SSI Is usable software important for you research? It’s a simple question, and I’d think a simple answer. From statistical analysis, to cloud services for data storage, to less mature but still necessary workflow management; most research scientitist I speak to use research software. While some of this software comes from industry as mature ‘billable’ applications or infrastructure, lots of software comes from research developments ‘by scientists for scientists’. Important but created on finite grants, it need to be preseved and developed for all to use.