The
Open Group
Grid Enterprise Services
Forum
July 19-22, 2005
The Westin New York at Times
Square, New York, NY
Agenda
Interoperability
between IPv6 capable devices is one of, if not, the highest
priority requirements for defense systems, yet until now vendors
have been reluctant to establish an effective standard because of
uncertainty over the priorities of customers. In association with
IPv6 Forum, the North American IPv6 Task Force and the IPv6
Transition Offices of the US service branches, The Open
Group membership, which comprise of vendors, integrators and end
user organizations, is addressing this challenge in it's GridES
Forum (Grid Enterprise Services). The goal is to produce an industry
based IPv6 capable product standard and certification
program by first quarter of 2006.
- (Open
Session) Review
of Current Status an Overview of Enterprise Services
- Tuesday, July 19: 1400-1730
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This
session is intended to be a review of current status and
overview of Enterprise Services. Areas to be addressed are
Core Services, Mediation, Security, IPv6, etc. and
other layered services necessary on the enterprise. There
will be a round table discussion on Core Services approaches
(identify road blocks, definition of problems, future
directions).
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- (Open
Session) IPv6 Business Scenario
Workshop
- Wednesday, July 20: 0900-1730
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We
intend to hold a mini business scenario workshop. The need
for this exercise became apparent in a recent
joint meeting between The Open Group and the IPv6
transition offices of the US Army, Navy and Air Force. There
were two concerns that were expressed at this meeting. The
first was the lack of a definition of "scope and
bounds" for an initial deployment of IPv6 to meet
their 2008 mandate. The other was the need to have an
indicator that could be referenced that clearly
articulated that an item being considered for procurement
could provide reasonable assurance that would meet
current and projected requirements.
What we intend to achieve from this exercise is to
uncover what the current and critical issues are for a
successful deployment of IPv6 and from this effort what
may constitute a suitable "scope and bounds" for
an initial IPv6 product standard and certification
program. A brief report reviewing the results of
the effort will be held on Friday July 22.
In
addition to representatives from the IPv6 Transition
Offices of the US Army, Navy and Air Force and industry
members, this workshop will be of particular benefit to
other government agencies given the recommendations of the
recent GAO report to congress on IPv6. (highlights
of GAO report and GAO full
report) The following is a link on Business Scenarios
at The Open Group: http://www.opengroup.org/consortia_services/strategy.htm.
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- (Open
Session) Review of Proposed IPv6 Product
Standard
- Thursday, July 21: 0900-1730
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We have been working with the IPv6 Transition
Offices on the release of the work done so far on the
development of a proposed IPv6 product standard. This
proposed product standard will be posted on our web site
for public review and comment prior to the conference.
This will occur the week before the conference. This session will
review the results of the comment period. The importance
of this work is that it will provide a bases of an initial
industry based IPv6 product standard. The
IPv6 Business Scenario session, held on Wednesday, will
help define what is a suitable "scope and
bounds" for an initial product standard and
certification program. Our current intended goal is to
have a certification program online first quarter of 2006.
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- (Open
Session) Review of the Business Scenario Workshop/Next
Steps
- Friday, July 22: 0900-1230
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A brief report reviewing
the results of the Business Scenario Workshop will be
conducted as well as a discussion of next steps.
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Further information on the conference can be found at
http://www.opengroup.org/new-york2005/.
Registration information can be found here: http://www.opengroup.org/events/q305/register.htm
Information on the GridES Forum can be found here: http://www.opengroup.org/gesforum/
Information on the GridES Forums agenda and as well as all other members meetings (including updates to the agenda) can be found here:
http://www.opengroup.org/events/q305/member-meetings-index.htm
If you have any question please contact me at j.spaulding@opengroup.org
or
1-339-219-3030
If you can not physically attend but would like to participate via
conference bridge please contact me at 1-339-219-3030 for dial-in
information.
- John
(Jay) Spaulding
- Director
Grid Enterprise Services
- The
Open Group
- 8 New
England Executive Park
- Burlington,
MA 01803-5003 USA
Phone: 1-339-219-3030
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