Periodic Review 22/06/2011

EMI INFSO-RI EMI web site 8 Middleware User Support Forum Collaborations Training Events News Press Documentation 22/06/2011 1st EMI Periodic Review

EMI INFSO-RI Overview of website access 1st EMI Periodic Review EMI TC Kebnekaise announcement 22/06/20119

EMI INFSO-RI Documentation 1st EMI Periodic Review 10 Single place for European Middleware documentation ! 22/06/2011

EMI INFSO-RI Training 11 EMI in EGI Technical Conference EMI in EGI Technical Conference Second EMI in reach EMI tutorial for resources admin EMI tutorial for users EMI tutorial for users TopicPart.Rate * CREAM install UNICORE install 105 dCache install204.5 A-Rex install155 EMI User Tut TopicPart. Rate * Guidelines for usage of EMI tools Using EMI testbed Certification, change and release mgt * Scale 1-6 (top) 22/06/2011 1st EMI Periodic Review

EMI INFSO-RI Collaborations 12 SLA + MoU MoU Common initiatives TheSyrrus, Ltd 22/06/2011 1st EMI Periodic Review

EMI INFSO-RI Works with EMI A special technical collaboration program dedicated to application developers or middleware contributors – Gives partners access to early technical previews and to the EMI software management tools and procedures – Provides EMI with early feedback – Provides both EMI and the partner with verified and synchronized releases of new functionality Based on MoUs with concrete milestones Current partners: D4Science II, DECIDE, EDGI, IGE, SHIWA, TheSyrrus Ltd, WeNMR 22/06/ st EMI Periodic Review

EMI INFSO-RI Exploitation strategy Main targets – DCI (eg. EGI, WLCG, PRACE) – Different categories of customers (end users, resource admin, etc..) Identify/develop a set of solutions fulfilling the needs of the identified targets – Define a consistent product portfolio, based on expressed requirements – Establish an efficient support and maintenance service 1st EMI Periodic Review 1422/06/2011

EMI INFSO-RI Sustainability strategy Expand users base – Lower barriers preventing wider usage Increase supported OS Simplify installation and configuration procedures Simplify/Harmonize security models Support commonly used standards Decrease maintenance and development costs – Identify and remove redundant components – Use standard/off-the-shelf tools Identify and focus on the solutions with the largest or most committed user base 1st EMI Periodic Review 1522/06/2011

EMI INFSO-RI Exploitation and Sustainability : results 16 Sustainability EMI DC Survey 2010 EMI 1 : adoption of Fedora and EPEL packaging guidelines, documentation, source RPMS Standardization (WebDAV, NFS 4.1 / pNFS …) Single user support channel Initial consolidation of products Initial cost assessment methodology based on industrial models Exploitation EMI 1 released on May 12 th 2011 EMI 1 services undergoing validation by EGI for UMD 1.0 EMI 1 being validated by Works-with-EMI partners Established SLA with EGI on Apr 14 th 2011 Contribution to the common DCI roadmap QA metrics and policies documents and tools 22/06/2011 1st EMI Periodic Review

EMI INFSO-RI Key Performance Indicators KPITargetAchieved Number of international events organised 22 Number and type of published material 415 [1] Number of training events 44 Number of EMI products included in standard repositories Major services and 80% of client components Not applicable since EMI products are released after reporting period 1722/06/2011 1st EMI Periodic Review

EMI INFSO-RI Towards Second Year EMI Kebnekaise release drives NA2 activities – Dissemination turns from preparation to promotion of EMI 1 2 nd EMI TC, OGF3x, SC’11, ISC’11, CHEP 2012 – Training focused on exploitation of whole EMI software stack DCISS, webinars (in/out reach) – EMI 1 availability will foster new collaborations Increased activity for Works with EMI – Users’ feedback will drive exploitation and sustainability tasks Identification of most critical products 1822/06/2011 1st EMI Periodic Review

EMI INFSO-RI Thank you 19 EMI is partially funded by the European Commission under Grant Agreement INFSO-RI /06/2011 1st EMI Periodic Review