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8.9 Conclusions
In this chapter we presented a selection of common capabilities (i.e. services
capturing reusable functionality of IT solutions) for Grid and Cloud Computing
that can be used to address business and technical challengies identified by the
Business Experiments.
In our analysis, we highlighted the likely
impact of innovation
produced by
each common capability, and referred to concrete examples of publicly available
descriptions of Business Experiments and real-life business scenarios where the
current state-of-the-art can be improved by exploiting implementations of these
common capabilities. In each case, our analysis included a reflection of the inter-
action between the technical experts innovating, the business analysts supporting
them and a relevant pool of business stakeholders. Such analysis and validation of
technological innovation is of an unprecedented size and diversity not only in the
history of European research and innovation but also globally.
In this chapter we also presented a futuristic, indicative
integration
scenario that
illustrates how several reusable capabilities that originate in diverse thematic areas,
and meet diverse business requirements can be brought together in order to solve a
challenging and complex problem that may appear as the market evolves.
The capabilities mentioned in this chapter have been developed as part of
the technological research and innovation activities of BEinGRID project. They
embody technological innovations in areas that are considered to be critical for the
way that business will be done in the future, based on the collective experience of
25 Business Experiments that cover many sectors of the European economy. Many
of these offered real-life business scenarios and a platform for validating these capa-
bilities and for identifying best practices in close liaison with stakeholders in value
chains that represent each vertical market sector and the European economy as a
whole.
This chapter only covers at a high level a small subset of the common capa-
bility definitions, the associated design and implementation patterns and the valida-
tion scenarios that constitute the main body of knowledge and recommendations
produced by the technology innovation stream of BEinGRID. A topic edited by the
author (Dimitrakos et al 2009a) includes a more extensive analysis of these results.
It targets a general audience of strategists, technical consultants, researchers and
practitioners in SOI technologies with emphasis on Grid and Cloud Computing.
More information is also being made available at the on-line knowledge repository
IT-tude.com (http://www.it-tude.com) - formerly known as Gridipedia (http://www.
gridipedia.eu/) - that was developed with support of the BEinGRID project.
