Hi, below is the feedback we received from a follow-up survey of webcast participants. The next-to-last question was a "check all that apply" question, so I think the 30 responses really means that the 14 respondents checked a total of 30 boxes. Note that the "future topics" question at the end includes requests for more info from OGSA and from other working groups. - Jem
The session had 138 registrants and 61 classroom attendees.
Attendees included one or more representatives from the following businesses and universtities: AAA Computing, ACET Centre University of Reading, Acxiom, Anydata Limited, Aricie, AT&T, BAE, CA, CERN, Choreology Ltd, Cisco, commerx, COS, CS a.s.,CUC, DCT, Dell. Deloitte, Deutscher Wetterdienst, Digital Enterprise Research Institute, Digital Impact, FGAN, Fujitsu Siemens Computers, FZK, Gatech, Georgia State University, GGF, GPPD-UFRGS, Gridcore AB, Gridguru, GSI, Hitachi Data Systems, HPI University of Potsdam, Huawei Tech, IBM, Illinois Institute of Technology, Imperial, INAF, Iowa State University, KISTI, KTH, Lemko, Lund University, MAC Holdings (Pvt) Ltd., Mississippi State University, Nagoya Institute of Technology, National University of Defense Technology, NCHC, NCR, Network Appliance Inc., NICTA, Northrop Grumman, NUST Institute of IT, Oak Ridge National Lab, OCL USA Inc, Oklahoma State University, Oracle, OSU Stillwater, Otago Polytechnic, Platform Computing, R2AD, Rochester Institute of Technology, SAS Institute, School of EEE Nanyang Technological University, SDSC, SGT, SJTU, Softbank BB Corp., Software Perspectives, Sony Computer Entertainment, Soongsil University, Source Media, Sun Microsystems Inc., SURA, SURA, Swiss Inst. of Bioinformatics, Synnex Corp., Tabor Communications, TACC, Telcordia Technologies, The George Washington University, TNO I&T, TU Delft, TUM, UCSF, University of Amsterdam, University of Colorado at Denver and Health Sciences Center, University of Hamburg, University of Michigan, University of Naples, University of Reading, University of Southampton, Vision Solutions Inc., Wireless Grids Co., Xyratex, Zhejiang University, Zuse Institute Berlin.
The playback is posted at: http://www.presentationselect.com/HPinvent/archive.asp?eventid=1188
Results of the polls were as follows:
Question Total Responses Responses Number % of Total How familiar are you with OGSA? (choose one) 33 Very familiar 5 15% Somewhat familiar 10 30% Limited knowledge 13 39% No knowledge 5 15%
What drives your interest in OGSA? (choose one) 32 Application manager, architect or developer 19 59% Grid software developer or provider 18 56% Active member of GGF 8 25% Member of standards dev't organization other than GGF 4 12% Student 5 15% Press/analyst 0 0%
Results of the evaluation were as follows:
Question Total Responses Responses Number % of Total The webcast was very informative 14 Strongly agree 7 50% Agree 6 42.9% Neutral 1 7.1% Disagree 0 0.0% Strongly disagree 0 0.0%
The webcast provided me with content that I will be able to use in my work 14 Strongly agree 2 14.3% Agree 8 57.1% Neutral 4 28.6% Disagree 0 0.0% Strongly disagree 0 0.0%
Attending the webcast was a valuable use of my time 14 Strongly agree 5 35.7% Agree 8 57.1% Neutral 1 7.1% Disagree 0 0.0% Strongly disagree 0 0.0%
I would recommend the Invent Online series to my colleagues 14 Strongly agree 6 42.9% Agree 8 57.1% Neutral 0 0.0% Disagree 0 0.0% Strongly disagree 0 0.0%
Based either on what you learned in this broadcast or what you already knew about OGSA: do you think that OGSA technical direction will establish architecture and specifications that will help your organization and others to build real grids? (choose one) 14 Strongly agree 5 35.7% Somewhat agree 6 42.9% Neither agree nor disagree 1 7.1% Somewhat disagree 0 0.0% Strongly disagree 0 0.0% Don't know enough 2 14.3%
Do you think that OGSA effectively blends the technical requirements and use cases of eScience and eBusiness grids? (choose one) 14 Strongly agree 3 21.4% Somewhat agree 6 42.9% Neither agree nor disagree 3 21.4% Somewhat disagree 0 0.0 Strongly disagree 0 0.0% Don't know enough 2
What effects do you think the "open" process that GGF and OGSA follows has on the definition of architecture and specifications (choose all that apply 30 Delays or lengthens the process of standardization too much 0 0.0% Produces architecture and specifications that do not provide sufficient detail for realistic implementations 1 3.3% Depends too much on other standards or the work of other standard bodies 3 10.0% Produces architecture and specifications that successfully incorporate the grid community's ideas and requirements 9 30.0% Produces specifications that will eventually be adopted and complied with by most grid software developers 8 26.7% Produces specifications and architecture that will promote the interoperability and integration of grid software components from multiple sources 9 30.0%
What topics would you like to have discussed in future webcasts * virtualization survey, comparing technologies single sign-on security - implications for apps and customers. * comparison of ETL tools * More technical information on OGSA. * Grid Computing Scientific/Business Workflow systems] * Interview of the following GGF workgroups : -DAIS-WG; -DFDL-WG;