Categories of Engagements
- Partnerships
- Collaborations
- Alliances
- Projects
Partnership
- A formal relationship with an HPC Vendor
- A formal relationship with an ISV (independent software vendor) or IHV (independent hardware vendor) Supplier
- A formal relationship with an entity that requires supercomputing resources, expertise or end-results
- A formal relationship with an entity that makes available a special tools or capability to solve a project need
- Can be a hybrid or complex relationship formed with a combination of partners, alliance, and/or collaborator members
- Linkage to an existing or new HPC center, laboratory or institute
- Generally associated with another computing resource linked by a high-speed network into the “cloud”
- Can be seen as “Coopetition”
- An officially defined and tracked opportunity or activity to generate revenue, business development, outreach, or marketing outcomes
- Generally associated with a COE but can be conducted directly via independent 3rd parties
- A partnership, collaboration or alliance must have at least one project.
An engagement can be in multiple categories simultaneously or migrate from one to another and back again depending on the engagement and circumstances.
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