OARnet Client Services 12.10.08

1. OARnet Client Services 12.10.08

2. Client Services Focus Bandwidth Statistics • Growth in 60 days= 281Mbs • 5,923 Mbs total Current I1 • 5% growth since last OARtech

3. Client Services Focus Historical Bandwidth Statistics • 2002 OARnet had 623 Mbs. of Internet 1 • 2006 OARnet had 2,556Mbs. of Internet 1 • Today @ 5,642 Mbs. • 8 times the Commodity Internet of 2002 • Double the Commodity Internet of 2006

4. Client Services Focus Last Mile Connections • Looking at upgrading 2 T-1 Connections to Ethernet • Working on getting two of OSU remote campuses DS-3 to ethernet at lower costs through connections through ITC’s. • Lorain, Oberlin and Bluffton upgrading current DS-3’s to ethernet.

5. Client Services Initiatives • 20 College Visits (Since last OARtech). • New Co-location Facility has 20 current customer commitments (Full)! • Looking for new co location space • New OARnet Academic members: • Ohio Christian University (newest member) • Currently working with Campus EAI • OSTN

6. Client Services Initiatives • VMWare!!!!!! • All Member Meeting to be scheduled in January and March. • Tele-presence Room at OARnet in testing phase • Website- To include Netflow, links to University System of Ohio, Board of Regents, Broadband Ohio. Suggestions?

7. Client Services Focus • New GIG Opteman to Rio Grande in process to replace GIGAMAN to service University of Rio Grande, Rio Grande Community College and hospitals and local government in process. • Marietta GIG Opteman in process to service Community in process.

8. Client Services Focus • Internet 2- Ann and TJ Remote Instrumentation presentation and demonstration at Fall Member Meeting. • Internet2 full member meeting Dec. 4- Reviewed 6 year budget. University of Dayton and Miami will be upgraded to full I2 members over 3 years. • Internet2 will raise full member/SEGP rates slightly to cover upgrades to network and keep reserves. • Working with K-12 on Internet 2 programs • Research Initiatives

9. Client Services Focus • Increased Collaboration efforts- combining efforts with OLN, OhioLink, eTECH, and BOR on all software, hardware and services. • Video Collaboration OIT, eTech, OARnet-New Pricing and automated scheduler • Migrating video conferencing customers to eTech beginning Jan. 1

10. Emergency Web Hosting • This is a hosted service on the OSCnet State-of-the-art backbone. • OARnet provides all software and hardware for basic service. • Use secure FTP access to upload simple html pages to a web site with 1 GB of allotted storage space to access and maintain files. • This emergency site can provide as little or as much information as you wish your viewers to have in the event of an emergency. • Finally, switching to and from the emergency web site will be as easy as calling the OARnet Support Center and your web presence will available within 2 hours of your call.

11. Client Services Focus Emergency Web Hosting Notify your constituency of an emergency situation affecting your campus or facility! • Basic emergency web presence in the event that your primary web presence becomes unreachable. • Oberlin College Pilot Pricing: $250.00 one time $250.00 a year

12. Client Services Focus • New FTE pricing model: Unlimited IntraOhio bandwidth • Continue to support numerous higher education in Research Initiatives and Community Development. • Video conference Initiatives. • Vendor meetings and initiatives • AT&T, Qwest, Time Warner Cable, Time Warner Telecom,Verizon, Buckeye Telesystems, XO • Remote Campus Connectivity

13. Client Services – Dana Rogers with Connie Martin

14. Client Services – Maryann Zbydnowskiwith Nancy Drugan-Koehler

15. Client Services – TJ Sandor with Nancy Drugan-Koehler