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= Service name: Marketplace Services =
= Service name: Marketplace Services =
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== Introduction  ==
== Introduction  ==


This activity will run the EGI systems and underpinning human processes necessary to enable discovery, selection and access to services of the EGI external catalogue (https://www.egi.eu/services/). This will comprise handling of service requests including pay-for-use services, authentication and authorization processes of long-tail of science, users brokering, compute/storage resource matchmaking and SLA/OLA negotiations.  
The Marketplace Services will run the EGI systems and underpinning human processes necessary to enable discovery, selection and access to services of the EGI external catalogue (https://www.egi.eu/services/). This will comprise handling of service requests including pay-for-use services, authentication and authorization processes of long-tail of science, users brokering, compute/storage resource matchmaking and SLA/OLA negotiations.  


== Technical description  ==
== Technical description  ==


This activity will run the services and the processes that support the workflow from service discovery to access:
The Marketplace provides functionality necessary for bringing together offering and demand for making research. These functions include basic services for registering business entities, publishing and retrieving offerings and demands, search and discover offerings according to specific research communities requirements, submitting and managing service orders as well as lateral functions like review, rating and recommendation.


* maintenance of an up to date information for services of the external service catalogue and for services from EGI partners
The service provide access and ordering capabilities for the following scopes:
* handling of support and requests of service quotes,
*Services of the EGI external service catalogue (EGI Marketplace). The definition of the services in scope is defined by the EGI Service Portfolio Management process and governed by the EGI Service and Solution Board.
* user management for access to the long tail of science services, including but not limited to: validation of the user affiliation and user suspension when service quotas are exceeded
*Services of the EOSC-portal external service catalogue (EOSC Portal Marketplace). The definition of the services in scope is defined by the EOSC-hub project service portfolio management process. These services are publicized and offered through the EOSC Portal.
* activities for the configuration of the EGI infrastructure necessary to support access depending on the service selected
*The EOSC Portal Marketplace is complemented by the EOSC Portal website, which provides information content about the EOSC initiative.
* brokering and matchmaking of compute/storage resources to meet the service request
* SLA/OLA negotiation and reporting
*management of communications with the user during service activation


== Coordination  ==
The Marketplace Services include various sub-components that have to be deployed in a high-availability configuration. Authentication modules have to be integrated with EGI Check-in service.


The activity will coordinate with:
=== Coordination  ===


* EGI Technical outreach and user support for the VO SLA negotiation
The activity will coordinate with:
* EGI Operations for the support of the operational activities related to service provisioning and SLA monitoring
*In the EOSC Portal context: the operators of other components of the EOSC Portal, e.g. partners of the e-InfraCentral project and follow-on projects, for coordinated joint support to users and service providers.
* EGI Resource providers and other service providers for the integration of new resources and services in the Marketplace and long tail of science platform
*In the EGI context: the managers of relevant EGI Service Management System Processes like Service Portfolio Management, SLA Management, Service Report Management, Customer Relationship Management, and Supplier, Federation Member Relationship Management.
* Thematic platform providers and other EGI partners for the integration of their services in the Marketplace
*Service providers and technology providers for the integration of services into the Marketplace.


== Operations  ==
=== Operations  ===


The activity will take care of the daily operations and maintenance of the following tools:
*Daily running and maintenance of the Marketplace
*Provisioning of a high availability configuration
*Standard backup policy for all relevant data
*Monitoring of both hardware and software services including performance and capacity


* access.egi.eu
=== Maintenance  ===
* marketplace, relying on the finding and outcomes of the EGI-Engage project


The above-mentioned list of systems may be subject to changes and additional information on technical specification will be provided to the interested partners by December 2016.  
*Bux fixing, proactive maintenance, and deployment of software updates.  
*Requirements gathering
*Documentation


Tools may require sub-components: e.g. authentication modules, database back-end, therefore services require multiple hosts (a good approximation is 2 for each service).
=== Support  ===


== Maintenance  ==
Support is provided the end users and to the service providers via EGI Service Desk Support Unit: Marketplace (http://helpdesk.egi.eu/).


