** Apologies to any who receive multiple copies of this note **
The benefits of deploying grid and related technologies in a broad spectrum
of IT environments continue to grow and evolve. Researchers and scientists
in both academic and commercial settings are using Grids to scale their
compute and data capabilities while enhancing their ability to collaborate
across organizational boundaries. Commercial organizations are finding that
grids are "mission critical" to enabling business agility in a shared,
service-oriented and increasingly virtualized infrastructure.
These and many other uses of grid technologies will be examined in detail at
the upcoming OGF23 event (http://www.ogf.org/OGF23/) in Barcelona, Spain on
2-6 June.
OGF23 is the first event organized by the EU-funded project OGF-Europe,
which is chartered with mobilizing and integrating the EU community on grid
standards and best practices. The project will use OGF23 to launch its
tutorial series and its initiatives on Digital Repositories and national and
international grid interoperation.
Grid case studies will be presented through the co-location of the EU-funded
BEinGRID project's Industry Days event (3-5 June) at OGF23. Results and
demonstrations of over 15 different "experiments" with grids in commercial
sectors will be presented.
In parallel to these commercial activities, OGF23 will feature several
workshops on scientific uses of grids and other emerging technologies such
as virtualization and clouds.
In addition, an important part of this multi-faceted event will be the
commercial exhibition where Europe-based projects and vendors will showcase
their latest Grid solutions.
Last and certainly not least, participants will have a great program with a
variety of sessions to choose from including:
. Keynote talks from IT and Grid thought leaders
. Demonstrations of OGF specifications in action
. Best practice sessions where today's grid deployment solutions are
identified
. Standards development working sessions
. Numerous open call sessions driven by the latest needs identified
by the community
Advanced registration is now open so visit
<http://www.ogf.org/OGF23/registration.php>
http://www.ogf.org/OGF23/registration.php to obtain the lowest registration
fee.
The program committee is still receiving content proposals until April 11
at: <http://www.ogf.org/OGF23/cfp.php> http://www.ogf.org/OGF23/cfp.php.
June is a busy time in Barcelona so make sure you reserve your hotel soon
at:
http://www.ogf.org/OGF23/lodging.php.
If you are interested in exhibiting or sponsoring, visit
http://www.ogf.org/OGF23/sponsor.php.
We look forward to seeing you in Barcelona!
Steve Crumb
Executive Director, Open Grid Forum
scrumb(a)ogf.org
+1 312-895-5931 (office)
+1 630-915-3324 (cell)
The March 08 GridConnections newsletter is here. Open the attached document
or follow this link http://www.ogf.org/News/newscal_enews.php?mar08 to view
the newsletter.
In this Issue:
*OGF22 Report
--Tiger Team Stakeholder Analysis and Results
--Keynotes
--Pharma/Life Sciences Workshop
--Financial Services Workshop
--Additional Reports
*OGF-Europe Q&A with Silvana Muscella and Steve Crumb
*Documents Update - Newly Published Documents and Documents in Public
Comment
*Call For Submissions for OGF Special Journal Issue
*OGF In The News
*Upcoming Events - OGF23 & 24, INGRID 08 and More
*Newsletter Contributors Needed
*Please Renew your OGF Membership for 2008
Regards,
John Ehrig
Open Grid Forum
Enterprise and Marketing Program Manager
925 275-6677
