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GÉANT Partner Portal - a new way to manage your GÉANT services. Tom Fryer, DANTE TF-MSP Meeting; Rome, Italy Thursday, 4 th February 2010. Managing GÉANT Services The Old Way. Access database for NREN subscription and service information Ordering services:
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GÉANT Partner Portal- a new way to manage your GÉANT services Tom Fryer, DANTE TF-MSP Meeting; Rome, Italy Thursday, 4th February 2010
Managing GÉANT ServicesThe Old Way • Access database for NREN subscription and service information • Ordering services: • GÉANT Plus & GÉANT Lambda circuits via on-line form • Subscription modifications, QoS, MPLS VPNs requested by e-mail • Up-to-date information on NREN subscription and services sent to NRENs by e-mail. • Description of the GÉANT Service Catalogue on the GÉANT2 website.
The Partner PortalThe New Way A website dedicated to GÉANT NRENs and their service subscriptions The Partner Portal will provide: • A dedicated GÉANT home page for each NREN • summarising their subscriptions • Detailed list of each service provided to the NREN • GÉANT IP subscription (incl. L2VPNs) • GÉANT Plus circuits and remaining capacity • GÉANT Lambda circuits • An up-to-date description of the GÉANT service catalogue • Order forms for all GÉANT services • A one-stop-shop for GÉANT statistics, service procedures and contacts
Timeline • February 2010: Field Trial • we need NREN volunteers to assess and constructively criticise! • Q1 2010: Launch of Phase 1 • Q2 2010: Launch of Phase 2 (fully automated back-end processes)
Contact • The Partner Relations Team: • John Chevers & Tom Fryer • To contact the Partner Relations Team: • partner-relations@geant.net