The State of the iRODS Consortium
June 10, 2015
Dan Bedard
The State of the iRODS Consortium
Mission
Membership
Staffing
Financial Update
Growing Interest
The Future!
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Mission
The iRODS Consortium exists to ensure the sustainability of iRODS data management software as free open source software.
We accomplish this by:
1) Building good software,
2) Growing the user, developer, and member communities, and
3) Showing value to our stakeholders.
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Consortium Membership
Four tiers of membership
• $10k - $150k per year
• Voting responsibilities and privileges
• 10 - 300 support hours, with levels of priority
• Additional support hours available for a fee
Alternative options for non-members
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Staffing
Jason
Terrell
Antoine
Zoey
Ben
Cesar
Justin
Laura
Bonnie
Dan
Core Development
UI Development and Application Engineering
Training
Project Management, Support, and Interim Directing
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Membership
And Contracts
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Finances - FY14 (One Year Ago)
RENCI Supplement
72%
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Finances - FY15 (Today)
RENCI Supplement
61%
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Finances - FY16
RENCI Supplement
44%
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Communities We Work With
• Hardware vendors
• Life sciences and agriculture
• Academia and National Labs
• Media and entertainment
• Oil and gas
• Manufacturing
• Financial services
Traditional
Developing
Long Term
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Growing Interest
irods.org
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Growing Interest
Conferences
Blog Posts
Conferences
Cleversafe Sales Kickoff Meeting
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iRODS Hub
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iRODS Partners
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Good software that builds community
• Development roadmap: Rule engine, API
• Plugins
• Reference implementations
• Documentation
Building community
• Conferences and workshops
• Training
• Marketing: Case Studies, Videos
Value to stakeholders
• Direct technical support
• Working groups
• Co-marketing and sales support
What Else Is Next?
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danb@renci.org
+1-919-445-0632
Questions, Advice?
Thank You!
State of the iRODS Consortium 2015
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