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OGF22 Registration Discount Period Closes This Friday
by john.ehrig＠ogf.org 07 Feb '08

07 Feb '08

The deadline for discounted event registration and hotel reservations is this Friday, February 8. After this date, participants will pay full event registration rates and hotel reservations under OGF's discounted rate ($129) will only be issued based on availability. Register now to take advantage of these discounted rates! Event Registration: http://www.ogf.org/OGF22/registration.php Hotel Reservations: http://www.ogf.org/OGF22/lodging.php You should not miss out on this event. The jam-packed program includes: * Keynote presentations from Charlie Catlett, CIO of Argonne National Laboratory; Irving Wladawsky-Berger, Chairman Emeritus of the IBM Academy; and Addison Snell, Vice-President of Tabor Research * Half day Cloud Systems Birds-of-a-Feather (BoF) session that will set the current cloud scene and review options for OGF activities * Two day Specification Adoption track that will feature demonstrations of many OGF standards * Dozens of chartered group and community sessions and activities * Full day "Enabling the Next Generation IT Infrastructure" track featuring presentations and case studies on the use of Grid in the IT data center and Grid and Virtualization * Half day workshops focused on the challenges and opportunities facing the Financial Services and Pharmaceutical, Biotech and Life Sciences industries * One day Data Management and Movement workshop where thought leaders in the data area will address key Grid data management concerns * Numerous networking and social activities Regards, John Ehrig Open Grid Forum Enterprise and Marketing Program Manager 925 275-6677 www.ogf.org Open Forum | Open Standards

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February GridConnections Newsletter
by john.ehrig＠ogf.org 04 Feb '08

04 Feb '08

The February 08 GridConnections newsletter is here. Open the attached document or follow this link http://www.ogf.org/News/newscal_newsletter.php to view the newsletter. In this month's issue: * Breaking News - Irving Wladawsky-Berger Keynote Added to OGF22 Program * OGF Launches Thought Leadership Series * GLUE Q&A with Working Group Co-chair Sergio Andreozzi *** Special Insert - OGF22 Session Previews *** * OGF22 Program Updates * Welcome New Organizational Members MIMOS and Sybase * Call For Submissions for OGF Special Journal Issue * Improved OGF Website Launched * Documents Update - New Documents in Public Comment * Upcoming Events - OGF22, 23 & 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 www.ogf.org Open Forum | Open Standards

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OGF Launches Thought Leadership Series
by john.ehrig＠ogf.org 21 Jan '08

21 Jan '08

We are pleased to announce the launch of OGF's new thought leadership series http://www.ogf.org/TLS/index.php. We are launching this to give thought leaders in OGF and the greater Grid and distributed computing community the opportunity to express their ideas, opinions and perspectives. One of the main goals we have in initiating this series is to stimulate discussion and provoke lively debate on a broad range of hot topics and issues facing the grid and distributed computing community. Wolfgang Gentzsch, Coordinator of the German D-Grid Initiative; Geoffrey Fox and Marlon Pierce, from the Community Grids Laboratory at Indiana University; and Ian Foster from Argonne National Lab and University of Chicago, kick-off the series. Wolfgang's article outlines the Top 10 Rules for Building a Sustainable Grid in his highly informative and practical discussion of the real world lessons he has learned in deploying Grids. Geoffrey and Marlon tackle the hard issues - Too much Computing, Too much Data and Never too much Simplicity - facing the e-Science community, specifically and the entire Grid community, in general, as emerging new computing resources (multicore, cell processors, GPUs, reconfigurable computing, etc) and alternative approaches to service architectures (collectively, Web 2.0) change the overall landscape. Ian Foster's article, "There's Grids in them thar Clouds", reprinted from his 1/08 blog entry, discusses whether or not "cloud computing" is just a new name for grid. OGF welcomes everyone to comment and encourages all thought leaders in the Grid and distributed computing community to submit articles for this series. Submitting is easy to do, simply email it to thoughtleadership(a)ogf.org. You will receive valuable recognition and visibility as a thought leader and your article may help, and influence, others in the community. Articles will also be considered for future OGF event content. In conjunction with the launch of the thought leadership series, we have also refreshed the OGF home page www.ogf.org in order to better highlight the key areas of value that we deliver to the industry, including our document series, events, and breaking news. Included in this effort is a new set of pages http://www.ogf.org/EventHighlights/index.php to showcase the valuable content our attendees produce for each OGF event. We hope you like the new look and find it easier to use! Finally, submissions are still being sought for the Special Journal Issue of Concurrency and Computation: Practice and Experience for the Open Grid Forum. The deadline is March 15. Visit http://www.ogf.org/rotate_headers/rotate_special_issue.php to make a submission or for additional information. John Ehrig Open Grid Forum Enterprise and Marketing Program Manager 925 275-6677 www.ogf.org