* Bug fixing, proactive maintenance, and deployment of software updates.
'''Support hours:''' eight hours a day, Monday to Friday – excluding public holidays of all organizations involved in the provisioning of the services.
* Requirements gathering
* Documentation
 
== Support  ==
 
Support will be provided to the end users and to the service providers through dedicated GGUS support unit(s).  


The activity will also maintain the policies and documentation needed for the Marketplace.  
The activity will also maintain the policies and documentation needed for the Marketplace.  
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== Service level targets  ==
== Service level targets  ==


Response to incident records in GGUS within support hours: Medium (see https://wiki.egi.eu/wiki/FAQ_GGUS-PT-QoS-Levels#Medium_service)  
Response to incident records in GGUS within support hours: Advanced (see https://wiki.egi.eu/wiki/FAQ_GGUS-PT-QoS-Levels#Advanced_service)
 
Response to service requests in GGUS within support hours: Advanced (see https://wiki.egi.eu/wiki/FAQ_GGUS-PT-QoS-Levels#Advanced_service)  


Availability of the technical services: Availability 90%, Reliability 95%  
Availability of the technical services: Availability 95%, Reliability 95%  


== Effort  ==
== Effort  ==


Bids planning a total effort of ... Person Months/year would allow these services and activities to be addressed appropriately.
Bids planning a total effort of ... Person Months/year would allow these services and activities to be addressed appropriately.

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Service name: Marketplace Services

Introduction

The Marketplace Services will run the EGI systems and underpinning human processes necessary to enable discovery, selection and access to services of the EGI external catalogue (https://www.egi.eu/services/). This will comprise handling of service requests including pay-for-use services, authentication and authorization processes of long-tail of science, users brokering, compute/storage resource matchmaking and SLA/OLA negotiations.

Technical description

The Marketplace provides functionality necessary for bringing together offering and demand for making research. These functions include basic services for registering business entities, publishing and retrieving offerings and demands, search and discover offerings according to specific research communities requirements, submitting and managing service orders as well as lateral functions like review, rating and recommendation.

The service provide access and ordering capabilities for the following scopes:

  • Services of the EGI external service catalogue (EGI Marketplace). The definition of the services in scope is defined by the EGI Service Portfolio Management process and governed by the EGI Service and Solution Board.
  • Services of the EOSC-portal external service catalogue (EOSC Portal Marketplace). The definition of the services in scope is defined by the EOSC-hub project service portfolio management process. These services are publicized and offered through the EOSC Portal.
  • The EOSC Portal Marketplace is complemented by the EOSC Portal website, which provides information content about the EOSC initiative.

The Marketplace Services include various sub-components that have to be deployed in a high-availability configuration. Authentication modules have to be integrated with EGI Check-in service.

Coordination

The activity will coordinate with:

  • In the EOSC Portal context: the operators of other components of the EOSC Portal, e.g. partners of the e-InfraCentral project and follow-on projects, for coordinated joint support to users and service providers.
  • In the EGI context: the managers of relevant EGI Service Management System Processes like Service Portfolio Management, SLA Management, Service Report Management, Customer Relationship Management, and Supplier, Federation Member Relationship Management.
  • Service providers and technology providers for the integration of services into the Marketplace.

Operations

  • Daily running and maintenance of the Marketplace
  • Provisioning of a high availability configuration
  • Standard backup policy for all relevant data
  • Monitoring of both hardware and software services including performance and capacity

Maintenance

  • Bux fixing, proactive maintenance, and deployment of software updates.
  • Requirements gathering
  • Documentation

Support

Support is provided the end users and to the service providers via EGI Service Desk Support Unit: Marketplace (http://helpdesk.egi.eu/).

Support hours: eight hours a day, Monday to Friday – excluding public holidays of all organizations involved in the provisioning of the services.

The activity will also maintain the policies and documentation needed for the Marketplace.

Service level targets

Response to incident records in GGUS within support hours: Advanced (see https://wiki.egi.eu/wiki/FAQ_GGUS-PT-QoS-Levels#Advanced_service)

Response to service requests in GGUS within support hours: Advanced (see https://wiki.egi.eu/wiki/FAQ_GGUS-PT-QoS-Levels#Advanced_service)

Availability of the technical services: Availability 95%, Reliability 95%

Effort

Bids planning a total effort of ... Person Months/year would allow these services and activities to be addressed appropriately.