OGF 101 Introduction to the Open Grid Forum

Overview • • • History & Mission Organization & Leadership Groups & Deliverables Events

History http: //www. ggf. org http: //www. gridalliance. org • Birthed in high performance

OGF Vision & Mission Our Vision: OGF is an open community committed to driving

OGF Value Events & Forums Community Practice Industry Standards Bring communities together to share,

Organization Nominating Committee Editor Enterprise e. Science Bo. D Advisory Committee President Technical Strategy

Committees • Community outreach/integration Advisory Committee (ADCOM) • Strategic insight and advise • Run

Board-of-Directors • Board of Directors provides strategic and policy guidance while helping to insure

Operational Leadership • President – Craig Lee, The Aerospace Corporation • CEO representing the

Operating Structure Functions manage “Areas” of like focus and are led by Vice Presidents.

Functions/Areas/Groups/Chairs Standards Functions consolidate Areas of like focus Standards Council VP, Standards Area Directors

Example: SAGA-Working Group Standards Function Standards Council Chris Smith, VP Steven Newhouse, Dieter Kranzlmueller,

OGF Groups cat rsh Edu ips Working Groups tne Par ion Specifications and Best

Group Types • Working Groups (WG) • Crisp focus on development of a specification

Existing Groups • Full Listing: http: //www. ogf. org/ogf_areasgrps_overview. htm • ~54 current groups

Engaging in a Group • Determine if an existing group matches your area(s) of

Group Formation Groups are formed through a chartering process which includes approval by Area

How Groups Work • Because every group has a different charter and leadership, every

OGF Editor • • • Manages the publication process (GFDC. 1) and “pipeline” Ensures

Deliverables • Different Groups have different deliverables • • • Research groups may hold

OGF Document Types • Informational • • • Informs the community of an interesting

Document Types • Community Practice • • Inform and influence the community regarding an

OGF Technical Strategy/Stakeholder Alignment Process Open forum for grid innovation and outreach Uses Cases

Events & Activities • Events enable our “Open Forum” mission • Assembles grid topic

Events & Activities • 3 major events a year: Winter, Spring, Fall • Spread

Upcoming Events • OGF 27 • • October 12 -16, 2009 The Banff Centre

OGF Membership • Provides the following benefits to organizations and individuals : • INFLUENCE

Organizational Member Program © 2009 Open Grid Forum 33

Individual Member Program © 2009 Open Grid Forum 34

Becoming a Member • Join as an organization: http: //www. ogf. org/Members/members_org_program. php •

Next Step – Engage! • Become a member • • Register as an individual

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History http: //www. ggf. org http: //www. gridalliance. org • Birthed in high performance • Birthed in enterprise data computing community in 1998 center community in 2004 • Merged with European & Asian grid efforts in 2001 • Raised awareness of grids in “end-user” organizations • 52 groups and 88 documents • 5 groups and several important documents Merger completed, June ’ 06; OGF Launched September of ‘ 06 OGF Today: 54 groups, 150 documents © 2009 Open Grid Forum 4

OGF Vision & Mission Our Vision: OGF is an open community committed to driving the rapid evolution and adoption of applied distributed computing. This is critical to enabling the development of new, innovative and scalable applications and infrastructures that are essential to productivity in the enterprise and within the science community. Our Mission: OGF accomplishes this through open forums that build the community, explore trends, share best practices and consolidate these best practices into standards. © 2009 Open Grid Forum 5

OGF Value Events & Forums Community Practice Industry Standards Bring communities together to share, innovate, workshop and outreach Leverage expertise of the community to enable successful applied distributed computing environments Align with/influence other SDOs and/or develop specifications that lead to interoperable software standards © 2009 Open Grid Forum 6

Organization Nominating Committee Editor Enterprise e. Science Bo. D Advisory Committee President Technical Strategy Committee Standards Marketing Operations OGF Overview Document available at: http: //www. ogf. org/About/OGF_At-A-Glance. pdf © 2009 Open Grid Forum 8 Regional

Committees • Community outreach/integration Advisory Committee (ADCOM) • Strategic insight and advise • Run nomination processes Nominating Committee (NOMCOM) • Leadership recommendations • Orchestrate Technical Strategy Committee (TSC) © 2009 Open Grid Forum • Strategy & Roadmap Document 9

