Hello all,

We did not get to virtualization today, but I am seeing many more vendors focusing on it. I think that one thing that would be very helpful in interacting with EGA, particularly with vendors who don't believe that GGF is responsive to their customers, would be to have a discussion on how to deal with the issue of virtualization with some GGF community and standards folks as well as EGA and perhaps a few interested sponsors.

One goal would be to begin to formulate a more encompassing and convergent GGF-EGA view of where virtualization is going and how it will impact the deployment of grids in research and commercial settings.

Another goal would be to identify a few initial steps that might let GGF and the GGF-EGA NEWORG begin to integrate virtualization into conferences and programs, plus discussions about the goals of the NEWORG.

A third goal would be to see how the emergence of GGF and EGA as leaders in bringing virtualization more visibility might enhance the position that the two organizations have in the press. If the press sees GGF-EGA taking on the importance of virtualization and insuring that 1) standards being developed for grids are on a path that is preparing grids for virtualization and 2) business models for virtualization are being taken seriously (we have already seen the impact in telcos), this might change the perception of GGF as just an SDO.

I would suggest an initial call under the GGF tent to discuss this, probably more among the community people first, but I am open to suggestions.

I do see the trend to virtualization as one that is beginning to subsume Grids under its definition but I think the two are really intertwined and that the issue of networks and grids is key in moving to virtualization.

Bob


Fogel, Robert wrote:
RE: GGF Community Council Bi-Weekly (REMINDER)

<<GGF VOC and VAF.ppt>>

Robert Fogel
Grid & Service-Oriented IT
WW Strategy and Business Development
Intel Corp
408-765-6404


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From:   Fogel, Robert 
Sent:   Monday, August 22, 2005 6:31 PM
To:     cads@ggf.org; Replogle, Joel (GGF); Steve Crumb
Subject:        GGF Community Council Bi-Weekly (REMINDER)
When:   Tuesday, March 28, 2006 10:00 AM-11:00 AM (GMT-06:00) Central Time (US & Canada).
Where:   1-888-455-3044 and +1 210 839 8611, Passcode: 94172

(3/27) - Agenda below
(3/14) - Added international call-in info.
(3/13) - This is a placeholder for GGF Community Council Bi-Weekly meeting.  Each week I will pre-send an agenda and any materials for our meeting.

Agenda: