The EGI blog - Technology and Operations category

Virtualised Resources: Challenges and opportunities

Thu, 10 May 2012 14:59:00 GMT

Time is flying, and the EGI Technical Forum in Prague, from 17 to 21 September, is approaching fast. To help you deciding whether to submit an abstract or not, I will introduce the track on "Virtualised Resources" and how it is set-up.

I wandered lonely as a cloud...

Sat, 07 Apr 2012 07:25:00 GMT

Last week Gartner released a report on Cloud Computing that identified five trends that would impact the Cloud Computing strategies over the next few years. As EGI finialises its future straetgy to support its research communities, how aligned is it to the trends taking place in the commerical world?

Joint Summer School on Workflows and Gateways for Grids and Clouds

Wed, 04 Apr 2012 10:12:00 GMT

From the 2nd to the 6th July, SCI-BUS, SHIWA and EDGI will jointly host a summer school on workflows and gateways for grids and clouds in Budapest, Hungary.

User requirements leading the integration of PRACE and EGI operations

Wed, 28 Mar 2012 22:59:00 GMT

At the CF12 this week EGI and PRACE met the user communities whose requirements are driving operations integration across the two infrastructures.

Usage and priorities of deployed middleware in EGI

Wed, 28 Mar 2012 11:21:00 GMT

The EGI operations community started its assessment of usage and priorities of deployed grid software to contribute to the discussion of future development and support of open source software for EGI.

Better operational support to international VOs through Resource Centres

Tue, 27 Mar 2012 23:47:00 GMT

How can Resource Centres and NGIs provide better support to international VOs?

Operations activity roadmap 2012

Thu, 08 Mar 2012 14:45:00 GMT

The operations activity roadmap for 2012 was one of the main topics of discussion at the Operations Management Board in January. The full activity plan is now on-line.

Towards operations sustainability

Wed, 21 Dec 2011 16:35:30 GMT

The OMB December meeting was held yesterday [agenda] to discuss plans for future sustainability of the operations services of the Resource infrastructure Providers (NGI International Services) and the EGI.eu central operational services (Global Services).

Middleware requirements, resource managers and more in the OMB agenda for 2012

Thu, 08 Dec 2011 08:29:00 GMT

A call for operational requirements addressed to site administrators and NGI operations teams is now open until the 15th of January. In addition, site administrators are invited to participate to a survey about the Simple Linus Resource Manager (SLURM).

Operational Level Agreements under discussion

Thu, 17 Nov 2011 17:51:00 GMT

Operational Level Agreements under discussion at the Operations Management Board meeting, 25th October 2011