INFSO-RI NA2 Status Update ETICS2 third AHM Isabel Matranga Engineering Ingegneria Informatica SpA Budapest, June 2009

INFSO-RI Budapest, June 2009NA2 Status Update Dissemination Events Research Domain - from M13 to M 17 OGF25/EGEE User Forum The ETICS System Job Submission Facilities Validation of standard compliance and interoperability of grid software using the ETICS Test System Presentation to SKA project members Part of a session on software development technical person from SKA liked ETICS very much Forthcoming EGEE 09 conference (21 – 25 September) Standards and Certifications – Improving the quality of eInfrastructure software (in collaboration with OGFEurope) Distributed testing and testbed management (in collaboration with EGEE)

INFSO-RI Budapest, June 2009NA2 Status Update Dissemination Events Commercial Domain - from M13 to M 17 Demo to CBT (leader in the italian market for Information & Communication Technology (ICT)) Interested in ETICS (issue with privacy of code) CBT Manager wanted one person from CBT to follow the experiment … the request was not fulfilled by the CBT human resources dep. Hannover Fair (world's leading showcase for industrial technology) ETICS on the stand dedicated to the transfer of Space technologies into other sectors Meeting with NETA (company part of Eng group) Using a commercial tool (SERENA dimensions looking for a build tool Evaluating possible use of ETICS

INFSO-RI Budapest, June 2009NA2 Status Update Dissemination Events Commercial Domain - from M13 to M 17 Demo to Head and PM of ENG R&I Dep Proposed integration of ETICS in ENG API portal among the tools to support project managers Interested in offering ETICS as a service through the data centre of Pont S. Martin Forthcoming QA&TEST conference (21-23 October) tutorial on ETICS testing and quality verification features ICSOC-ServiceWave workshop (proposal November) In collaboration with STV workshop on System Testing and Validation Demo to NICE (Grid&Cloud solutions) Middle of July dates to be confirmed

INFSO-RI Budapest, June 2009NA2 Status Update Dissemination Articles and website from M13 to M 17 ARTICLES Feature on ETICS in iSGTW published on 26 th May Sent contribution to Primeur magazine Forthcoming ICT Results WEBSITE was kept up to date

INFSO-RI Budapest, June 2009NA2 Status Update Dissemination In the next months … Website Kept up to date Some new info coming from sustainability and exploitation activities Organisation of demos Demo to NICE (middle July) Demo to ENG R&I PMs (July-September) Conferences EGEE 09 (21 – 25 September) QA&TEST conference (21-23 October) ICSOC-ServiceWave waiting for confirmation (24-27 November) Dissemination Material New brochure (September) Video on ETICS (September)

INFSO-RI Budapest, June 2009NA2 Status Update Dissemination In the next months Deliverable and Milestones … DNA2.8 - Dissemination and Use of Knowledge Plan Third Update) (November) DNA Second year analysis of dissemination and training and tuning activities (January) DNA Dissemination and Use of Knowledge Plan (Final) (February) MNA2.6 - Dissemination events organized (according to dissemination plan) (February)

INFSO-RI Budapest, June 2009NA2 Status Update Training Activities from M13 to M 17 On-line training demos 01 - ETICS Overview 02 - The ETICS Portal and the Web Applications 03 - Installing the ETICS Client 04 - Building with ETICS (Basic) 05 - Building with ETICS (Advanced) 06 - The ETICS Packager 07 - Testing with ETICS (Basic) 08 - Testing with ETICS (Advanced) 09 - Requesting a new Project 10 - Creating new modules and configurations 11 - Managing dependencies 12 - Submitting remote builds and tests 13 - Analysing Build and Test Reports 14 - Locking and Registration

INFSO-RI Budapest, June 2009NA2 Status Update Training Activities from M13 to M 17 Training session at OGF25/EGEE User Forum Using the ETICS Test System to analyse standard compliance and interoperability of grid software two 90-minute slots Forthcoming Full day session on ETICS at the GridKa School (Beginning September)

INFSO-RI Budapest, June 2009NA2 Status Update Training In the next months … More training demos on-line (reviwers requested by August) Full day session on ETICS at the GridKa School (September) DNA Second year analysis of dissemination and training and tuning activities (January)

INFSO-RI Budapest, June 2009NA2 Status Update A-QCM Activities performed M13 to M 17 Workshop on software product quality (organized by CTI) Questions on availability of the “A-QCM tool” A-QCM approach was well accepted Analysed and identified A-QCM ISO standardisation strategy and plan document summarizing conclusions sent to PMB Participated to ISO plenary meeting (24-27 May) Jorgen Boegh will be in charge of preparing the update of ISO/IEC standard

INFSO-RI Budapest, June 2009NA2 Status Update A-QCM Activities performed M13 to M 17 Forthcoming Conferences QA&TEST conference (21-23 October) tutorial on ETICS testing and quality verification features ICSOC-ServiceWave workshop (proposal November) In collaboration with STV workshop on System Testing and Validation

INFSO-RI Budapest, June 2009NA2 Status Update A-QCM In the next months … Trial certification (MNA2.4 two projects are issued with a GridQCM certificate – M12) (August) Dissemination QA&TEST (October) ICSOC-ServiceWave (November ?) Improvements according to feedback from users and experts Participation to ISO intermediate working group meeting (October) Possibility to have an informal presentation of ETICS (A-QCM)

INFSO-RI Budapest, June 2009NA2 Status Update A-QCM In the next months Deliverables and Milestones DNA2.7 ( ETICS Grid Quality Certification Activity Report) (November) MNA2.4 Two projects are issued with a A-QCM certificate (August) MNA2.5 Four projects are issued with a A-QCM certificate (February)

INFSO-RI Budapest, June 2009NA2 Status Update Long-term sustainability Activities performed M13 to M 17 Unique value proposition Analysis of ETICS features Market analysis of core set of “competitors” Analysis of potential customers (needs, how ETICS supports them) Worked on single partner’s exploitation plans Analised possible sustainability strategies for ETICS Costs Return of investments Prepared the ETICS customer satisfaction survey Exploring other grant opportunities in areas different form Research Infrastructure (e.g Qualipso)

INFSO-RI Budapest, June 2009NA2 Status Update Long-term sustainability in the next months … Finalize work on identification of: ETICS unique value proposition ETICS exploitation and sustainability strategy “Market validation” phase … advancing exploitation/sustainability strategies overall project results individual partners

INFSO-RI Budapest, June 2009NA2 Status Update Long-term sustainability in the next months Deliverables DNA2.6 - Resubmission (Long-term sustainability strategy and activity report (first release) (August) DNA2.9 - Long-term sustainability strategy and activity report (final) (January)

INFSO-RI Budapest, June 2009NA2 Status Update Q&A Thank you!