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HEAnet National Networking Conference 2009 F á ilte go Cill Chainnigh Arís ! 12 th November 2009 John Boland, Chief Ex

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  1. HEAnet National Networking Conference 2009Fáilte go Cill Chainnigh Arís !12th November 2009John Boland,Chief Executive

  2. Please switch OFF

  3. SPONSORS Making it economically viable !

  4. Conference Bag Technology Conference Bag Sponsored by Contents Include …. Wireless Mouse Sponsored by 8Mbp USB Stick Sponsored by

  5. Conference Sponsors Sponsoring the Gala Dinner Sponsoring the Welcome Reception Sponsoring the Lunch (Fri 13th Nov)

  6. Conference Sponsors Sponsoring Broadband Internet Access Sponsoring Wireless Connectivity Sponsoring the Tea/Coffee Station

  7. Exhibitors Adding a touch of Innovation !

  8. Conference Exhibitors ***** Conference Sponsors and Exhibitors *****

  9. Evaluation Forms Returned ! • First 30 in main auditorium at 09.20 on Friday morning ! =Prizes

  10. Microsoft Xbox 360 Fill in an evaluation form and you could win one of these ! Or … Kindly Donated by Microsoft

  11. Apple iPOD Nano • Black x1 • Silver x1 … two of these Kindly Donated by Apple

  12. Opening Address Tom Boland Chief Executive of the HEAChairman of the Board of HEAnet

  13. Strategic Highlights in 2009 and beyond …

  14. Services Evaluation Group (SEG) Terms of Reference • To evaluate the introduction of potential new services or expansion of services as proposed by Clients • To evaluate the introduction of potential new services or expansion of services as proposed by HEAnet / NREN collaboration • To evaluate the relevancy of existing services within the HEAnet services portfolio with regard to uptake and other appropriate metrics • Establish & Track Annual Service Development Plan • SEG Membership drawn from HEAnet and Client representatives

  15. Services Evaluation Group (SEG) SEG Delivery Highlights 2009 • Service Resiliency (path, PoP, power, equipment) • Edugate Federated Access • HEAnet/O2 Mobile Broadband Scheme • WiMax Trial at DCU • 4,000 School Broadband Programme Refresh • Schools 100Mbit/s Programme • Server Certificates (SSL) • HD Video Conference Roll-Out (2 phases) • Multimedia Content Service (Federated) • Collaborative Software – Community License Agreement

  16. Services Evaluation Group (SEG) SEG: Services Currently Under Evaluation • National Data Centre • Education TV • Spam Filtering Service • Commodity IP • Commodity Storage • Network Management Client Dashboard

  17. Conference Workshops

  18. Federation How can we make Federation easy? Federated access is hard (at first) • HEAnet can deploy and integrate Shibboleth and simpleSAMLphp on your campus • HEAnet’s Edugate Resource Registry is your configuration web-service for Shibboleth and simpleSAMLphp • HEAnet can manage your institutions user consent and attribute release policy

  19. Federation (x5) • Workshop No. 1: Federating your Users’ IdentitiesWednesday 14.00 – 15.00 • Workshop No. 2: Federating with MicrosoftThursday 11.00 – 12.00 • Workshop No. 3: Federating with MaharaThursday 12.00 – 12.30 • Workshop No. 4: Federating with Google AppsThursday 13.45 – 14.45 • Workshop No. 5: Data Protection in a Federated WorldFriday 11.15 – 12.30

  20. Security (x2) • Workshop No. 1: Hack the NetworkWednesday 14.00 – 15.30 • Workshop No. 3: Hack the NetworkThursday 13.45 – 14.45 • Workshop No. 2: Combating Email AbuseThursday 11.00 – 12.30 • Workshop No. 4: Combating Email AbuseFriday 11.15 – 12.30

  21. Schools Broadband Network • 99.999% HEAnet backbone availability since inception in 2005(Source: Norcontel Schools Broadband Programme Evaluation Report 2009) • Single day high of 3,745 (out of 4,000) schools connecting to Internet • 2,850 schools connecting daily (approx. monthly average) • Phase II Roll-Out Commencing Q4 2009 • Significant increases in bandwidth (typically, up from 2Mbps to 7Mbps) • Large reduction in satellite connections (from 1,850 to 127 schools) • 8 Telcos interconnecting with HEAnet in Phase II

  22. Schools Network Traffic Profile Two Year Period: Nov 2007 to Oct 2009

  23. Schools 100Mbit/s Programme • Renewed Programme for Government to deliver 100Mbit/s connectivity to all post-primary schools (approx. 735) • Programme sponsored by DCENR • DCENR requested that HEAnet manage network • Leverages public investment in HEAnet backbone network • We acknowledge client community support re interconnecting schools across the country at campus PoP locations • Initial pilot of 78 schools to be connected by 1 April 2010 • All post-primary schools to be connected by 2012

  24. Co-location • Fast and reliable connection to the HEAnet network • Dual network connections • Dual power feeds • IP Multicast connectivity • Hands-Off Management • Managed data centre environment • Remote power access • Remote Keyboard, Video and Mouse access • “Hands and Eyes” Service • Optional Add-Ons • High performance storage

  25. HEAnet PoPs • Blanchardstown PoP: 8 new cabs for managed services and 8 cabinets for Client Co-location equipment. • Parkwest PoP: 21 cabinets for HEAnet and additional 10 cabinets for Co-location.

