Connecticut Education Network

Project History Higher Education Initiative Lt. Governor’s Proposal & Legislation Commission organization & tasks State Agency Involvement

Network Project Scope K-12 Public School Buildings 70+ Private & Public Higher Education 300+ Libraries Others: RESC’s, Agencies...

Network Project Support Commission Executive Director Dept. of Information Technology –Network Architect (1/2) –Program Manager (1/2) –Director of Enterprise Network Services (1/4) –“Body Shop” Contract Employees (4)

Network Services Base –Internet Service for K-12 & Library –Digital Library Content –Granular Filtering –Inter District / Library / College Network Cost Sharing –Internet 2 –Intra-Institutional Requirements –Other “buyers club” opportunities

Short & Long Term Network Targets –Short term (2 Years) Optical to every school district T1 to every doorstep (school, library, etc.) “Cloud” for K-12/Library Backbone for HiEd –Long term (5 Years) Optical to every doorstep Scalable bandwidth on demand

Current Network Activities K-12 Site Surveys/ Recommendations Library Surveys Higher Education Needs Analysis Backbone planning (Initial equip purchased) Network Services RFP (Evaluation) Dark Fiber RFP (On Street) Equipment RFP (Draft)

Network Services Looking for Dark Fiber Services –Break the bandwidth/cost relationship –Reduce equipment costs Other impacts –Distributed POP’s -vs- Single Data center –Firewalls –Filtering –ISP Services

Next Steps E-Rate Initial Deployment Content ?

Contacts: Bob Dixon –Director, Enterprise Network Services (DOIT) John Vittner –CEN Program Manager (DOIT) Rob Vietzke –Network Architect (DOIT)