Consortium Update
Jason M. Coposky
@jason_coposky
Executive Director, iRODS Consortium
Consortium Update
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June 9-12, 2020
iRODS User Group Meeting 2020
Virtual Event
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The iRODS Consortium
Our Mission
- Continuous Improvement
- Grow the Community
- Standardization
- Show value to our Membership
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The iRODS Consortium
Our History
- Founded in 2013 by RENCI, DICE and DDN
- Accepted the code base in 2014
- Forty releases of iRODS to date
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Our Membership
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Consortium
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2019-2020 Activity
- 21 Membership Renewals
- 6 New Members
- 9 New Service Contracts
- Many Proofs of Concept
- 15+ Conferences and Events
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2019-2020 New Membership
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- BaNQ
- CINES
- KU Leuven
- OpenIO
- Anonymous
- Anonymous
2019-2020 Working Groups
- Authentication
- Metalnx + Metadata Templates
- File System Integration
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Organized community efforts to standardize protocols, technologies and methodologies
Details to follow in the Technology Update
2020-2021 Efforts
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Development of Localized User Groups
- Global community requires local sustainability
- Continue Engagement of System Integrators
- Focus on the Tier-3 Support Model
- Tighten focus on specific verticals such as Microscopy
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Our Business Model
Start with proof of concept
- Use Case Driven
- Hands on
- Service and Support Contracts
Consortium Membership
- Four Levels - $10k to $150k
- 10 to 300 hours of support
- Participation in Software roadmap
- Discounted hourly rate
Tier 3 Support
- Systems Integrators
- Compute Vendors
- Storage Vendors
What am I missing?
- Questions?
- Comments?
- Criticisms?
- Complaints?
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