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International Connections. Project Review. Georgia Tech is expanding around the world Adopted an International focus Collaborations and partnerships Administrative, academic, and research. Networking is required Current connections are insufficient for many demanding applications. Why?.
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International Connections Project Review Office of Information Technology http://www.oit.gatech.edu
Georgia Tech is expanding around the world Adopted an International focus Collaborations and partnerships Administrative, academic, and research. Networking is required Current connections are insufficient for many demanding applications. Why? Office of Information Technology http://www.oit.gatech.edu
GT Around the World Karlskrona London St. Petersburg Paris Metz Munich Beijing Atlanta Barcelona Udine Singapore Brazil Pretoria Office of Information Technology http://www.oit.gatech.edu
R&E Networking This map taken from http://www.glif.is Office of Information Technology http://www.oit.gatech.edu
Imperial 2x1G London STARLIGHT (Chicago) NLR UKLight 2x1G 10G SLR NetherLight SUNet NorthernLight GT Shared 10G 10G between SLR and STARLIGHT is coming soon. UK Light, Nether Light and Northern Light networks are already in place. Karlskrona Office of Information Technology http://www.oit.gatech.edu
Renater4 will be built on CWDM UKLight Metz Paris Munich Barcelona Udine STARLIGHT (Chicago) Géant2 NLR Q2 2005 10G SLR NetherLight RUNet GT NorthernLight St. Petersburg Recently upgraded 622 Mbps to 2.5 Gbps Office of Information Technology http://www.oit.gatech.edu
NUSg Singaren APAN / TEx 10Gbps Planning to upgrade to 1Gbps NLR STARLIGHT Pacific Wave Atlantic Wave Peering Fabric Gloriad AMPATH 155Mbps DWDM Testbed China Brazil Office of Information Technology http://www.oit.gatech.edu
GT is partnering with University of Pretoria. Africa is a special case High performance networking is absent Lots of other interest in Africa CDC, NLM, AMMA, Emory… Projects involving Africa are coming together Africa Office of Information Technology http://www.oit.gatech.edu
Nectarnet Georgia Tech Network Startup Resource Center (NSRC) International Development Research Center (IDRC) Proposal to Ford Foundation ($100M for new initiatives with Africa). NSF Planning Grant New Projects Office of Information Technology http://www.oit.gatech.edu
Peering Fabric U.S. Universities Europe Gateway to Africa (Portugal) South Africa has just announced a second network operator (SNO) license SEAMEWE4 1.2Tbps Eritrea Kenya Tanzania SAT3 Singapore India Pakistan UAE Egypt 120Gbps Senegal Ghana Nigeria South Africa 640Gbps EASSy Office of Information Technology http://www.oit.gatech.edu
We are successfully crossing all political and geographic boundaries to deliver very-high capacity networking for GT faculty and SLR members. We are visibly taking a leading role among research Universities. OIT delivers! Summary Office of Information Technology http://www.oit.gatech.edu