INFSO-RI NA2 Status Update ETICS2 second AHM Isabel Matranga Engineering Ingegneria Informatica SpA Darmstadt, February 2009

INFSO-RI Darmstadt, February 2009NA2 Status Update Dissemination Activities performed from M8 to M12 Events and main outcomes QA&Test (45 minutes slot) Collected feedback from experts in QA New kind of audience EU Condor Week (45 minute session ) Discussion on virtualisation techniques Interesting liaisons SC08 (poster at INFN stand) We were there! NorduGrid 2008 (a workshop was dedicated to the Unified Middleware Distribution) Discussion on the use of ETICS as common build and test system and repository for all middleware implementations

INFSO-RI Darmstadt, February 2009NA2 Status Update Dissemination Activities performed from M8 to M12 Events and main outcomes 6th eConcertation meeting exchanged information and results with other e- Infrastructure projects teams ICT 2008 Interesting liaisons EGEE JRA1/SA3 All-Hands meeting presentation of the new features feedback collection EGI meetings (?) Discussion on the use of ETICS as common build and test system and repository for all middleware implementations

INFSO-RI Darmstadt, February 2009NA2 Status Update Dissemination Activities performed from M8 to M12 Events prepared OGF25/EGEE User Forum The ETICS System Job Submission Facilities Validation of standard compliance and interoperability of grid software using the ETICS Test System (a shorter version will be merged into the SW Development Tools workshop) Using the ETICS Test System to analyse standard compliance and interoperability of grid software two 90- minute slots Workshop for CBT Postponed to the 10th March

INFSO-RI Darmstadt, February 2009NA2 Status Update Dissemination Activities performed from M8 to M12 Poster

INFSO-RI Darmstadt, February 2009NA2 Status Update Dissemination Activities performed from M8 to M12 News Zero-in Magazine Prepared a news for iSGWT waiting for comments from PMB. It will be send to iSGWT on the 20 th Feb

INFSO-RI Darmstadt, February 2009NA2 Status Update Dissemination Activities performed from M8 to M12 ETICS Website Keeping it updated Software Quality page added Download and install page Testimonials page (needs testimonials!) New home page Re-organisation of the content

INFSO-RI Darmstadt, February 2009NA2 Status Update Dissemination Activities performed from M8 to M12 ETICS on the web ETICS in EGI Knowledge base ETICS in EGEE collaborating project page ETICS public documents in Belief DL ETICS on Gasuc (Grid Application Support Centre) supported tools and technologies page (Coming soon)

INFSO-RI Darmstadt, February 2009NA2 Status Update Dissemination Milestones and Deliverables from M8 to M12 DNA2.6 (Dissemination and Use of Knowledge Plan – second update) (in progress) MNA2.3 (Dissemination events organized (according to dissemination plan) (OK)

INFSO-RI Darmstadt, February 2009NA2 Status Update Dissemination In the next six months … Keep the website updated Preparation of workshops More effort must be spent on converting interested others into users News and Articles Participation to Conferences DNA2.8 Dissemination and Use of Knowledge Plan – third update)

INFSO-RI Darmstadt, February 2009NA2 Status Update Training Activities from M8 to M12 DNA2.4 (First year analysis of training and tuning activities - M12) (in progress) On-line training courses and demos (Delayed from M06) 1 Day training to ARC people (February) Issue : Training activities delayed because of recruitment issues in other WPs in which activities had higher priority.

INFSO-RI Darmstadt, February 2009NA2 Status Update Training In the next six months … Training session at OGF25/EGEE User Forum (2 nd March) Need to activate a contingecy plan to recover delays and perform future activities

INFSO-RI Darmstadt, February 2009NA2 Status Update A-QCM Activities performed from M8 to M12 From Grid-QCM to A-QCM High level design of A-QCM web interface QA&TEST conference A-QCM contribution for ETICS 2 web site DNA2.3 (ETICS Grid Quality Certification Activity Report) Identification of alforithms for A-QCM metrics implementation Consultation with experts Improvement of the A-QCM model (coding style evaluation module) A-QCM competitor analysis

INFSO-RI Darmstadt, February 2009NA2 Status Update A-QCM In the next six months Trial certification (MNA2.4 two projects are issued with a GridQCM certificate – M12) (Delayed) Dissemination Logo Final version Improvement according to feedback DNA2.7 ( ETICS Grid Quality Certification Activity Report) Workshop with quality experts Preparation for the presentation of A-QCM to ISO

INFSO-RI Darmstadt, February 2009NA2 Status Update Long-term sustainability Activities performed from M8 to M12 Definition of a strategy that will allow the ETICS 2 services to become self sustainable (work in progress) Market analysis of “competitors” (work in progress) DNA2.6 (Long-term sustainability strategy and activity report – M12) (work in progress) An investigation on how ETICS 2, regarded as a System and Service, can be mapped to the ISO/IEC Software Lifecycle Processes

INFSO-RI Darmstadt, February 2009NA2 Status Update Long-term sustainability in the next six months Consolidation of strategy that will allow the ETICS 2 services to become self sustainable

INFSO-RI Darmstadt, February 2009NA2 Status Update Thank you! Any Questions?