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OGF22 Advanced Registration Closes in 2 Days - Register Now to Save
by john.ehrig＠ogf.org 16 Jan '08

16 Jan '08

Register for OGF22 by Friday 1/18 to save: http://www.ogf.org/OGF22/registration.php The Community program schedule is published on-line at: http://www.ogf.org/gf/event_schedule/index.php?event_id=9 The Chartered Group sessions should be added to the program schedule in the next day or two. Below is a partial list of groups that have requested sessions: Grid Scheduling Architecture RG Preservation Environments RG Grid Storage Management WG OGSA Authorization WG Remote Instrumentation Services in Grid Environment RG OGSA Resource Selection Services WG Usage Record WG GridRPC WG Simple API for Grid Applications Core WG Grid Information Retrieval WG Reference Model WG Network Mark-up Language Working Group Info Dissemination WG Particle and Nuclear Physics Applications RG Workflow Management RG Astronomy Applications RG OGSA-Data WG Education and Training CG Grid High-Performance Networking RG OGSA Data Movement Interface WG Looking forward to seeing you in Cambridge! Regards, John Ehrig Open Grid Forum Enterprise and Marketing Program Manager 925 275-6677

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New documents in public comment
by Greg Newby 15 Jan '08

15 Jan '08

These documents have newly entered public comment. Please consider reading them and providing your comments to the document authors. Brief comments are welcome, not just detailed analysis. Public comments are an excellent indication of community interest and support for a document. * OGSA(R) Resource Selection Service Specification. Author/editor: D. Fellows. Via OGSA-RSS-WG. * Distributed Resource Management Application API 1.0 - IDL Specification. Author/editor: P. TrÃ¶ger, D. Templeton, R. Brobst, A. Haas, H. Raji, via DRMAA-WG. These documents were previously announced: * Defining the Grid: A Roadmap for OGSA[TM] Standards v1.1. Author/editor: C. Jordon, H. Kishimoto. Via OGSA-WG. * Open Grid Forum Document Process and Requirements Author/editor: C. Catlett, C. de Laat, D. Martin, G.B. Newby, D. Skow, via the GFSG * The Storage Resource Manager Interface Specification Version 2.2 Author/editor: A. Sim, A. Shoshani, via GCM-WG. All documents in public comment may be reached at this Web address: http://www.ogf.org/gf/docs/?public_comment -- Greg Newby, OGF Editor

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OGF22 Community Program Now Available...Advanced Registration Deadline Extended
by john.ehrig＠ogf.org 11 Jan '08

