1. INFSO-RI-508833 Enabling Grids for E-sciencE www.eu-egee.org EGEE-II and Business Sy Holsinger Metaware EGEE-II 1 st EU Review (CERN) 15-16 May 2007

2. Enabling Grids for E-sciencE INFSO-RI-508833 EGEE-II and Business- Sy Holsinger - EGEE-II 1st EU Review - 15-16 May 2007 2 Overview EGEE-II focused its efforts to: 1.Formulate strategies to improve the uptake of EGEE-II in Industry 2.Recruit new industry users of the Grid (and possible future financial supporters of a sustainable Grid infrastructure in Europe 3.Business Applications 4.Attract industrial stakeholders to the opportunities available within EGEE-II 5.Identify and target new user communities from Industry & suggest means to overcome the obstacles industry face when adopting Grid technologies 6.Facilitate a fruitful, dynamic exchange between current Grid users and potential industry users

3. Enabling Grids for E-sciencE INFSO-RI-508833 EGEE-II and Business- Sy Holsinger - EGEE-II 1st EU Review - 15-16 May 2007 3 Contents Principal structures, activities & achievements with Industry Plan for Industrial Involvement Business Partners EGEE-II Business Associates Business Applications Industry Task Force Industrial Stakeholders Industry Forum Industry Days Dedicated Business Track at EGEE’06 & ’07 Conferences EGEE User Forum 07 Community Members

4. Enabling Grids for E-sciencE INFSO-RI-508833 EGEE-II and Business- Sy Holsinger - EGEE-II 1st EU Review - 15-16 May 2007 4 Formulating Strategies DNA2.4.1 –Plan for Industrial Involvement  Laid out a roadmap with clear metrics with progress indicators and specific strategic strategies DNA2.5.1-2 –Annual Report of the Industry Forum  Reports on progress made, results achieved and allows to formulate areas of improvement and update strategies and future actions Delivery Date Deliverable N° NameResponsible Author M03DNA2.4Plan for Industrial InvolvementMTW M11DNA2.5.1Annual Report of the Industry ForumMTW M23DNA2.5.2Annual Report of the Industry ForumMTW

5. Enabling Grids for E-sciencE INFSO-RI-508833 EGEE-II and Business- Sy Holsinger - EGEE-II 1st EU Review - 15-16 May 2007 5 Industrial Stakeholders Start of EGEE-IICurrentlyRemaining Under- represented Sectors Industry and SMEsIndustry and SMEs (also those not using Grid) Government Early Grid UsersPetroleumTelecommunications Industry Grid UsersBioinformaticsPharmaceuticals AutomotiveAutomotive & Aerospace Finance Media Current Grid Users Energy Independent Software Vendors

6. Enabling Grids for E-sciencE INFSO-RI-508833 EGEE-II and Business- Sy Holsinger - EGEE-II 1st EU Review - 15-16 May 2007 6 Business Partners CEA (France) –Responsible for Fusion community CGG (France) –Seismic Imaging and Reservoir simulation – BEinGRID (BE18) CRSA (France) –Finance CS-SI (France) –Responsible for Q.A. and Technology Transfer to SMEs DATAMAT (Italy) –gLite middleware development & testing –Earth Sciences Metaware (Italy) –Dissemination and outreach to Businesses and Industry –Leads the Industry Forum and organises Industry Events TID (Spain) –Telecoms - Risk Management in Finance – BEinGRID (BE11) Signatories of the project contract with responsibilities in EGEE-II

7. Enabling Grids for E-sciencE INFSO-RI-508833 EGEE-II and Business- Sy Holsinger - EGEE-II 1st EU Review - 15-16 May 2007 7 EGEE Business Associates (1 of 3 ) Provides opportunities for companies to engage in technical work in collaboration with EGEE, such as:  coordinated technical developments  market surveys  exploitation strategies  or more general transfer of know-how and services to industry First year of EGEE-II –4 EGEE Business Associates  GridwiseTech  Nice  Platform  PricewaterhouseCoopers

8. Enabling Grids for E-sciencE INFSO-RI-508833 EGEE-II and Business- Sy Holsinger - EGEE-II 1st EU Review - 15-16 May 2007 8 EGEE Business Associates (2 of 3 ) -GridWiseTech -Developing Grid tutorials to Industrial Mgt. -GridWiseTech client used resources to create new medical devices NICE –Developing EGEE compatible GENIUS Grid portal and EnginFrame Framework Platform Computing –Making gLite middleware better in exploiting the LSF local resources management system PricewaterhouseCoopers –To collaborate on security policies and approaches

