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Industry Perspectives on the EGI Model for Sustainable Grid Infrastructures

Learn about the fundamentals, actors, business aspects, and technology infrastructures of the EGI model from 39 countries. Explore NGIs, EGI.org, SSCs, consortia, and more.

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Industry Perspectives on the EGI Model for Sustainable Grid Infrastructures

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  1. New industry perspectives emerging from the EGI model 39 Countries (NGIs) dr. Antonio Candiello INFN/IT, candiello@pd.infn.it

  2. Summary • EGI fundamentals • Actors and Functions • Business in the EGI phase • (Commercial) Business Models • Final Questions OGF25 / OGFEU2 / EGEE User Forum Industry perspectives & the EGI model

  3. EGI Basic Elements • EGI = NGIs+EGI.org • NGIsbasic country-based actors • national funding • own agenda and tasks • EGI Policy Board (made by NGI reps) • EGI.org a coordinating body • EGI more sustainable economic model • new incomes should later integrate EU funding • no middleware development within EGI • but, middleware maintenance included OGF25 / OGFEU2 / EGEE User Forum Industry perspectives & the EGI model

  4. EGI.org,NGI and EGI Tasks National Grid Initiatives (NGI) Main EGI national sustainable actors EGI.org tasks NGI International tasks NGI National tasks EGI.org coordination body (1) EGI.org NGI NGI (39?) NGIs NGI NGI OGF25 / OGFEU2 / EGEE User Forum Industry perspectives & the EGI model

  5. EGI.org,NGI and EGI Tasks EGI.org tasks UCS NGI International tasks SSC Operations Mware User Comm. NGI National tasks (8) SSCs EGI.org NGI NGI SSC SSC SSC NGI NGI Specialized Support Centers (SSC) EGI vertical entities for specific user communities OGF25 / OGFEU2 / EGEE User Forum Industry perspectives & the EGI model

  6. Middleware is a key ingredient ! EGI.org tasks NGI International tasks Unified Middleware Distribution (UMD) EGI mw exchange layer NGI National tasks Mware maintenance tasks EGI.org (3) Consortia NGI NGI NGI NGI OGF25 / OGFEU2 / EGEE User Forum Industry perspectives & the EGI model

  7. e-Scienceis the high-level target EGI.org tasks NGI International tasks NGI National tasks ConsortiaMware tasks EGI: an infrastructure for High-Value Services NGI NGI e-Science tasks NGI EGI e-Science Infrastructure NGI OGF25 / OGFEU2 / EGEE User Forum Industry perspectives & the EGI model

  8. EGI Actors • NGIs (20-40: one each for eu Countries) • EIROs (research org like CERN, EBI, …) • EGI.org (coordinating entity) • Consortia (develop middleware) • SSCs (related to User Communities) • Research Institutions/Teams/Projects • Resource Centers/Providers • also: UMD, MCB, … OGF25 / OGFEU2 / EGEE User Forum Industry perspectives & the EGI model

  9. EGI functions • Management (EGI PB & EGI.org) • EGI Coordination (NGI funded) • Operations (NGIs) • Resource Management • Middleware (Consortia) • Maintenance (EGI-funded) • Research & Development (Projects-funded) • User Community svces (NGIs & SSCs) • User Support • Training • User Requirements & Applications OGF25 / OGFEU2 / EGEE User Forum Industry perspectives & the EGI model

  10. Technology Infrastructures “Infrastructure” & “Terminal” model • (old …) Railways & trains … • Internet & web • GSM & cellular phones • … EGI &Grid Applications !!! OGF25 / OGFEU2 / EGEE User Forum Industry perspectives & the EGI model

  11. Business in the EGI era • Interacting with clearly-defined actors • EGI is like a (government-funded) “railway infrastructure” • only academic-related “trains” are running • industry can: • build/operate rails (difficult) • build/operate trains (easier) • offer services (“stations”) OGF25 / OGFEU2 / EGEE User Forum Industry perspectives & the EGI model

  12. From Web 2.0 … to Grid 2.0 ! • Web 2.0 • (web)users as producers of: webcontent • Grid 2.0 • cpu/storage sharing already “2.0” model IT resources (cpus & storage) • also … (grid) users as producers of:services & software (algorithms & apps) OGF25 / OGFEU2 / EGEE User Forum Industry perspectives & the EGI model

  13. Suggestions for Business & Grids Distinguish industry between: • Customers companies using IT services • identify the relevant areas • Providers companies offering IT services • Application Developers • System-Level (mw) Developers • Resource Providers • Service Providers OGF25 / OGFEU2 / EGEE User Forum Industry perspectives & the EGI model

  14. Service-related e-Science Areas • Bioinformatics • Chemistry • Earth Sciences (eGov) • Health Sciences (eGov) • Graphic Modeling, Simulations • Optimization of Traffic Routing • Structural Engineering (FEMs) • Engine & Energy Engineering OGF25 / OGFEU2 / EGEE User Forum Industry perspectives & the EGI model

  15. How to ease Industry Involvement • join relevant SSC projects • for SMEs • create local sub-national EGI-linked Grid Initiatives mixing public & private research (with some public funding) • sustain alliances for using EGI standards in productive chains • for bigger industries: • suggest UMD standards for corporate multi-site intra-grids OGF25 / OGFEU2 / EGEE User Forum Industry perspectives & the EGI model

  16. (Commercial) Grid Users / Needs • Computation work (in: cpu x hours or S2I x hours) • Storage use (in: Gbyte x hours) • Application porting to EGI/UMD • Deploy of corporate-wide “Intragrids” find the right algorithms … really: • High-level expertise for Applied Research OGF25 / OGFEU2 / EGEE User Forum Industry perspectives & the EGI model

  17. (Commercial) Grid Providers • Resource (Centers) Providers • Middleware Stack Providers • Application Providers • Application Service Providers • Business Users Support Services • High Level Services OGF25 / OGFEU2 / EGEE User Forum Industry perspectives & the EGI model

  18. EGI Vs EGEE model for business OGF25 / OGFEU2 / EGEE User Forum Industry perspectives & the EGI model

  19. Business Model definition* Infrastructure Partner Network Offer Customer Relationship Customer • Infrastructure: core capabilities, partner network, value configuration; • Offer: value proposition; • Customer: customer relationship, distribution channel, target customer; • Finance: cost structure, revenue streams. Value Proposition Core Capabilities Target Customer Value Configuration Distribution Channel Cost Structure Finance Revenue Streams * see: A. Osterwalder, 2004 OGF25 / OGFEU2 / EGEE User Forum Industry perspectives & the EGI model

  20. BM Template OGF25 / OGFEU2 / EGEE User Forum Industry perspectives & the EGI model

  21. Questions • Business jobs can’t circulate in EGI. Need EGI.biz for the private sector? Made up by the same NGIs? • Which killer application for EGI.biz? • Industry don’t like sharing too much with competitors … how can make them trust the grid? • Multiplatform (x gLite) & accounting needed for industries … how to solve? OGF25 / OGFEU2 / EGEE User Forum Industry perspectives & the EGI model

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