  26. Networking in East/Southern Africa • DANTE has investigated the status of networking and NRENs in Eastern/Southern Africa as part of: • Fibre is emerging in and between countries/continents • NRENs are being established and the UbuntuNet Alliance is operational • An EC project is proposed to stimulate the development of NRENs: AfricaConnect • Twinning between European and African NREN is a method to help this development and HEAnet is looking into this (as we speak) • If clients/users have working relations with Eastern/Southern African institutes; please let us know, so we can include this as part of evaluating a possible twinning.

  27. Eastern/ Southern Africa Existing New

  28. Conference Posters

  29. Service Resilience Service Resilience

  30. 15 Months Deployment Still on course as per original schedule Service Resilience: Project Timeline • Dual connectivity Paths to clients Complete • Diverse PoP connectivity completed Q1 2010 • Power Resilience actively worked 10 PoP sites • CPE tender evaluation Complete • Deployment Dec -> Mar

  31. National Information & Communication Technology Survey • October 2009 – launch of a National ICT Survey - a joint endeavour by HEAnet and RCSI • Survey studies the use of, and attitudes to technology by third level students in Ireland • Current Stats.: ca. 3000 respondents from 10 Institutions • To participate online: http://www.surveymonkey.com/nicts • For further information contact:

  32. Conference Programme • Network evolution • Wireless Strategy • Green Agenda • Cloud Computing • IP Addressing crisis

  33. Evolution & Revolution • The HEAnet network continues to evolve: • 2008/9 – Major Network Evolution • 2009/10 – Network Resilience project • Out-of-hours NOC • 2008 – pilot of 24 x 7 NOC • 2009 – 24 x 7 x 365 NOC for P1 outages • Software Development • Building custom software to better manage and monitor customer services

  34. Evolution & Revolution • Video content streaming for your users • Mirror services etc • Getting more from our fibre • Strategic Partnership • 1500 km fibre ring • High quality spec.

  35. Evolution & Revolution 20nm spacing 1470nm 1490nm 1510nm 1530nm 1550nm 1570nm 1590nm 1610nm Up to 16DWDM channels insertion into one 1550nm CWDM filter 0.8nm spacing 1547.72nm 1548.51nm 1549.32nm 1550.12nm 1550.92nm 1551.72nm 1552.52nm 1553.33nm

  36. Wireless Strategy • A national quality affordable MNO wireless service • Rollout emerging security middleware strategies- national E&R Federation- eduroam • Build expertise on NG wireless (WIMAX or others) by supporting and assessing nominated trials • Apply to COMREG for sectoral Wireless licences • Conduct annual and mid term review

  37. Wireless Strategy No. of wired versus wireless devices on a University Campus Feb 2007 to Oct 2009 Sept 2007 Sept 2008 Sept 2009

  38. O2 Broadband Deal • HEAnet renegotiated its existing mobile broadband offer from O2 as at 1st September 2009 with an improved price plan. • The offer will be available to HEAnet Clients and Staff and Students at HEAnet Client Institutions. • There are two options: • 1) A one-year contract at €9.99 a month • 2) A rolling 30-day contract at €12.99 a month • With both options a modem + SIM device is available at €20. • E220 modem. 7.2Mbit/s down, 384kbit/s up • 10GB limit/month, fair usage applies

  39. How Green can we afford to be

  40. Investigating RE Sources Environmental Protection Agency Dundalk Institute of Technology

  41. The Cloud • What is 'The Cloud?' • Does it have a silver lining? • What are the pros and cons? • What's the technology behind the marketing? • Are all clouds created equal? • What's on the 'cloud' market today? • What's in it for me / my organisation?

  42. The Cloud • Case studies: • Paul Doyle (DIT) • Aidan McDonald (Cork IT) • Ruth Lynch (UCD) • The commercial / educational aspects of cloud: • Michael D. King (Vice President, IBM Global Education Industry) chocolategirl64

  43. IPv4 crunch • Expect to bite in 18-24 months • Business & strategic coverage • Help to build a business case

  44. Transition plan This is how we pictured the transition 15 years ago: IPv4 Pool Size IPv6 Deployment Size of the Internet IPv6 Transition using Dual Stack Time Geoff Huston, www.potaroo.net

  45. Transition plan This is where we are now: IPv4 Pool Size Today Size of the Internet ? IPv6 Transition IPv6 Deployment Time Geoff Huston, www.potaroo.net

  46. HEAnet’s IP Strategy • Strand 1Prepare our businessfor IPv4 depletion • Strand 2Make a working IPv6 only servicethat interoperates with IPv4 • Strand 3Support our customers and partners in the transition

  47. The €5 billion SNIP An Bord Snip Nua Report of the Special Group on Public Service Numbers and Expenditure Programmes Chairman: Mr Colm McCarthy, Schools of Economics, University College Dublin

  48. The Shared Services Agenda A Definition of Shared Services • An organisation model centred on achieving value for money by bringing together activities previously performed in many units/organisations into a single or small number of centres, in order to perform routine or specialised processes more efficiently and effectively

  49. Shared Services Examples of Shared Services initiatives in the sector • HEAnet !! • An Chéim • Access Federation • Contract Services Manager • Schools leveraging E&R Backbone • High Performance Computing • ICT and Networking Conferences

  50. Shared Services - investigationservices • High Performance Computing • Integration of ICHEC into HEAnet • ICT and Networking Conferences

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