Board-of-Directors • Board of Directors provides strategic and policy guidance while helping to insure the ongoing health of the organization • Comprised of Organizational members and At-Large members Organizational • Hiro Kishimoto, Fujitsu • Satoshi Sekiguchi, AIST At-Large • Charlie Catlett, Argonne National Lab • Neil Chue Hong, University of Southampton • Wolfgang Gentzsch, DEISA • Andrew Grimshaw, University of Virginia • Silvana Muscella, Trust-IT Services/OGFEurope • Steven Newhouse, CERN • Walter Stewart, CANARIE • Paul Strong, e. Bay © 2009 Open Grid Forum 10

Operational Leadership • President – Craig Lee, The Aerospace Corporation • CEO representing the interests of all constituents • Holds general supervision, direction and control of the business • VP, e. Research – David Wallom, Oxford e. Research Centre • VP, Enterprise – Ian Osborne, Intellect • VP, Standards – Chris Smith, Platform Computing • VP, Marketing – open • VP, EMEA Region – open • VP, Asia-Pacific Region – Toshihiro Suzuki, Oracle • Operations – Joel Replogle, OGF • OGF Editor, Gregory Newby, Arctic Region Supercomputer Center © 2009 Open Grid Forum 11

Operating Structure Functions manage “Areas” of like focus and are led by Vice Presidents. Areas manage multiple Groups and are led by Area Directors Groups pursue charters that includes milestones and deliverables © 2009 Open Grid Forum 12

Functions/Areas/Groups/Chairs Standards Functions consolidate Areas of like focus Standards Council VP, Standards Area Directors Program Manager OGF Editor Areas managed by Area Directors Areas consolidate Groups of like focus Standards Areas Liaisons Architecture Data Compute Infrastructure © 2009 Open Grid Forum 13 Security Management Application Groups are led by Chairs

Example: SAGA-Working Group Standards Function Standards Council Chris Smith, VP Steven Newhouse, Dieter Kranzlmueller, AD’s Greg Newby Standards Areas Each group has an email list saga-wg@ogf. org Application Area Note that SAGA-WG is one of several groups in this Area Simple API for Grid Applications (SAGA-WG) Co-Chaired by: Shantenu Jha , Thilo Kielmann , Tom Goodale © 2009 Open Grid Forum 14 and a Grid. Forge project

OGF Groups cat rsh Edu ips Working Groups tne Par ion Specifications and Best Practices Identify where / what specs are critical Frameworks / Architectures (how specs fit together) Research and Technology Directions © 2009 Open Grid Forum Application Requirements 16 Research & Community Groups Conferences, Tutorials & Partnerships

Group Types • Working Groups (WG) • Crisp focus on development of a specification or guideline • Clear milestones based on delivery of drafts and publication dates • Research Groups (RG) • Focus can be broader than WG, but must be clear • Milestones based on delivery of drafts, organization of workshops, and workshop reports • Technology exploration (e. g. , Semantic Grid-RG) • Community Groups (CG) • Explore grid usage and requirements in a sector (e. g. , Telco-CG) • Milestones based on delivery of requirements documents © 2009 Open Grid Forum 17

Existing Groups • Full Listing: http: //www. ogf. org/ogf_areasgrps_overview. htm • ~54 current groups in varying stages of activity • Existing groups are looking for contributors • New groups need to be formed but require additional leadership and contributors • Opportunity: Engage in a group and become an active contributor © 2009 Open Grid Forum 18

Engaging in a Group • Determine if an existing group matches your area(s) of expertise • Explore Areas, then groups via URL just given • Talk with the Area Directors or VP representing your expertise (or me) • Join the group’s email list (see: http: //www. ogf. org/mailman/listinfo) • Obtain a Grid. Forge login (http: //forge. ogf. org) and join the group’s online activities • Read the group’s draft documents and come up to speed • If no group exists, consider forming a new one © 2009 Open Grid Forum 19

Group Formation Groups are formed through a chartering process which includes approval by Area Directors and VP’s • Identify a “topic of interest” and approach an Area Director 1. Hold a “Birds-of-a-Feather” (Bo. F) session at an event (optional) - introduces group topic to community - helps identify leadership (chairs, contributors) - determines “critical mass” 2. Develop a draft charter defining: - group scope - intended deliverables and milestones - proposed Chairs 3. Submit to AD’s for approval 4. Email list and Grid. Forge project granted upon approval © 2009 Open Grid Forum 20

How Groups Work • Because every group has a different charter and leadership, every group is different • Consistent things: • • • Work is announced on the group email list Deliverables are normally one or more documents Documents follow the same publication process (OGF Editor) “Rough consensus and working code” is the rule of thumb All work done under OGF IPR Policy Group-determined things: • • • Meeting cadence Use of Grid. Forge (web-based collaboration tool) for group work Group deliverables differ based on chartered work © 2009 Open Grid Forum 21

