1. An Open Collaboration Framework Thomas D. Uram turam@mcs.anl.gov Argonne National Laboratory

2. Access Grid 2 Success Downloads 6000+ (outside Argonne) Certificates 8000+ certificate requests 53 countries Venue Servers 10+ external to Argonne Run by large organizations, small collaborations Platforms Windows, OSX, Linux (Gentoo, Slackware, FedoraCore, FreeBSD, RedHat, SuSE) Large deployer of Globus software

3. Deploying projects WestGrid 80+ personal nodes UC ASCI Flash Center LEAD Project Weekly meeting with 10+ sites Advanced Biomedical Collaboratory In-hospital and intra- hospital collaboration HPC Europa Advanced Photon Source Enable remote researchers to participate in experiments National Fusion Collaboratory Communications among control room staff and with remote researchers 100+ personal nodes TeraGrid Multiple weekly meetings involving 10+ sites, each with multiple participants

4. Third-party development AGSchedule, NCSA Click to join meeting Video Presence, ANU rcbridge, ANU AGDeviceControl, ANU MPEG4 support, NCHC (Taiwan) SharedDesktop, WestGrid SharedVizServer, WestGrid Venue Customizer, WestGrid/SFU MPEG4 (NCHC Taiwan) Positional audio,BostonU AGJuggler, Purdue Univ. AGConnector, KISTI/GIST HD/DV support, KISTI/GIST OSX vic port, UQueensland MLB (whiteboard) integration, UQ Screen streaming; meeting recorder, Manchester University (UK) MAST, Reading University (UK) Others…

5. Access Grid 3 Standards-based Proven tools and protocols Improved performance Improved stability Interoperability Platform independence Ease developer integration Open license GSI replaced by SSL throughout New SOAP implementation, with WSDL support Interoperability Facilitates client development XML Event distribution Interoperability Performance

6. Access Grid 3 Jabber-based text chat Established standard Interoperable with large Jabber client base iChat GoogleTalk

7. Access Grid 3 Integrated FTPS data storage Stability of established standard Interoperability with third-party clients

8. Access Grid 3 Certificates optional for clients Streamlines startup for users Improved user experience Persistent user preferences Simpler, richer venue navigation Tree-based view of venue space View all venues on server Improved device support Integrated scheduling interface

9. Access Grid 3 Integrated scheduling

10. Access Grid 3 Network monitoring Multicast detection Integrated per-Venue multicast beacon client Multicast connectivity viewer Similar to RAT reception quality matrix Next-generation multicast bridging Easier firewall handling Available in all venues, not just select ones

11. More information Upcoming events Access Grid Retreat May 2006, Ann Arbor, MI Monthly Townhall Meetings ~ First Tuesday of each month Weekly Test Meetings Thursdays 10am Central Access Grid home page www.accessgrid.org Access Grid portal AGcentral.org

12. Acknowledgments Access Grid Team at Argonne National Laboratory and The University of Chicago Susanne Lefvert Eric Olson Department of Energy Core AccessGrid Toolkit National Science Foundation Network Services FusionGrid Access Grid OSX port

13. Oh, One More Thing Access Grid 3.0 Available Today !!!