11 Jan '08

Dear OGF Members and Participants, The preliminary program for OGF22 (Cambridge, MA 25-29 February) is now available on-line at www.ogf.org/OGF22/schedule.php. Group sessions (see below) will be added to the schedule next week. To give you the chance to review the exciting and informative community program we have planned, the advanced registration discount period has been extended to Friday, 1/18. Please register by then to obtain the best rate at http://www.ogf.org/OGF22/registration.php. OGF achieved major milestones in 2007 with the announcement of product implementations of the HPC Profile and demonstrations of many other OGF standards. With that in mind, we have designed the OGF22 program to build on this momentum and to make significant additional progress throughout 2008 toward our mission of ensuring the widespread adoption of Grids. OGF22 Program Highlights include: * A two day Specification Adoption track that will feature sessions covering the HPC Profile, Distributed Resource Management Application API (DRMAA), Simple API for Grid Applications (SAGA), Network Measurements/Network Mark-up Language, and OGSA Authorization standards as well as implementation presentations from Grid Interoperation Now (GIN), OMII-Europe, and UNICORE. * Keynote presentations from Charlie Catlett, CIO of Argonne National Laboratory, Craig Lee, OGF President, and other Grid luminaries to be announced. * Demonstrations from many of the Specification Adoption presenters at the welcome reception. * Cloud Systems BoF that will set the current cloud scene and review options for OGF activities in this emerging area that has recently garnered substantial interest. * A full day "Enabling the Next Generation IT Infrastructure" program featuring presentations and case studies on the use of Grid in the IT data center and Grid and Virtualization applications. Presentations are planned by leading IT vendors and Grid users including VMware, Intel, Platform Computing, SAS, CA, Data Synapse and many others. * Half day workshops focused on the challenges and opportunities facing the Financial Services and Pharmaceutical, Biotech and Life Sciences industries as they continue to deploy leading edge Grid solutions. Case studies and presentations are planned by representatives from major financial services, pharmaceutical, and life sciences organizations. * A one day Data Management and Movement workshop where thought leaders in the data area will address key Grid data management concerns, with a focus on file system and data movement. * Additional community driven content including: + Collaboration workshop with the Open Geospatial Consortium + Workshop for Grid Identity Providers + Globus GridWay tutorial + Grid Best Practices + Grid Requirements Gathering + Globus Software User Experiences Workshop * The current list of Chartered Group that have requested sessions include: + Grid Scheduling Architecture RG + Preservation Environments RG + Grid Storage Management WG + OGSA Authorization WG + Remote Instrumentation Services in Grid Environment RG + OGSA Resource Selection Services WG + Usage Record WG + GridRPC WG + Simple API for Grid Applications Core WG + Grid Information Retrieval WG + Reference Model WG + Network Mark-up Language Working Group + Info Dissemination WG + Particle and Nuclear Physics Applications RG + Workflow Management RG + Astronomy Applications RG + OGSA-Data WG + Education and Training CG + Grid High-Performance Networking RG + OGSA Data Movement Interface WG OGF has secured a block of sleeping rooms at the Hyatt Regency Cambridge (meeting location) at a special rate of $129 for single or double occupancy. Reservations must be made on or before February 8, 2008, to receive the discounted rate. Reservations can be made by calling the hotel directly (be sure to reference 'OGF22') or online at http://www.ogf.org/OGF22/lodging.php Register now and save http://www.ogf.org/OGF22/registration.php We look forward to seeing you in Cambridge! John Ehrig OGF Program Manager (925) 275-6677 www.ogf.org

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January 08 GridConnections Newsletter
by john.ehrig＠ogf.org 04 Jan '08

04 Jan '08

The January 08 GridConnections newsletter is here. Open the attached document or follow this link http://www.ogf.org/News/newscal_newsletter.php to view the newsletter. In this month's issue: * Message from Craig Lee, OGF President * SC07 Report - OGF Grid Remote Call Procedure Demonstration * SC07 Report - Internet2 and Collaborators Demonstrate OGF Standards * OGF22 Update - Advanced Registration Closing/Preliminary Program and More * Documents Update - Recently Published Documents and Documents in Public Comment * Upcoming Events - OGF22, 23 & 24, INGRID 08 and More * Newsletter Contributors Needed * Please Renew your OGF Membership for 2008 Happy New Year, John Ehrig Open Grid Forum Enterprise and Marketing Program Manager 925 275-6677 www.ogf.org Open Forum | Open Standards

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Important OGF22 Information
by john.ehrig＠ogf.org 03 Jan '08

