EGEE'06

Session

Business

25 Sept 2006, 14:00

CICG

Conveners

Business: Introduction to EGEE & Business

• Osborne Ian (unkown)

Business: Business Models and Security Challenges in Grid

• There are no conveners in this block

Description

Introduction to EGEE & EGEE & Business

An Introductory session on EGEE, offers an overview of the
EU funded EGEE project; its ultimate goals; where it is now
and where it plans to be in the coming months.


Delegates will hear about specific success stories of EGEE
Grid adoption and its benefits to users. An overview will be
offered comparing Grid & Research with Grid & Industry with
interventions made from major Industry players such as:
Intel & HP. A visionary, policy overview from Mario
Campolargo, Head of Unit of Research Infrastructures will
cover the EC strategy on the importance of Grid adoption in
enterprise for the future.

Grid Business Models Global vs Corporate
Grid

How far do business models need to change for
companies to use grid effectively? This follow-up session
from the introduction on benefits to users looks at
analysing this question in greater detail introducing real
case studies from industrial experts in adopting Grid.
Presentations will be given on how enterprise may
increase its revenue through improved business
processes. A Panel discussion is organised for the latter
part of the session.

140. Welcome & Chair Bob Jones - CERN EGEE project director - How EGEE does Business

Dr Bob Jones (CERN)

25/09/2006, 14:00

This talk will explain how the EGEE project works with business and industry as well as the mechanisms it has defined to allow commercial organisations to get involved. A look to the future beyond the current project will also be included.

142. Mario Campolargo, Head of Unit of Research Infrastructures, European Commission - eInfrastructures as icebreakers for Industry

Mario CAMPOLARGO

25/09/2006, 14:20

Abstract: The talk introduces the audience to the European Union (EU) research policies, focusing in the area of Research Infrastructures. It outlines the historic evolution of the constituency of electronic Infrastructures (eInfrastructures) as these become mature. In this process, the progressively increasing role of industry is analysed. The main eInfrastructures topics in the...

151. Hans-Christian Hoppe - Intel - Enabling Grid in Industry and Enterprise

Dr Hans-Christian Hoppe (Intel)

25/09/2006, 14:40

Grid Computing has come a long way since its inception in the academic area; the dynamic, transparent, and secure access to a variety of computing, data and network resources makes it a very attractive proposition for use in industrial and general Enterprise contexts. The talk discusses how to facilitate the uptake of Grid technology with Enterprises for technical and general business...

150. Martin Walker HP EMEA - Introduction to EGEE and Business

Martin WALKER

25/09/2006, 15:00

Similarities and differences between Grid deployments in research and industry are described and assessed. The status of the present situation is described from a global perspective. An attempt will be made to project the potential future evolution of grids in research and industry.

153. Martin Walker HP EMEA - Grid Business Models: Global vs. Corporate Grids

Martin WALKER

25/09/2006, 16:00

Grids in industry must respond to business drivers and exigencies. Grids are part of the global evolution of corporate information technology. This means that corporate grids have to be seen in the context of major IT trends like virtualization, standardization, and the building of service-oriented architectures. The corresponding forces and consequences are described, as well as...

156. Anders Grangard eBus Director GS1 - Supply chain visibility with GS1

Anders GRANGARD

25/09/2006, 16:20

GS1 is a not-for-profit organisation that develops global standards for the unique identification of goods and services with offices in 104 countries around the world. The GS1 system consists of a set of complementary standards and solutions that in combination allows for streamlined supply and demand chain from manufacturer to end users. Physical goods and products are marked with...

313. Katarina Stanoevska BeinGrid Project -

Ms Katarina Stanoevska (BeinGrid Project)

25/09/2006, 16:40

The main objective of the Business Experiments in Grid (BEinGRID) projectis to foster the adoption of the so-called Next Generation Grid technologies by the realization of several business experiments and the creation of a toolset repository of Grid middleware upper layers. BEinGRID will undertake a series of targeted business experiment pilots designed to implement and deploy...

219. Paul Wang Advisory, Senior Manager, PricewaterhouseCoopers - Grid Security: A Business driven SWOT analysis

Paul WANG

25/09/2006, 17:00

Is the Grid providing new issues and challenges on information security? Computational ressource theft is occurring in lots of institutions and is nowadays causing very limited liability issues, but much more obvious performance issues. Grid computational ressource theft, if occuring would cause tremendous liability issues, for the ressource provider and the ressource requester. A...