EGEE-III INFSO-RI Enabling Grids for E-sciencE EGEE-III and Business Sy Holsinger NA2 Deputy Manager Trust-IT Services Ltd. NA2 Face-to-Face Meeting (Istanbul, Turkey) 26 September 2008

Enabling Grids for E-sciencE EGEE-III INFSO-RI Contents Deliverables Business partners Information channels Objectives Accomplishments Future goals Sy Holsinger – EGEE and Business – NA2 F2F – 26 Sept 2008

Enabling Grids for E-sciencE EGEE-III INFSO-RI Deliverables DNA2.5 - Plans on EGEE support for business communities for Industrial Involvement –Lay out a roadmap with clear objectives, progress indicators and specific strategies DNA EGEE Commercial exploitation plan –Preparing the transfer/commercial exploitation of EGEE technology –analysis of business requirements DNA EGEE Annual report on dissemination and Business uptake results –Summarize the results achieved, lessons learned and define actions for the future Delivery Date Deliverable N° NameResponsible Author M3DNA2.5Plans on EGEE support for business communities ED M11,23DNA EGEE Commercial exploitation planED M11,23DNA Annual report on dissemination and Business uptake results Trust-IT Sy Holsinger – EGEE and Business – NA2 F2F – 26 Sept 2008

Enabling Grids for E-sciencE EGEE-III INFSO-RI EGEE’s Programme for Industry Sy Holsinger – EGEE and Business – NA2 F2F – 26 Sept 2008

Enabling Grids for E-sciencE EGEE-III INFSO-RI EGEE Business Partners BT (France) –Chairs the Business Task Force –Liaison with EGEE Technical Mgt Board CRSA (France) –Development of relations with IT companies and end-users –Identify business communities for technology transfer CGGVeritas (France) –Improves market perception of Grid usage through seismic imaging case study (BEinGRID 18) Elsag Datamat (Italy) –Leader of  commercial exploitation plans  business user requirements analysis Trust-IT Services (Italy) –Leader of dissemination and outreach to business communities –Manages the Business Forum –Organizes Business Days –Coordinate one-to-one enterprise visits Sy Holsinger – EGEE and Business – NA2 F2F – 26 Sept 2008

Enabling Grids for E-sciencE EGEE-III INFSO-RI Information destinations Business Forum –A forum designed to champion the business benefits of grid computing:  Showcasing use cases & EGEE achievements from a business perspective  Evaluating current & future potential for adoption –Business Forum Newsletters –Industry Committee & Focus Groups:  Support for Commercial Adoption of gLite  SMEs & Start-ups  Industry Requirements for Grid Standardization Business Task Force –Assess gLite in industrial contexts –Define EGEE technical requirements for industry –Support channel for commercial requirements for industrial take-up –Support gLite Business Applications Business events –Business Days (total of 12 organized) –Business Tracks at EGEE Annual Conferences (total of 3 organized) Business Associates Sy Holsinger – EGEE and Business – NA2 F2F – 26 Sept 2008

Enabling Grids for E-sciencE EGEE-III INFSO-RI Objectives (1 of 3) Outreach to businesses across EU27 –Championing the benefits of grid computing & collaborative developments through EGEE’s Business Forum. –Sharp focus on:  SMEs & Start-ups (prime beneficiaries)  Collaborative developments –Developing a network of companies as potential adopters of EGEE technology  EGEE Business Associates (EBAs)  Independent Software Vendors (ISVs) & software integrators  IT Service providers Key objectives –Increase Business Forum Membership –Expand the Business Associate Programme –Organize business events  Business Days  Business Tracks at EGEE Conferences –Set up site-visits to specifically target enterprises & analyze needs Sy Holsinger – EGEE and Business – NA2 F2F – 26 Sept 2008

Enabling Grids for E-sciencE EGEE-III INFSO-RI Objectives (2 of 3) Making it happen! –Understanding the positioning of EGEE’s technology on the market –Analyzing business user requirements through surveys & site visits –Developing an effective strategy for commercial adoption –Promoting the value-add of higher level services & –Tweaking EGEE’s technology with businesses firmly in mind –Simplifying the adoption process with user-friendly guidelines & support from EGEE’s Business Task Force & Training Programme Pursuing collaborations with EU Projects & platforms –BEinGRID; NESSI; OGF-Europe; RESERVOIR –Other collaborating projects Synergies with SDOs (Standard Development Organizations) –Understanding current & emerging standards developed by OGF, ETSI, W3G, OASIS and DMTF –OGF-Europe as a strategic project for EGEE with Industry Expert Group (EGEE as member as well as 2 EBAs) bringing thought leadership on commercial adoption 8 Sy Holsinger – EGEE and Business – NA2 F2F – 26 Sept 2008

