The SDK, which is a cluster of the IST projects SEKT, DIP and Knowledge Web started a strategic alignment with the IST ASG project on adaptive services for Grids resulting in the formation of the European Semantic Systems Initiative (ESSI). ASG will add value to the new ESSI cluster by providing a proof-of-concept prototype of an open platform for adaptive services discovery, creation, composition, and enactment. ASG will further its research to include adaptive services discovery, creation, composition, and enactment. Further information is available via the IST results news service and at the ESSi website.