9. Enabling Grids for E-sciencE INFSO-RI-508833 EGEE-II and Business- Sy Holsinger - EGEE-II 1st EU Review - 15-16 May 2007 9 Future EBA Plans (3 of 3) Both companies potential as an EBA is an outcome of the Pisa Industry day Avanade –IT company  Help to make infrastructure more commercially viable Excelian –UK-based Grid Consulting Company for Finance and Energy  Only company if its kind in Europe  Bring invaluable know-how and technical expertise  Aid in adapting EGEE infrastructure to meet needs of the Finance sector

10. Enabling Grids for E-sciencE INFSO-RI-508833 EGEE-II and Business- Sy Holsinger - EGEE-II 1st EU Review - 15-16 May 2007 10 Industry Task Force Comprised of 11 representatives from: –EGEE-II industrial partners –participants from Grid projects with an industry focus Mandate: –Assess gLite as an industrial application –Liase with IF and TCG  technical direction of EGEE-II and business needs –Define EGEE technical requirements for industry –Support channel for commercial and technical requirements for industrial take-up external to EGEE –Support Business Applications

11. Enabling Grids for E-sciencE INFSO-RI-508833 EGEE-II and Business- Sy Holsinger - EGEE-II 1st EU Review - 15-16 May 2007 11 Business Applications BEinGRID –3 different applications  Earth Sciences – seismic imaging & reservoir simulation  Earth Observation – atmospheric retrieval parameters  Finance and Insurance – Risk Management OpenPlast project –SMEs- Develop and deploy Grid platform for plastic industry Health-e-Child –Health care – Biomedical information platform for Paediatrics DEISA –Fusion – Grid gateway for addressing EGEE and super computers

12. Enabling Grids for E-sciencE INFSO-RI-508833 EGEE-II and Business- Sy Holsinger - EGEE-II 1st EU Review - 15-16 May 2007 12 Industry Task Force Future Plans Second year of EGEE-II –Increase involvement of ISVs –Gather and analyse Business requirements –Identify new Industrial gLite pilot applications –Address barriers for potential adoption (i.e. Licensing, security, standardisation, etc.)  Licensing issue discussions with Mathworks –Qi3 Limited  Market Survey Feasibility of EGEE Commercial Training  Technology Evaluation of EGEE  Potential EU Business Competition (EGEE supported, hosted by CERN)

13. Enabling Grids for E-sciencE INFSO-RI-508833 EGEE-II and Business- Sy Holsinger - EGEE-II 1st EU Review - 15-16 May 2007 13 Industry Forum –Platforms designed to give Industry:  opportunity to learn about EGEE and its benefits  find out how their Industrial Applications can be deployed on EGEE using gLite middleware –102 New members for a total of 277 –Key role in organising  EGEE’06 Business Track  EGEE’07 Business Track  OGF20/EGEE User Forum –Organise Industry Days

14. Enabling Grids for E-sciencE INFSO-RI-508833 EGEE-II and Business- Sy Holsinger - EGEE-II 1st EU Review - 15-16 May 2007 14 Industry Days –Platforms to enable current and potential adopters of grid technology to:  Interact with EGEE project  Understand gLite  Exchange knowledge and experiences  benefits for the up-take of grid by industry  discuss technical and non-technical barriers –Guidelines:  Federation-based  Frequent 1-2 Months  Short, one-day format  Interactive – panel discussions with a max of 50 participants  Sector specific to tailor presentations and have focussed audience  Media coverage

15. Enabling Grids for E-sciencE INFSO-RI-508833 EGEE-II and Business- Sy Holsinger - EGEE-II 1st EU Review - 15-16 May 2007 15 Industry Days VenueDateTopicParticipants Paris, France27 Apr 06Launching ID70 Cambridge, UK16 May 06Grid and SMEs20 Ischia, Italy12 Jul 06Computing and SMEs50 Catania, Italy26-27 Oct 06Grid and SMEs100 Helsinki, Finland24 Nov 06Grid and Bioinformatics 50 Pisa, Italy24-26 Jan 07Grid and Finance50 Budapest, Hungary23 Feb 07Grid and Large Enterprise 48 Madrid, Spain1 Mar 07Engineering30 8 Total Industry days in 12 months across 6 Federations Average of 52 Participants Covering 4 of 8 underrepresented areas

