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KanREN: 2001 and Beyond - Statewide Infrastructure for Research and Education

Learn about the KanREN consortium and their statewide infrastructure, services, and future plans. Discover how KanREN is meeting ongoing challenges and the future of the network.

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KanREN: 2001 and Beyond - Statewide Infrastructure for Research and Education

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  1. KanREN: 2001 and beyond Doug Heacock Executive Director Kansas Research and Education Network

  2. Overview • The KanREN consortium • The backbone network • KanREN today • KanREN tomorrow • Ongoing challenges • The future of KanREN

  3. The KanREN consortium • Established in 1993 • Jerry Niebaum (KU) and RCAC • Initial funding: NSF Connections grants • Initial membership: 35 colleges and universities • First sites connected in 1994

  4. The KanREN consortium • Founding principles: • Facilitate communication among members • Provide a statewide infrastructure • Provide excellent technical support, training • Create a true consortium community • Grassroots organization

  5. The KanREN consortium • Executive committee elected by member site representatives • Every member institution has a voice and a vote • "Service unit" of KU Center for Research, Inc. • Benefits of state agency withoutsome of the limitations

  6. The backbone network • Statewide infrastructure • Scalability • Robust and reliable • Standards-based • Managed

  7. Internet KanREN network, c. 1994 785 sites 785 sites 913 sites Manhattan Lawrence Kansas City Site links 56k link T1 link 316 sites Wichita

  8. Internet KanREN network, c. 1996 785 sites 785 sites 913 sites Manhattan Lawrence Kansas City Site links T1 link 316 sites Wichita

  9. Internet Internet 2 Internet KanREN network, c. 1999 GPN/KanREN 913 sites 785 sites 785 sites Manhattan Lawrence Kansas City Site links T1 link DS-3 link OC-3 link 316 sites Wichita

  10. Internet Internet 2 Internet Internet KanREN network, May '01 GPN/KanREN 913 sites 785 sites Hays Manhattan Lawrence Kansas City Site links T1 link DS-3 link OC-3 link Frac. OC-3 316 sites Wichita

  11. KanREN today • Membership growth: 61 sites • Six regents universities, plus KUMC • Ten community colleges • Eleven private colleges and universities • Thirteen K-12 school districts • Eighteen public libraries • Three other non-profit organizations

  12. KanREN today • The staff: • Executive Director, full-time • Director of Network Services, half-time • System Administrator, full-time • Director of Web Applications, half-time

  13. KanREN today • Services: • Training and technical support • Campus network consulting • Internet access (78 Mbps total) • Intranet design and implementation • Network monitoring and diagnostics • Online statistics, graphs • 24-hour NOC

  14. KanREN today • Services (continued) • Abilene and Internet 2 access • Virtual Web hosting • Usenet News service • Primary and secondary DNS service • Delegated registration authority for four .ks.us domains • Exclusive e-mail lists for site representatives

  15. KanREN today • Services (continued) • Proxy Web caching service • Annual technical conference • June 3-5, 2001, Central College, McPherson • Occasional networking symposia • Video over IP • Security • Bandwidth management

  16. KanREN tomorrow • Staff growth • Add full-time network administrator • Add administrative assistant/Webmaster • Added services • Add aDSL connection options • Add IMA connection options • Possibly add Blackboard servers

  17. KanREN tomorrow • New services on the horizon • IP multicast for video over IP • Akamai servers at the core sites • Additional technical conferences and symposia

  18. KanREN tomorrow • Kan-Ed • Legislation passed, awaiting Governor's signature • State-wide, high-bandwidth, multi-purpose backbone network • All K-12 districts, public libraries, rural hospitals • To be administered by the Board of Regents

  19. Ongoing challenges • Rapidly increasing demands for bandwidth • Aggregation ratios • Internet and backbone bandwidth • Need for additional staff • Lack of provider infrastructure • Costs

  20. The future of KanREN • KanREN is finally being noticed at the state level • KanREN will have significant involvement in Kan-Ed • The consortium community is growing closer and stronger • Our network is improving, even without state help

  21. Questions, comments, etc. • Doug Heacock • heacock@kanren.net • 785-864-0422 (office) • 785-691-5544 (cellular) • http://www.kanren.net

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