1. © 2006 Global Grid Forum The information contained herein is subject to change without notice Leading the pervasive adoption of grid computing for research and industry GGF Community

2. 2 Community Mission Build an international community of end-users, researchers, vendors/developers and special interest groups who share common interests and objectives around the adoption, development and use of Grid technology

3. 3 The GGF Community 1.End-Users (EU) from research, industry and academia who use Grid technology for some end purpose, e.g. weather modeling, risk analysis, reservoir modeling, car crash simulation, etc. 2.Researchers, typically computer scientists, who actually research Grid technology itself, e.g. ways to manage data, manage infrastructure resources, manage applications, etc. 3.Vendors and developers who implement standards, architectures and reference models 4.Special Interest Groups (SIGs) may be any combination of EUs, Researchers or Vendors/Developers who have some unique yet common interest, e.g. major Grid projects around the world who want to achieve interoperability between each other, etc.

4. 4 Overall Community Objectives 1.Education: Help end-users in research, industry and academia understand and use and understand Grid technology 2.Research: Provide a forum for international researchers to develop and discuss new ideas for Grid technology standardization 3.Requirements: Identify, prioritize and drive end-user requirements into the GGF standards process 4.Adoption: Make GGF standards valuable for vendors & developers to adopt and help them adopt the standards 5.Special Interest: Provide a forum for special interest groups to achieve their unique objectives, e.g. GIN

5. 5 Community Objectives and Forums OBJECTIVES FORUMS 1.Education: Help end-users in research, industry and academia understand and use and understand Grid technology Enterprise Adoption Forum (EAF) 2.Research: Provide a forum for international researchers to develop and discuss new ideas for Grid technology standardization Grid Research Forum (GRF) 3.Requirements: Identify, prioritize and drive end-user requirements into the GGF standards process Voice of the Community (VOC) 4.Adoption: Make GGF standards valuable for vendors & developers to adopt Vendor Adoption Forum (VAF) 5.Special Interest: Provide a forum for special interest groups to achieve their objectives 1.GIN SIG 2.SNIA SIG

6. 6 Community Model End-Users Standards Groups Vendors and Developers Use Cases, Requirements Architectures and Specifications Interaction Flow of Tangibles Solutions and Building Blocks Create Value Deliver Value “MAKE STANDARDS RELEVANT” “MAKE STANDARDS COST EFFECTIVE TO APPLY” “MAKE END-USERS SUCCESSFUL” Prototypes Researchers GIN SNIA Special Interest Groups (SIGs)

7. 7 VOC and VAF Groups and Interaction FSI Auto Pharma VOC Gov (others) DRM VAF Data (others) Infra Mgnt SOA Research VOC Subgroups VOC Main Group VAF Subgroups VOC Main Group VAF/VOC Common Group

8. 8 Proposed Community Structure VOC (Voice of the Community) AD* –Financial (chair) –Telco (chair) –Research (chair) –other VAF (Vendor Adoption Forum) AD* –Data (chair) –DRM (chair) –SOA (chair) –Virtualization (chair) –Infrastructure Management (chair) –other EAF (Enterprise Adoption Forum) AD* –CEO, CFO or general biz level (chair) –CTO, CIO or IT Architect (chair) –IT Sys Admin, Developer (chair) GRF (Grid Research Forum) AD* SIG AD* –GIN (chair) –SNIA (chair) * Two ADs per area to ensure redundancy/coverage

9. 9 EAF (Enterprise Adoption Forum) Consists of EUs 1.CEO, CFO or general biz level (i.e. not technical) 2.CTO, CIO or IT Architect 3.IT Sys Admin, Developer Purpose: –Understand Grid technology impact and trends –Learn how to actually apply/use Grid technology This becomes “the Enterprise track” for GGFxx

10. 10 GRF (Grid Research Forum) Consists of researchers, typically computer scientists, who actually research Grid technology itself Purpose: –Forum for researchers to meet and discuss ideas around Grid technology –Develop prototypes –Introduce and “pitch” new ideas to Standards function

11. 11 VOC (Voice of the Community) Group(s) of EUs (or EU reps/mindset) Understand Grid technology so it can be applied to a model –Use Grid tech to impact biz –Make the biz case/argument for Grid tech Capture needs, wants and expectations in the form of Use Cases and Requirements (VOC doc) Work with Standards function to represent VOC in the standards development process

12. 12 VAF (Vendor Adoption Forum) Group(s) of Vendors or developers Understand Grid technology to fit a biz model or to build a market Identify issues and constraints that make it feasible to adopt standards (VAF doc) Work with Standards function to represent issues and constraints in the standards development process

13. 13 Community Timeline GGF17: –Get VOC and VAF started via BoFs GGF18: –Get EAF started as a BoF –Establish VOC and VAF as CGs –Get VOC and VAF subgroups started via BoFs GGF19: –One common session for VAF and VOC –Hold CG sessions for select groups from GGF18 BoFs –Hold BoF sessions for any new groups