03 Jan '08

OGF22, taking place February 25-29 in Cambridge, Massachusetts will feature a wide variety of new and exciting content. Please see the below important information and deadlines for this event. 1. Registration 2. Preliminary Program 3. Hotel Information 4. Student Scholarships 5. Group Chair Scheduling 6. Sponsorships 1. REGISTRATION Advanced registration for OGF22 will close January 11. Register now to save! http://www.ogf.org/OGF22/registration.php 2. PRELIMINARY PROGRAM * Keynote Sessions Charlie Catlett will make the Tuesday (2/26) morning keynote address. Charlie founded the Global Grid Forum (predecessor to OGF) and is currently the CIO of Argonne National Laboratory, Director of Argonne's Computing and Information Systems Division, and a Senior Fellow at the Argonne/University of Chicago Computation Institute. As CIO of Argonne, Charlie will bring unique perspectives on operating a world-class data center while providing leading-edge technology solutions to computational scientists. Other keynote speakers are in being lined up. Watch for further announcements as their availability is confirmed. * OGF Chartered Groups And BoFs - Monday, February 25 through Friday, February 29 Activities are scheduled throughout the entire week where many of OGF's chartered groups will meet to make further progress on their work. In addition, the latest hot topic in distributed computing - "Cloud Systems" and how it may or may not impact Grids will be tackled in a special BoF session. * OGF Specification Adoption Track and Demonstration Session - Monday, February 25 and Tuesday, February 26 Many OGF working groups have recently demonstrated interoperability of their specifications. These significant accomplishments illustrate how much of the work of OGF is shifting from developing specifications to seeing specifications being used and adopted into products. This multi-session track will feature contributions from developers and users showcasing their work implementing OGF specifications. In addition, live demonstrations will take place during the welcome reception on Monday evening. * Workshops OGF22 will feature a number of interesting workshops that will address a variety of important topics in Grid: a) Enterprise Adoption Workshop - Tuesday, February 26 This full day workshop - "Enabling the Next Generation IT Infrastructure" will focus on putting Grid in the context of the distributed computing infrastructure, including virtualization, service-oriented architecture, web services and next-generation networks. Emphasis will be on solving business problems and meeting business needs, with a focus on Applications On-boarding and Managing Infrastructure. Presentations and case studies are expected from representatives from the 451 Group, VMware, Intel, SAS, Platform Computing, DataSynapse and others that will show a variety of areas that can be addressed by Grid in practical and achievable ways. b) Financial Services Workshop - Wednesday, February 27 The financial services industry is one of the early adopters, and successful users, of Grid technology. As the technology matures, new (and old) issues emerge like expanding grids to support transactional workloads, data management and movement, and putting policies in place for charging and tracking usage. Presentations and case studies that describe the emerging issues the financial services industry is now facing in Grid will be featured in this half day workshop. c) Pharma/Life Sciences Workshop - Wednesday, February 27 The pharmaceutical industry and life sciences in general have begun to depend on in silico experiments as critical elements in the path to discovery. This has enabled exploration that is only limited by their ability to access sufficient computing resources and to store and manage the resultant mountain of data. Presentations and case studies from those that have turned to Grid-based solutions to meet these needs will be featured in this half day workshop. d) Data Management Workshop - Thursday, February 28 This full day workshop, co-hosted by OGF and the Storage Networking Industry Association (SNIA), will address data management challenges with a focus on file system and data movement. We will also explore potential synergies and common areas between OGF and SNIA. * Other Community Content - Monday, February 25 through Thursday, February 28 Sessions from the greater Grid community covering numerous topics and a variety of subjects will also be presented. These include workshops, tutorials, BoFs and presentations on marketing, education in emerging/developing countries, Grid Identity Providers, GridWay, and other topics. 3. HOTEL INFORMATION OGF has secured a block of sleeping rooms at the Hyatt Regency Cambridge (meeting location) at a special rate of $129 for single or double occupancy. Reservations must be made on or before February 8, 2008, to receive the discounted rate. Reservations can be made by calling the hotel directly (be sure to reference 'OGF22') or online via http://ogf.org/OGF22/lodging.php. 4. STUDENT SCHOLARSHIPS A limited number of student scholarships are available for qualifying students. Hosted by OGF and CoreGRID, the OGF22 student scholarship program provides a unique opportunity for students to participate in OGF program sessions and group sessions as well as network with distinguished community participants and leaders. Application details and eligibility requirements can be found at http://ogf.org/OGF22/students.php. 5. GROUP CHAIR SCHEDULING OGF Group Chair session scheduling will remain open until January 11. Session scheduling and document details along with a link to the online session request site can be accessed via http://ogf.org/OGF22/chairinfo.php. 6. SPONSORSHIP OPPORTUNITIES Sponsorship opportunities for OGF22 include Display Tables, Welcome Reception, Chair Appreciation Night, OGF Co-branded Promotional Item, Wireless, Lunches and Breaks, and Badge Lanyard. By sponsoring OGF22 your organization will gain greater visibility and recognition as a Grid thought leader in our global community. This will be our only OGF event in the USA for all of 2008, so please strongly consider sponsoring if you are interested in reaching this audience. The sponsorship prospectus provides additional information http://www.ogf.org/OGF22/sponsor.php See you in Cambridge! Register today http://www.ogf.org/OGF22/registration.php Regards, John Ehrig Open Grid Forum Enterprise and Marketing Program Manager 925 275-6677 www.ogf.org