OGF Editor • • • Manages the publication process (GFDC. 1) and “pipeline” Ensures documents are consistently formatted Works with Area Directors/VPs to ensure technical viability of documents Drafts submitted to the “editor pipeline” Editor project in Grid. Forge http: //forge. ogf. org/sf/projects/ggf-editor © 2009 Open Grid Forum 22

Deliverables • Different Groups have different deliverables • • • Research groups may hold workshops and create proceedings documents and/or “best practice” documents Working groups will likely deliver specifications but may have preliminary “informational” documents to lay the foundation Community groups may hold workshops that capture requirements which are documented and given to working groups Other groups may document a well-used process in the grid industry or in the OGF organization Different deliverables require different document types © 2009 Open Grid Forum 23

OGF Document Types • Informational • • • Informs the community of an interesting and useful Grid-related technology, architecture, framework, or concept Specifies requirements related to a particular vertical application Experimental • Informs the community of the results of Grid-related experiments, implementations, operational experience, or to propose an experimental specification © 2009 Open Grid Forum 24

Document Types • Community Practice • • Inform and influence the community regarding an approach or process that is considered to be widely accepted by consensus and practice in the Grid community or within the OGF organization Recommendations (2 stage) • Documents a particular technical specification or a particular set of guidelines for the application of a technical specification. The recommendations documents are intended to guide interoperability and promote standard approaches. © 2009 Open Grid Forum 25

OGF Technical Strategy/Stakeholder Alignment Process Open forum for grid innovation and outreach Uses Cases Open standards for grid software interoperability Alignment & Prioritization Architectures OGF Events Requirements Workshops Technical Strategy Committee OGF Technical Strategy & Roadmap OGF Document Series Best Practices Alignment & Prioritization © 2009 Open Grid Forum 26 Milestones Standards Groups & Workshops Specifications

Events & Activities • Events enable our “Open Forum” mission • Assembles grid topic experts from around the world • Provides opportunity for grid professionals, both experts and novices to network together • Allows buyers and sellers to interact • Provides a venue for major grid projects to collaborate • Enables cross-OGF alignment on technical strategy • Delivers relevant content to interested parties © 2009 Open Grid Forum 28

Events & Activities • 3 major events a year: Winter, Spring, Fall • Spread around the world by region (US, Europe, Asia) • Driven by attendance and host offers • Several types of content: • Chartered Group Session: OGF working, research or community group meeting advancing chartered work of group • Bo. F: An informal discussion group that meets to consider a specific issue or subject, usually with the intent of forming a chartered group • Workshop: A session or series of sessions that focuses on a particular field, emphasizing interaction, problem-solving and exchange of information among the participants • Presentation/Panel: Formal talk and/or structured discussion among a panel of experts on a given topic • Special: Plenary session, demonstration, case study, tutorial or other session • Shorter, more focused events or webcasts also possible © 2009 Open Grid Forum 29

Upcoming Events • OGF 27 • • October 12 -16, 2009 The Banff Centre Banff, Alberta, Canada Co-Located With Cybera/CANARIE Summit 09, IEEE Grid 2009, and Hosted By Cybera • OGF 28 • March 8 -12, 2010 • Munich, Germany • OGF 29 • 2010, Likely Europe © 2009 Open Grid Forum 30

OGF Membership • Provides the following benefits to organizations and individuals : • INFLUENCE …On Directions and Priorities • RECOGNITION …As a Leader Driving Grid Adoption • INSIGHT… Into Grid Standards & Use Cases Note: Please refer to the “Open Grid Forum Membership Program Document” for specific details on the yearly OGF membership program © 2009 Open Grid Forum 32

Becoming a Member • Join as an organization: http: //www. ogf. org/Members/members_org_program. php • Join as an individual: http: //www. ogf. org/Members/members_ind_program. php Send membership questions to (membership@ogf. org) or contact Joel Replogle (replogle@ogf. org) © 2009 Open Grid Forum 35

Next Step – Engage! • Become a member • • Register as an individual member OR Facilitate your company becoming an organizational member Gain visibility for your company by sponsoring a future OGF event Encourage technical talent in your organization to engage in OGF work • Become involved in a group • • • Subscribe to a group email list Obtain a Grid. Forge login and join a group Read/comment on draft specifications • Attend program sessions • • • e-Science Workshop Enterprise requirements session Business value of grid session Enterprise adoption session Software Developer Forum • Other • • • Network/share expertise with grid experts and peers at OGF events Subscribe to OGF e-newsletter Engage in Marketing Strategy Committee © 2009 Open Grid Forum 37