14. 14 Issues Who is the right audience to solicit How to make the sessions more productive –Translators How to solicit participation –Use competitive nature of enterprise How to drive and sustain long-term results/interest Tie to other events/actives outside GGF

15. 15 BACKUP & REFERENCE

16. 16 Community Deliverables Rollup Enterprise Adoption Forum (EAF) 1.Lectures, panels, white papers, BoFs, tutorials on the use of Grid technology GGF Research Forum (GAF) 1.Panels, BoFs Voice of the Community (VOC) Forum Vendor Adoption Forum (VAF) SNIA SIG GIN SIG

17. 17 Success Metrics High member satisfaction (events and overall) Year/year growth of end user membership, event attendance and overall community High ratings on event content End-user success stories and references in terms of: –being helped in understanding and use of Grid technology, –value of participating in GGF overall –value delivered by Grid technology Growth in number and size of VOC groups Positive PR/AR on value of GGF to end-users and vendors Growth of VAF High VAF member satisfaction (events and overall) Vendor success stories and references (e.g. usability tests of OGSA)

18. 18 Overall Community Deliverables Provide content for GGF events –Help attendees understand and use Grid technology Build Voice-of-the-Community (VOC) groups across key verticals –Establish interaction mechanism with Standards function to drive VOCs into the GGF standards process Establish Vendor Adoption Forum (VAF) to champion efforts to make GGF standards valuable for software suppliers & developers to adopt –Establish interaction mechanism with Standards function to drive VAF results into the GGF standards process

19. 19 Objectives & Measures – Community 1. Establish and grow international research and industry communities o GGF and non-GGF events forums o Recruit/retain members o International regions o Recruit thought leaders and key orgs High member satisfaction (events and overall) Year/year growth of overall community Event content (GGF16, GGF17, GGF18, etc.) 2. Help end users understand and use Grid technology o Docs o Event content Year/year growth of end user membership and event attendance High end user member satisfaction (events and overall) End user success stories and references Event content (GGF16, GGF17, GGF18, etc.) 3. Identify, prioritize and drive requirements and use cases into the GGF standards process o Voice-of-the-Community (VOC) o Drive VOCs into standards process o Major Grid projects community o Development of prototypes VOCs for Finance, Pharma and Telcom Cadence with standards group to vet VOCs VOCs sessions at GGF16, GGF17 and GGF18 4. Champion efforts to make GGF standards valuable for software suppliers & developers to adopt o Economic factors of adoption o Suppliers/developers & open source GGF Vendor Adoption Forum established Year/year growth of vendor membership and event attendance High vendor member satisfaction (events and overall) Vendor success stories and references (e.g. usability tests of OGSA) Vendor sessions at GGF16, GGF17 and GGF18 Objectives Measures

20. 20 GGF Community Council Robert FogelIntelvc communities Gwen Nichols-WhiteGGFCommunity Program Manager Satoshi MatsuokaTokyo Inst. of Technologyresearch apps Thilo KielmannFree University of Amsterdamresearch apps Craig Leethe Aerospace corporationindustrial apps Bob CohenEconomic Strategy Instituteindustrial apps Ken KlingensteinInternet2 (US)grid operations Charlie CatlettArgonne National Labgrid operations DeRoure, DavidUniv of Southhampton, UKtech innovators Dennis GannonUniv Indiana, UStech innovators Wolfgang GentzschMCNC, D-Grid and RENCImajor grid projects Victor AlesandriniIDRIS (Fr)major grid projects Alan BlateckyUniv. of NCmajor grid projects Geoffrey FoxUniv Indiana, UScommunity affairs Hai JinHuazhong Univ, Wuhan, Chinamajor grid projects – China

21. 21 Community F2F Jan’06 Results (pg 1 of 2) New Community Areas and rethinking existing Community Areas Socialize Vendor Adoption Forum Concept at GGF16 Socialize VOC to Telco-CG at GGF16 Vendor Adoption Forum BoF at GGF17 Vendor Adoption Forum 1st Meeting at GGF18 Establish GCAB by GGF17 Establish Standards/Community interaction team

22. 22 Community F2F Jan’06 Results (pg 2 of 2) Accreditation of GGF documents Research gap analysis (what are the topics that we’re not covering) Co-locate with academic conferences Major Grid Project Directory Develop ways of collaboration among major grid projects (e.g., in the area of migrating to new software releases) Establish a means for exchanging grid technology components

23. 23 Overall Community Deliverables Provide content for both GGF and non-GGF events to help end-users understand and use Grid technology Provide content for both GGF and non-GGF events to help vendors understand GGF and GGF standards Recruit/retain Community members Establish international Community regions Recruit thought leaders and key orgs Build Voice-of-the-Community (VOC) groups across all key verticals Use VOC documents to identify, prioritize end-user requirements and use cases Establish close interaction with Standards Function to drive VOCs into the GGF standards process Make VOCs documents easily/readily available Establish Vendor Adoption Forum (VAF) to champion efforts to make GGF standards valuable for software suppliers & developers to adopt Use VAF to drive GGF standards adoption