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Director of Membership Activities

Director of Membership Activities. Jane Ryland. Applications Strategy Council. Tom DeFanti University of Illinois, Chicago. Network Research Liaison Council. Lawrence Landweber University of Wisconsin, Madison. Network Policy & Planning Advisory Council.

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Director of Membership Activities

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  1. Director of Membership Activities • Jane Ryland

  2. Applications Strategy Council • Tom DeFantiUniversity of Illinois, Chicago

  3. Network Research Liaison Council • Lawrence LandweberUniversity of Wisconsin, Madison

  4. Network Policy & Planning Advisory Council • Gary AugustsonPennsylvania State University

  5. AchievementsandDirections Doug Van Houweling 27 September 1998

  6. Overview • Internet2 Goals • Progress • Current status • Challenges • Next Steps • Member Role • Strategy for the Future

  7. Internet2 Goals • Enable new generation of applications • Re-create leading edge R&E network capability • Transfer capability to the global production Internet

  8. Progress • 2 years ago:Internet2 Project formedOctober 1996 • 1 year ago: UCAID IncorporatedOctober 1997 • 6 months ago:Abilene LaunchedApril 1998

  9. Today • 130 universities • 44 corporations • 7 gigaPops connected to vBNS • Abilene demonstrated • vBNS/Abilene peering announced • QoS -- Qbone initiative launched • Middleware initiative launched

  10. Challenges • Maintain focus on advanced Internet • Production Internet rapidly gaining strength through incremental improvements • Intranets and extranets growing • Higher education needs a production Internet capable of serving mission-critical applications • and so does the rest of the world! • Internet2 implements advanced capabilities

  11. Next Steps • Continue to interconnect member desktops and servers at high speed • Continue to support advanced applications development • focus on multi-campus implementations • Adopt, develop and implement • QoS end-to-end • middleware end-to-end • new business models

  12. Internet2 = Members • Internet2 priorities are your priorities • Internet2 central staff can coordinate, motivate, focus, and managebut not execute • Internet2 can only succeed with your engagement

  13. Abilene example • Reinforced by your response • Corporate member contributions from • Qwest, Nortel & Cisco • University member contribution for • Indiana University • Motivation, coordination, and management from Internet2 staff

  14. When will? • Faculty develop new knowledge • Physicians serve patients • Faculty provide learning environments • Audiences participate in performances • by coming together • whenever & whereverthey are worldwide • throughout their lives

  15. It Depends on Internet2 • and Internet2 depends on all of us • We’re well launched • We have a lot more to do

  16. This Meeting Is Our Opportunity to Take the Next Steps

  17. Exploratorium Reception • 7:00 pm to 10:00 pm • Transportation • From Hyatt Drumm Street entrancebeginning 6:30pm • Sponsored by 3Com

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