Ian Osborne is Director of the Digital Systems Knowledge Transfer Network, a Technology Strategy Board funded programme operated by a consortium led by Intellect with QinetiQ and National Physical Laboratory. The Digital Systems KTN launched in October 2009 and is initially comprised of three programmes: Cyber-Security, Location & Timing and Scalable Computing. The new KTN is working closely with Digital Communications KTN and leading industry suppliers and innovators with a brief to address the needs for promoting ICT-based innovation in private and public sector organisations. See www.digitalsystemsktn.org for more information.
The Scalable Computing Programme is focused in three areas:- Cloud/Utility and IT as a Service; Sustainability of computing infrastructures and on Distributed Application and Service development. This agenda has grown in priority from Ian’s prior work leading the Grid Computing Now! KTN which was focused on demonstrating the value of Grid Computing Technologies, including Virtualisation, Service Oriented Architectures and Green IT. See www.gridcomputingnow.org for more information.
Ian also holds the posts of Chair of the BCS Distributed and Scalable Computing Specialist Group, Vice President of Enterprise for the Open Grid Forum (a global distributed computing standards body) and is a Principal in the European FP7 Project, OGF-Europe. Ian’s interests lie primarily in the adoption of distributed computing in “business” delivering scalable services and interoperability to meet the needs of users.
Ian has worked in ICT since 1972, with early stints at British Airways and International Computers Limited. In 1979, Ian joined Hewlett-Packard Limited where he enjoyed a substantial career working in Research & Development, Quality and Marketing at HP locations in the US and UK. He held senior management positions in HP’s Corporate Research Laboratories in Bristol and Telecom Systems Business in Edinburgh. He has a Masters Degree in the Management of Technology, a joint degree awarded by the Universities of Sussex and Brighton in 1992 and conducted research work in the area of Innovation Management in the Doctoral Programme at Cranfield University between 2004 and 2006. He is a Member of the British Computer Society and a Chartered Information Technology Professional, a member of the Association for Computing Machinery and an Associate Member of the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers.