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President's End of the Year Letter
by lee＠aero.org 14 Dec '07

14 Dec '07

Dear OGF Members and Participants, As we approach the beginning of a new year, I want to take a moment and thank you for your support, reflect on some of the highlights of the past year, and make you aware of some high-priority activities in progress. Over the course of 2007, OGF continued to deliver many high-quality specifications that detailed standards-based approaches to essential grid interoperability issues. During the recent Supercomputing '07 conference, ten separate OGF specifications or specifications in progress were demonstrated in numerous show booths. These demonstrations showed how implementations of OGF specifications enabled interoperability across heterogeneous platforms - the ultimate goal of standards. Another very significant milestone in OGF's history was announced and highlighted during the show. Microsoft, Altair, and Platform Computing announced that OGF's High Performance Computing Basic Profile (HPC-BP) would be scheduled into future releases of their software, enabling customers to enjoy the benefits of interoperability in a multi-vendor environment. This, plus the intent to use HPC-BP in numerous national and regional production grids serving eScience communities around the world, made the announcement a significant accomplishment for OGF. Also this year, OGF hosted its best-attended event ever during OGF20 in Manchester, UK. This event, which was co-located with the Enabling Grids for E-SciencE (EGEE) User Forum, attracted nearly 1000 attendees and resulted in grid users from research and commercial verticals productively interacting with those chartered to create best practices, standards, and solutions. Meanwhile, data challenges in both commercial and research environments prompted OGF to increase formal engagement in two high-profile activities. First, OGF signed a MoU with the Open Geospatial Consortium (OGC) whose charter is to manage and distribute large quantities of geospatial data (i.e., anything that goes on a map). This initiative, along with a joint initiative with the Storage Networking Industry Association (SNIA) around developing standards and best practices in data movement and data management, has brought data to the forefront of our activities moving forward. Building on these successes in standards adoption, events, and organizational engagement across the distributed computing landscape, OGF must also strive to explore promising research topics and emerging technologies that are important to the future of grids and our community. Clearly, data interoperability, virtualization, Web 2.0, muliticore processors, cloud computing, and service-oriented networks are all topics highly relevant to the evolution of the grid concept. There is still much work to be done to make grid capabilities easy to adopt and effective to use across the spectrum of application domains and requirements. Finally, I cannot stress how much of our success is based on our member's financial and technical engagement. My sincere thanks to you all once again. People from all over the world depend on OGF to provide them an open forum for engagement and open standards for interoperability. As OGF continues to deliver these essential services, we hope to enjoy your continued participation. I am delighted to be at the helm of this great organization. Please do not hesitate to contact me with any questions or comments. All the very best to you and your families during 2008. Craig Lee President, Open Grid Forum -- ==================================================== Dr. Craig A. Lee, lee(a)aero.org President, Open Grid Forum, www.ogf.org Senior Scientist, High Performance Computing The Aerospace Corporation, M1-102 2350 East El Segundo Blvd. El Segundo, CA 90245 USA voice: 310-336-1381 fax: 310-336-0613 http://www.aero.org The Aerospace Corporation operates a non-profit, federally funded research and development corporation.

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December07 GridConnections Newsletter
by john.ehrig＠ogf.org 03 Dec '07

03 Dec '07

The December 07 GridConnections newsletter is here. Open the attached document or follow this link http://www.ogf.org/News/newscal_enews.php?dec07 to view the newsletter. In this month's edition: * SC07 Report - High Performance Computing Basic Profile Demonstration * SC07 Report - OGF Grid Interoperation Now Demonstrations * Now Open - OGF22 Registration/Call for Participation/Sponsorships * Globecom07 Report * Documents Update - Documents in Public Comment * Upcoming Events - OGF22, 23 & 24, Management Developers Conference, IGT and More * Newsletter Contributors Needed * Please Renew your Organization Membership for 2008 Regards, John Ehrig Open Grid Forum Enterprise and Marketing Program Manager 925 275-6677 www.ogf.org Open Forum | Open Standards

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