Enabling Grids for E-sciencE EGEE-III INFSO-RI Objectives (3 of 3) Technology Transfer to drive potential commercial adoption –Pinpointing potential areas for collaborative developments –Pursuing synergies with R&D communities across a focused set of sectors  Outreach through events; newsletters; eAnnouncements –Build on current network of multipliers  Technology Parks  Chambers of Commerce  Business Associations & SME support organizations  Domain-specific research organizations Expanding the current set of business applications –Keeping up-to-date with technology trends (e.g. via NESSI-GRID SRA) –Building an effective two-way dialogue with the R&D Community –Synergies with Technology Transfer Offices & Research Councils (e.g. STFC – UK & DESY – DE) –Understanding the potential funding needed (often small investments) & the role of Venture Capitalists –Showcasing outcomes & impact 9 Sy Holsinger – EGEE and Business – NA2 F2F – 26 Sept 2008

Enabling Grids for E-sciencE EGEE-III INFSO-RI gLite Business Use Cases Adopted gLite on own infrastructure –BEinGRID  Earth Sciences; Finance –EU-IndiaGrid  Financial Stock Analysis application using gLite –Health-e-Child  Biomedical information platform for Pediatrics –Imense Ltd  gLite-based Grid computing for large scale image indexing and retrieval –Philips Research  Using gLite for medical imaging, bio-informatics and simulation Proof of Concept –GridVideo  gLite-based multimedia application –TOTAL, UK  Application to assess the usefulness of External Grids using GILDA testbed Application and Development –CERN Openlab  CERN and industrial partners to develop data-intensive Grid solutions –WISDOM  Using EGEE infrastructure for drug discovery 10 Sy Holsinger – EGEE and Business – NA2 F2F – 26 Sept 2008

Enabling Grids for E-sciencE EGEE-III INFSO-RI Business Associates Programme Provides an important opportunity for companies to engage in technical work in collaboration with EGEE –Coordinated technical developments –Market surveys –Exploitation strategies –General transfer of know-how and services to industry Now 8 EGEE Business Associates –Avanade  Expertise on.NET Tech. to exploit gLite interoperability with Windows machines –Excelian  High-level consultancy for the positioning gLite to business –Hitachi  Plans to integrate their data transfer solution with the EGEE framework –GridWiseTech  Grid tutorials to Industrial Mgt. and outreach to Business –NICE  EGEE compatible GENIUS Grid portal and EnginFrame Framework –Platform Computing  Improving gLite middleware by exploiting LSF local resources mgt. system 11 Sy Holsinger – EGEE and Business – NA2 F2F – 26 Sept 2008

Enabling Grids for E-sciencE EGEE-III INFSO-RI Business Associates Programme Provides an important opportunity for companies to engage in technical work in collaboration with EGEE –Coordinated technical developments –Market surveys –Exploitation strategies –General transfer of know-how and services to industry Now 8 EGEE Business Associates –Avanade  Expertise on.NET Tech. to exploit gLite interoperability with Windows machines –Excelian  High-level consultancy for the positioning gLite to business –Hitachi  Plans to integrate their data transfer solution with the EGEE framework –GridWiseTech  Grid tutorials to Industrial Mgt. and outreach to Business –NICE  EGEE compatible GENIUS Grid portal and EnginFrame Framework –Platform Computing  Improving gLite middleware by exploiting LSF local resources mgt. system 12 Sy Holsinger – EGEE and Business – NA2 F2F – 26 Sept 2008

Enabling Grids for E-sciencE EGEE-III INFSO-RI EGEE-III Achievements 2 New EBAs –Constellation Technologies  UK-based software development company Will offer additional gLite services and support to commercial customers –Linalis  Geneva based company offering training services on Linux and related subjects Provide training to companies and individuals looking to leverage the power of the grid using gLite in their business EGEE London Business Day (12 total organized) –21 May 08 – “Why you need Grids and how to do It” (100 Participants)  ”Organized with STFC Business Track at EGEE’08 –6 Sessions Business Forum Newsletter – June edition 2 New Business Forum members DNA2.5 submitted for internal project review 13 Sy Holsinger – EGEE and Business – NA2 F2F – 26 Sept 2008

Enabling Grids for E-sciencE EGEE-III INFSO-RI Future Programme for Business –Start of market analysis –Programme Committee for OGF25/EGEE UF –Looking into IGT World Summit on Cloud Computing –Obtain business user requirements through surveys & site visits –Pursue collaborations with EU Projects & platforms  BEinGRID; NESSI; OGF-Europe; RESERVOIR; EGI_DS –Increase synergies with EBA programme and standards organizations Dissemination activities –Create effective core messaging around main target audiences –Next issue of BF Newsletter –eAnnouncements with project updates/results –Press and Media including EGEE’08 –Expand on network of associations and support organizations Overall it has been a productive start to EGEE-III Keep the communication flow! Sy Holsinger – EGEE and Business – NA2 F2F – 26 Sept 2008

Enabling Grids for E-sciencE EGEE-III INFSO-RI Next major event OGF25/EGEE User Forum, 2-6 March 2009, Catania, Italy Hosted by INFN Connecting & Catalysing User Groups for Best Practices & Standardisation Distributed Computing Interoperation & Interoperability Multi- disciplinary infrastructures Innovation & Sustainability Business Scientific applications Sy Holsinger – EGEE and Business – NA2 F2F – 26 Sept 2008