1. EGEE-III INFSO-RI-222667 Enabling Grids for E-sciencE www.eu-egee.org EGEE and gLite are registered trademarks Sy Holsinger NA2 Deputy Activity Manager Trust-IT Services Ltd. EGEE-III First Review, 24-25 June, 2009 Business and Outreach NA2 Status Report

2. Enabling Grids for E-sciencE EGEE-III INFSO-RI-222667 2 Contents Activity overview Objectives EGEE’s Programme for Business Main activities and results achieved Commercial Exploitation Plan Year 2 Plan Summary/Conclusion NA2 – Sy Holsinger - EGEE-III First Review 24-25 June 2009

3. Enabling Grids for E-sciencE EGEE-III INFSO-RI-222667 EGEE-III Budget Business Activity Overview 3 Business Manpower –5 partners –3 countries –2 FTE Effort Breakdown NA2 – Sy Holsinger - EGEE-III First Review 24-25 June 2009

4. Enabling Grids for E-sciencE EGEE-III INFSO-RI-222667 4 Objectives Dissemination –Targeted dissemination material –Being a source of information Outreach –Organising business-focused events –Meeting companies one-to-one Technology Transfer –Creating joint collaborations –Facilitating and supporting business applications Business and Market Analysis –Defining business and technological landscapes –Analysing business user requirements –Outlining exploitation opportunities including SWOT analysis –Participating in standardisation bodies NA2 – Sy Holsinger - EGEE-III First Review 24-25 June 2009

5. Enabling Grids for E-sciencE EGEE-III INFSO-RI-222667 5 EGEE’s Programme for Business Business Partners –Funded Business Associates –Collaborative Business Forum & Task Force –Dissemination and Outreach –Technology Transfer and Business Analysis Business Days and Tracks –One-day events/workshops –EGEE annual conferences NA2 – Sy Holsinger - EGEE-III First Review 24-25 June 2009

6. Enabling Grids for E-sciencE EGEE-III INFSO-RI-222667 6 Dissemination and Outreach NA2 – Sy Holsinger - EGEE-III First Review 24-25 June 2009

7. Enabling Grids for E-sciencE EGEE-III INFSO-RI-222667 Business Forum Platform and dissemination tool –First contact point for outreach to potential adopters –Highlights the benefits of Grid through interaction with the business community Main Achievements –11 Additional members (total < 300) –Dissemination  3 Business Forum Newsletters (New HTML)  EGEE and Business Brochure Business DB –Outreach  4 Business-focused events organised London Business Day – 21 May 2008 oResult: 100 Participants + 1 new business pilot application Grid Solutions Track at LinuxDays 2009 – 5 June 2009 Business Track at EGEE’08 – 22-23 Sept 2008 Role of gLite in a Commercial Setting Workshop at EGEE 4 th User Forum/OGF25 – 5 March 2009 7 NA2 – Sy Holsinger - EGEE-III First Review 24-25 June 2009

8. Enabling Grids for E-sciencE EGEE-III INFSO-RI-222667 8 Technology Transfer NA2 – Sy Holsinger - EGEE-III First Review 24-25 June 2009

9. Enabling Grids for E-sciencE EGEE-III INFSO-RI-222667 Business Task Force 9 EGEE’s industry-led technical group –Works directly with companies and end-users interested in adopting EGEE technologies –Provides assessments of gLite as an industrial application –Coordinates activities for applications running on the EGEE infrastructure Technology Transfer –2 New Business Associates (8 total)  Constellation Technologies (UK)  selling gLite-based “SuperCloud” solution  providing both additional services based on market requirements and support to commercial customers  Linalis (CH)  Offering commercial training –1 New Business Application – Digital Ribbon (9 total)  a US-based service registry ran an application running gLite on a commercial infrastructure (with WISDOM) –Participates in OGF-Europe’s Industry Expert Group  + active participation at Cloudscape Workshop (14-15 Jan 2009, Brussels) 2 presentations, panel discussion & provided position paper NA2 – Sy Holsinger - EGEE-III First Review 24-25 June 2009

10. Enabling Grids for E-sciencE EGEE-III INFSO-RI-222667 gLite Business Use Cases Adopted gLite on own infrastructure –CGG Veritas  Earth Sciences (EGEODE) - BEinGRID –EU-IndiaGrid  Financial Stock Analysis application using gLite –Health-e-Child  Biomedical information platform for Paediatrics –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 / Digital Ribbon  Using EGEE infrastructure for drug discovery NA2 - Sy Holsinger – EGEE-II Final Review - 8-9 July 2008 10

11. Enabling Grids for E-sciencE EGEE-III INFSO-RI-222667 11 Business and Market Analysis NA2 – Sy Holsinger - EGEE-III First Review 24-25 June 2009

12. Enabling Grids for E-sciencE EGEE-III INFSO-RI-222667 12 EGEE Commercial Exploitation Plan Analysed gLite as “the” EGEE product to be exploited commercially Produced a gLite SWOT analysis Painted a landscape, both Business and Technological –Technological  The “As a Service” approach; Grids and Clouds (Comparison/Convergence); Virtualisation; Standardisation –Business  gLite Business Models  Positioning of gLite in the Market IaaS; SaaS; potential approaches; SWOT analysis  EGEE Technologies Business Portfolio Current companies selling/adopting EGEE technologies Current EGEE Business Use Cases Analysed Business Requirements –General and Specific (one-to-one site visits) –Management of SLAs, Licensing and Security Identified areas of opportunities for gLite in the business world –Develop compute and data intensive applications to sell as services –Build a shared Grid infrastructure through technological consortium or dedicated start-up NA2 – Sy Holsinger - EGEE-III First Review 24-25 June 2009

13. Enabling Grids for E-sciencE EGEE-III INFSO-RI-222667 13 Year 2 Plan Dissemination and Outreach –Continue Business Forum Newsletters (positive feedback) –EGEE’09 Business Track (5 session planned) –Follow up with potential new EBA (Maat-g) –Finalise MoUs with BEinGRID and RESERVOIR –Investigate potential opportunities with GridECON Moving EGEE technologies to the market –Strong focus on one-to-one site visits during year two –Finalize EGEE Commercial Exploitation Plan –Work closer with gLite Consortium for business needs –Target applications and/or OSS products to be integrated within gLite (and EGEE at large) infrastructure –Define potential for turning a scientific Grid into a commercial one Preparation for transition to EGI –User Support SSC (including business-related activities and participation from EBAs)  Help commercial companies to exploit software, support and services based on the outcomes of EGEE and developments within EGI (i.e. UMD, components/services/RESPECT/Applications)  Provide feedback to EGI and NGI aiding in concrete business exploitation and increased sustainability NA2 – Sy Holsinger - EGEE-III First Review 24-25 June 2009

14. Enabling Grids for E-sciencE EGEE-III INFSO-RI-222667 14 Summary / Conclusion Demonstrated a progressive evolution of business activities Solid dissemination and outreach to businesses –Targeted promotional material –Organised business-focused events Multiple examples of technology transfer –Established joint collaborations through Business Associates programme –Obtained and collated a variety of business use cases Taken a proactive, analytical approach to define the commercial exploitation opportunities for EGEE technologies Continuing a forward thinking mentality –Leveraging experience gained through three phases of EGEE by leading business activities in the transition to EGI ensuring the sustainability of EGEE Technologies NA2 – Sy Holsinger - EGEE-III First Review 24-25 June 2009