16. Enabling Grids for E-sciencE INFSO-RI-508833 EGEE-II and Business- Sy Holsinger - EGEE-II 1st EU Review - 15-16 May 2007 16 Industry Days Results gLite Adoption –TOTAL (UK) –Cambridge Ontology Potential EBAs –Avanade –Excelian Community Members –Increase in specific vertical markets –Increase in Industry Forum members –Brought in involvement in ISVs and experts Large enterprise and SMEs –Speakers and participants

17. Enabling Grids for E-sciencE INFSO-RI-508833 EGEE-II and Business- Sy Holsinger - EGEE-II 1st EU Review - 15-16 May 2007 17 Industry Day Outcomes Lessons Learnt –More end-users in audience –Must be sector specific –Local Organisers  Apply to Industry Forum Chair  Reviewed by Industry Forum Steering Committee –50 participants is effective –More success stories and case studies in presentations Output –Challenges in adopting gLite or EGEE-II Infrastructure  Through post-event surveys and round table discussions –Documented through Post-event Reports

18. Enabling Grids for E-sciencE INFSO-RI-508833 EGEE-II and Business- Sy Holsinger - EGEE-II 1st EU Review - 15-16 May 2007 18 Future Industry Days –Paris, France, November 07 – Grid and Finance –Possible sites:  Austria  UK  Greece –Cover remaining underrepresented areas of EGEE-II Industrial Grid School has been proposed –Allow Industrial players to run an actual application on live portals –Ultimate platform to show, teach and allow Industrial technicians to try out what has been deeply discussed and presented.  Weeklong session

19. Enabling Grids for E-sciencE INFSO-RI-508833 EGEE-II and Business- Sy Holsinger - EGEE-II 1st EU Review - 15-16 May 2007 19 EGEE-II Conferences EGEE’06 Conference –Dedicated Business Track  3 half-day sessions and 1 full-day  Industrial sponsors offered presentations Intel, Oracle and HP  EBAs each gave presentations EGEE’07 Conference –Organising another Business Track  Through ITF and Industry Forum representation on Programme Committee  Bullets points to be expanded

20. Enabling Grids for E-sciencE INFSO-RI-508833 EGEE-II and Business- Sy Holsinger - EGEE-II 1st EU Review - 15-16 May 2007 20 EGEE User Forums Geneva, Switzerland – 1-3 March 06 –held at CERN –provided a special opportunity for the users’ communities to interact both with the EGEE project and amongst themselves –attracted some 250 attendees and 90 technical contributions Manchester, UK – 9-11 May 07 –In conjunction with OGF20 –550 registrants –Combined event aimed:  further strengthen the links between EGEE and OGF  bringing users and standards bodies together  establish of key standards.

21. Enabling Grids for E-sciencE INFSO-RI-508833 EGEE-II and Business- Sy Holsinger - EGEE-II 1st EU Review - 15-16 May 2007 21 Community Members (1 of 2) EGEE-II boasts a progressive increase in Community Members from Industrial sectors –More than 400 Community Members –96 Representatives from the Industry sector + 34 SMEs

22. Enabling Grids for E-sciencE INFSO-RI-508833 EGEE-II and Business- Sy Holsinger - EGEE-II 1st EU Review - 15-16 May 2007 22 Community Members (2 of 2) Steep peeks in registration directly correspond to Industry Days

23. Enabling Grids for E-sciencE INFSO-RI-508833 EGEE-II and Business- Sy Holsinger - EGEE-II 1st EU Review - 15-16 May 2007 23 Future Plans –Incorporate feedback from Community Members from the on-line Zoomerang survey identified:  Benefits  89% would recommend becoming a C.M.  Desired information on public portal  Improvement to on-line discussion forum –Action:  NA2 is drafting demands on extending the public website to include more technical information and include a search function  On-line Discussion Forum Creating a more flexible approach that is user-friendly by opening up new topics for debate

24. Enabling Grids for E-sciencE INFSO-RI-508833 EGEE-II and Business- Sy Holsinger - EGEE-II 1st EU Review - 15-16 May 2007 24 Conclusions Gaining experience and learning pertinent lessons on how to approach, involve and recruitment Industry Databases that cover specific sectors are increasing in numbers that will help in the recruitment in future events These results clearly show that we are headed in the right direction and lay out specific challenges and lessons learnt that will help guide a more productive future and solidify the scope of Industry involvement.

25. Enabling Grids for E-sciencE INFSO-RI-508833 EGEE-II and Business- Sy Holsinger - EGEE-II 1st EU Review - 15-16 May 2007 25 Thank you Sy Holsinger s.holsinger@metaware.it