Planning Committee - May 2, 2016

Jason Coposky, Chief Technologist, etc.

Introduction

• We will miss Dan
• Jason taking Dan's place as Interim Executive Director
• Working out hiring with RENCI
• Attending the International Conference on Mass Storage and Technology

Agenda

• UGM Update
• Future Plans
• Marketing Update
• Technology Update

User Group Meeting

Bonnie

• Almost at the 50 mark for registrants!
• All facilities and catering plans firm
• Weekly reminders and information going out via MailChimp
• Agenda full – tweaking it some as needed
• Planning for 130 – please encourage your teams to register asap

Future Plans

The strategy is not changing

• Write good software
• Grow the community
• Show value to stakeholders

Future Plans - Software

• reduce backlog
• multi-part transfer
  • better restart capabilities
  • leads directly into cacheless object storage
• tighter integration with filesystems
  • service for updating iRODS when replicas are modified at rest

Future Direction - Community

• New Marketing Campaign
• Several Training Opportunities
• Significant number of open leads

Future Direction - Stakeholders

• Grow Application Engineering team
• Refine Membership Engagement
• Slower development, reduce cycle time
• Continue migration from legacy installations

Marketing Update

Cesar

• Finish the videos to simply explain the 4 pillars of iRODS
• Start pushing the Open Source Campaign
• Preparations for the UGM
• Sponsorship opportunities are still open to all the members, participate!
• Start building join marketing with members: Testimonials and possibly incorporating iRODS in your marketing materials to enhance business opportunities.

Technology Update

4.2 Feature Complete

• rule engine plugin framework
  • complete parameter serialization
• cmake build system
• python configuration system
• first class API plugins
• refactor to resource ids
• C++, Python, Javascript, Haskell rule engine plugins
• auditing plugin and reference implementation

Pushing 4.2 release out a couple months

Imminent Engineering Preview