CGGVeritas (Compagnie Générale de Géophysique-Veritas), a provider of on-line and on-demand services, specifically seismic processing and reservoir simulation, is one of the first businesses to develop an industrial application with using EGEE’s gLite. CGGVeritas is now poised to market its grid-enabled services, bringing potentially huge benefits primarily to the large number of SMEs operating in this sector.

The company has successfully developed both the software, Geocluster, and a sister application, Reservoir Simulation, operating in a grid environment using gLite and leveraging EngineFrame user interface developed by NICE, an EGEE Business Associate, enabling the easy development of web access.

The solution offers value-add in terms of solving complex problems for clients, storage issues, as well as validating innovative algorithms on real size data sets. But it doesn’t stop here, the solution also provides a framework for industry-research collaboration, including training and know-how transfer.

“Beyond the ability to process data more quickly, without the need to manage new IT hardware and software, clients can access data wherever and whenever and can easily and effectively work with distant colleagues”, says Gaël Youinou, software manager at CGGVeritas. The business advantages speak for themselves: increased flexibility, shortening time to market and speeding up the decision-making process. Additionally, pay-per-use means that businesses manage their budgets more effectively.

CGGVeritas will sell the application software as a package or a service. CGGVeritas has used EGEE’s gLite middleware to develop a separate infrastructure specifically for businesses, offering their service via a web portal. “Everything is set for our sales team,” says Youinou. “I expect that the first contracts with clients will be signed before the end of the year (2008).”

If you would like more information on Geocluster or how to run an application using gLite or on the EGEE infrastructure, please contact - egee(at)trust-itservices.com or visit the Geocluster page at: http://www.cggveritas.com/Geocluster or EGEE Business Applications at: http://business.eu-egee.org/index.php?id=319

Images courtesy of CGGVeritas