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NORDUnet International Strategy & Activities

NORDUnet is a collaborative network providing world-class infrastructure, services, and support for the Nordic NRENs and the research and education community. With strong global partnerships, NORDUnet aims to be the leading provider of network services for the benefit of all.

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NORDUnet International Strategy & Activities

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  1. NORDUnetInternational Strategy & Activities Jacqueline Brown 33rd APAN meeting Chiang Mai, Thailand, 13-17 February 2012

  2. Where we are

  3. The Nordic Countries • Five small countries: • Denmark, Finland, Norway, Sweden, Iceland • Three autonomous areas: • Faroe Islands, Greenland, Åland • 8 time zones • 25 million people • 9 official languages • Shared history, culture • Large part of Europe • Together, the world’s 7th largest economy

  4. Nordic NREN collaboration • 5 independent NRENs, tradition for collaboration • NORDUnet: regional network, international connection • 25+ year history • 1 million users • Annual budget: About 20 Million $ • NORDUnet incorporated, owned equally by NRENs, funded by NRENs FUNET SUNET UNINETT RHNET Forskningsnet

  5. NORDUnet Vision and Strategy • It is the Vision of NORDUnet to be the NORDIC Infrastructure for Research and Education • NORDUnet shall provide a common world-class network infrastructure, services, support and collaboration platform for the Nordic NRENs and research and education community. • NORDUnetshall facilitate other common eInfrastructure as requested by the Nordic national eInfrastructure stakeholders.

  6. NORDUnet 2012 • Strong European Dark Fibre network • Scandinavian interconnect, connection to Europe • GEANT, neighbour NRENs, IP transit • Strong emphasis on peering fabric

  7. NORDUnet Network 2012 • North Atlantic connectivity • Serving needs of Nordic NRENs, Campus IT • Serving eScience, research collaborations

  8. NORDUnet North America 2012 • North American presence • Emphasis on peering, connectivity to cloud providers for campus IT and research • Connecting to global NRENs (i.e, South America, Asia) • Fabric for end-to-end services

  9. NORDUnet in Europe • NORDUnet & Nordic NRENs are • a strong global partner • a strong partner in European networking • a major contributor to GÉANT – 3rd largest contributor of man-hours in GN3 • NORDUnet firmly • believe in and support a strong European infrastructure • understand that world-class European networking is essential to Nordic R&E • believe that through regional collaboration we offer the best support for European networking – for the benefit of all

  10. The Arctic Region

  11. NORDUnet and Asia • NORDUnet is partner in project with Asia • TEIN3 (through GÉANT) • ORIENTplus • GLORIAD • Strong history of collaboration w/Russian R&E networks • Nordic – Asia networking essential • eScience project (i.e., eVLBI, medical imaging) • Remote Campus • Academia – Industry collaborations • Nordic – Asia connectivity • Direct peering (at NORDUnet US locations) • TEIN3, ORIENTplus • Efforts for direct Europe – Asia connectivity encouraged, i.e., through Russia and Middle East

  12. Key Network Services • World class L3 network – 40G, 100G coming • Lightpath / BoD service • Partnership for evolution of NSI • Foundation for emerging services, such as global performance guarantee network services • Enabler for higher-level applications and services. • Asian partners such as AIST, NICT, NTT, KDDI, KISTI • Higher-level services • Federated Identity • Multi-domain (federated) management, operations, and diagnostics, automation of multi-domain services • Software development increasingly critical to evolution of NREN services • Having our own software group is essential • Open source

  13. NORDUnet Services

  14. Global Partnerships • Partnerships for innovation and production networks • GÉANT, European NRENs • Internet2, CANARIE, ESnet • GLIF • GLORIAD – Singapore, Hong Kong, Seoul, Mumbai, Cairo • OGF – NSI, standardization of emerging services (open connectivity) • ORIENTplus – EU-China – using open exchanges

  15. NORDUnet towards 2020 • Five key themes • The NREN as a Global Network Service Provider • The NREN as a Community Service Provider • The NREN as the e-Science enabler • The NREN as the e-Education enabler • The NREN’s as an Innovative Framework Provider • Our future demands a global strategy and global partnerships • We service affinity groups, not restricted by geography • Science is global, the collaborations we serve are global • We must offer a full range of network services – best effort, circuits, and whatever in between • We cannot succeed alone • We must work together in open forums and global partnerships • NORDUnet looks forward to working with our Asian partners to keep NRENs vital towards 2020

  16. ThankYouJacqueline Brown forLars Fischer, CTOlars@nordu.nethttp://www.nordu.net

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