Annual report for download - CoreGRID Network of Excellence
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37<strong>Annual</strong>Report2007<strong>Network</strong>ed EuropeanS<strong>of</strong>tware & ServicesInitiative (NESSI)In September 2005, NESSI was set upby thirteen European ICT industriesas an ICT European TechnologyPlat<strong>for</strong>m. NESSI is a major Europeanindustry initiative which aims atdriving innovation throughout thes<strong>of</strong>tware and IT services sector.The NESSI mission is to develop avisionary strategy <strong>for</strong> s<strong>of</strong>tware andservices driven by a common Europeanresearch agenda, where innovation andbusiness strength are rein<strong>for</strong>ced by:- providing European industryand the public sector withefficient services and s<strong>of</strong>twareinfrastructures to improve flexibility,interoperability and quality- mastering complex s<strong>of</strong>twaresystems and their provisionas service-oriented utilities- establishing the technological basis,the strategies and deploymentpolicies to speed up the dynamics<strong>of</strong> the services eco-system<strong>CoreGRID</strong> Institutes are collaboratingwith NESSI and several NESSI workinggroups, specifically about ServiceOriented Infrastructure, S<strong>of</strong>twareEngineering and Trust, Securityand Dependability. This resulted incontributions to the NESSI StrategicResearch Agenda and in several<strong>CoreGRID</strong> members partnering withNESSI enterprises in setting up winningFP7 NESSI Strategic Projects (S-Cube,SOA4ALL, SLA@SOI, RESERVOIR, etc.).Member survey onIndustrial linksIn order to assess the level <strong>of</strong>collaboration between <strong>CoreGRID</strong>partners and industry, a questionnairewas sent to the NoE partners in earlyAugust 2007. The objective was togather homogeneous input in order tobuild a panoramic view <strong>of</strong> <strong>CoreGRID</strong>relationships with industry. Answerswere also expected to reveal towhich extent the <strong>Network</strong> had beeninstrumental in encouraging andfacilitating these industrial links.The survey revealed that over93% <strong>of</strong> the <strong>CoreGRID</strong> membershave active links with industrialpartners and that 86% are claimingthat <strong>CoreGRID</strong> was instrumentalin initiating or improving theirrelationship with the business world.Beyond the many interestingperspectives that this survey providesto <strong>CoreGRID</strong>, the most interesting andrewarding finding is the fact that alarge majority <strong>of</strong> the members couldlean upon the <strong>CoreGRID</strong> <strong>Network</strong> <strong>of</strong><strong>Excellence</strong> to initiate or develop fruitfulrelationships with industrial partners.In that sense, the survey brings a clearconfirmation that <strong>CoreGRID</strong> playedits role in connecting its memberswith industry at local, national,European and international level.PerspectivesDuring its third year <strong>of</strong> activity, <strong>CoreGRID</strong>has not only succeeded in integratingand coordinating the European Researchcommunity in Grid technologies, but alsoin connecting the academic researchinstitutes to industry in order to fullyrealise the objective <strong>of</strong> boosting the EUICT Industrial sector through bringingresearch and innovation to business.
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