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Newcomer Orientation

Newcomer Orientation. Welcome to Internet2!. 29 October 2000. Session Purpose. To welcome representatives from new member institutions and organizations and new representatives of existing member institutions and organizations to the Internet2 community.

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Newcomer Orientation

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  1. Newcomer Orientation Welcome to Internet2! 29 October 2000

  2. Session Purpose • To welcome representatives from new member institutions and organizations and new representatives of existing member institutions and organizations to the Internet2 community. • To provide background on Internet2, and an orientation to information resources • To answer questions and meet each other

  3. Introductions • Internet2 Staff present at session: • Jill Arnold, Director of Corporate Relations (jillar@internet2.edu) • Laurie Burns, Director of Member Activities (lburns@internet2.edu) • Traci Downey, Member Activities Assistant (tdowney@internet2.edu) • Karen Johnson, Meeting Planner (karenj@internet2.edu) • Aimee Massaro, Abilene Project Coordinator (aimee@internet2.edu) • Lee Perlis, Membership Services Manager (lperlis@internet2.edu) • Doug Van Houweling, President and CEO (dvh@internet2.edu) • Greg Wood, Director of Communications (ghwood@internet2.edu)

  4. New Members Since Spring 2000 Member Meeting • University Members California State University-Hayward Clemson University Idaho State University  Medical University of South Carolina Rochester Institute of Technology University of Missouri, Kansas City University of Texas, Arlington

  5. New Members Since Spring 2000 Member Meeting • Affiliate Members Environmental Research Institute of Michigan (ERIM) NASA Marshall Space Flight Center National Oceanic & Atmospheric Administration, Silver Springs National Science Foundation (NSF) New World Symphony  Southwest Research Institute

  6. New Members Since Spring 2000 Member Meeting • Corporate Members Baltimore Technologies – Corporate Sponsor • Akamai Technologies • Asta Networks • Blackboard, Inc. • Boeing Phantom Works • EBSCO Information Services • Eli Lilly • Impsat Fiber Networks Inc. • Johnson & Johnson • Multicast Technologies, Inc. • Optivision • Source Software Institute • zUniversity.com

  7. Internet2 Beginnings and Growth • Fall 1996 • Internet2 project is created as a collaboration among 34 leading research universities • Fall 1997 • University Corporation for Advanced Internet Development is incorporated • April 1998 • 123 Regular University members • 30 Corporate members • 22 Affiliate members

  8. Growth in Membership • April 1999 • 154 regular University members • 54 Corporate members • 27 Affiliate members • October 2000 • 181 regular University members • 77 Corporate members • 41 Affiliate members

  9. Advanced Networks • Abilene • vBNS • vBNS+ • ESnet • NREN • DREN

  10. Internet2 Universities181 Universities as of October 2000

  11. Marconi Communications Microsoft Nortel Networks Qwest Communications SBC Communications Spirent Communications WCI Cable Worldcom 3Com Advanced Network & Services Alcatel AT&T Cisco Systems Enterasys Systems IBM ITC^Deltacom Lucent Technologies Internet2 Corporate Partners

  12. International Connectivity • International MOU partners • Over 30 networks in countries around the world • Relationship is with international networking organizations • Memorandum of Understanding define the interconnection agreements • http://www.internet2.edu/international/

  13. Internet2 Goals • Enable a new generation of applications • Re-create leading edge research and education network capability • Transfer technology and experience to the global production Internet

  14. Internet2 Goals Enable a new generation of applications Characteristics: • Collaborative or group process support • Access to remote resources • Distributed computation and data handling • Immersive data visualization and virtual reality

  15. Internet2 Goals Re-create leading edge R&E network capability Examples: • Core Middleware • Performance measures • Multicast, QoS, IPv6 • Backbone, regional aggregation points, campus network

  16. Internet2 Goals Transfer technology and experience to the global production Internet • Work in partnership with corporate membership and partners • Facilitate cross-industry collaborations • Facilitate industry-researcher collaborations

  17. Internet2 Governance UCAID Board of Trustees Advisory Councils Applications Strategy Council Industry Strategy Council Network Policy and Planning Advisory Council Network Research Liaison Council Election process Annual process begins in November for 2001

  18. Internet2 Working Groups IPv6 Measurement Multicast Network Management Quality of Service Routing Security Topology • Digital Video • Digital Imaging • ResearchChannel • Video Conferencing • Voice over IP • Network Storage • MACE (Architecture) • MACE-DIR (Directories) • HEPKI-TAG • HEPKI-PAG http://www.internet2.edu/html/working-groups.html

  19. Internet2 Initiatives Middleware Contact Ken Klingenstein, kjk@internet2.edu or Renee Frost, rwfrost@internet2.edu Health Sciences Contact Mary Kratz, mkratz@internet2.edu Arts and Humanities Contact Ann Doyle, adoyle@internet2.edu End-to-End Contact Laurie Burns, lburns@internet2.edu or Steve Corbato, corbato@internet2.edu

  20. Events and Activities Twice-annual Member Meetings Spring 2001 in Washington,D.C., March 7-9, 2001 Twice-annual Joint Techs Meetings Winter Meeting in Honolulu, January 28-31, 2001 http://www.ncne.nlanr.net/news/workshop/2001/010128/mtgnotice.html Working Group meetings and workshops throughout the year Campus Workshop in San Diego, December 4-5, 2000 http://www.internet2.edu/html/campusworkshop.html Internet2 Days Contact Elaine Lauerman, ekl@internet2.edu

  21. Internet2 Organization Approximately 30 full-time and part-time staff, many of whom are jointly employed by member organizations A varying number of consultants and contract employees assigned to specific projects or in specific areas Internet2 staff are in three primary locations… Ann Arbor, MI Armonk, NY Washington, DC …and several others around the country See http://www.internet2.edu/html/staff.html

  22. Internet2 Organization Senior Staff Douglas E. Van Houweling, President and CEO (Ann Arbor) Guy Almes, Chief Engineer (Armonk) Jill Arnold, Director of Corporate Relations (Ann Arbor) Gary Bachula, Vice-President for External Relations (Washington, D.C.) Laurie Burns, Director of Member Activities (Ann Arbor) Steve Corbato, Director of Backbone Network Infrastructure (Ann Arbor) Heather Boyles, Director of Federal and International Relations (Washington, D.C.) Ted Hanss, Director of Applications (Ann Arbor) Ken Klingenstein, Director of Middleware Initiatives (Boulder) Barbara Nanzig, Chief of Staff (Ann Arbor)

  23. Advanced Networking on the Web • General Internet2: http://www.internet2.edu • Abilene: http://www.internet2.edu/abilene/ • Federal Next Generation Internet: http://www.ngi.gov • vBNS: http://www.vbns.net • National Teleimmersion Initiative: http://www.advanced.org/teleimmersion • Quality of Service: QBone http://www.internet2.edu/qbone/ • Scalable IP Multicast http://www.internet2.edu/multicast/ • Applications: http://apps.internet2.edu/ • Digital Video: I2-DV http://dv.internet2.edu/ • I2MI: GlueWorks http://www.internet2.edu/middleware/

  24. Questions and Comments? Welcome to Internet2!

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