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EGEE-III INFSO-RI-222667

Enabling Grids for E-sciencE

www.eu-egee.org

EGEE-III and Business

Sy HolsingerNA2 Deputy ManagerTrust-IT Services Ltd.

NA2 Face-to-Face Meeting (Istanbul, Turkey)26 September 2008


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Contents

• Deliverables• Business partners• Information channels• Objectives• Accomplishments• Future goals

Sy Holsinger – EGEE and Business – NA2 F2F – 26 Sept 2008



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• DNA2.6.1-2 - EGEE Commercial exploitation plan

– Preparing the transfer/commercial exploitation of EGEE technology– analysis of business requirements

• DNA2.7.1-2 - 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°

Name Responsible Author

M3 DNA2.5 Plans on EGEE support for business communities

ED

M11,23 DNA2.6.1-2 EGEE Commercial exploitation plan ED

M11,23 DNA2.7.1-2 Annual report on dissemination and Business uptake results

Trust-IT




EGEE’s Programme for Industry




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




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 http://business.eu-egee.org




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




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

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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




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




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




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




Future

• Programme for Business– Start of market analysis– Programme Committee for OGF25/EGEE UF– Looking into IGT2008 - 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!




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 & SustainabilityBusiness Scientific

applications


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