WINS Monthly Meeting www2.widener.edu/wins WINS Support (610) /06/2009 www2.widener.edu/wins

Agenda Introductions WINS Past WINS Present WINS Future Sunesys Role Virtualization Insight Q&A

Introductions Name Title Location

WINS Past In January of 2000, Widener University developed the WINS organization, to leverage advantages of the economies of scale inaugurated through Widener’s extensive and sophisticated network infrastructure. Widener University recognizes its commitment to the broader educational community – especially our strategic partners in K through 12 educations – with network capacity created from the development of a Gigabit Ethernet backbone that can sustain additional traffic without diluting services to the staff, faculty and students of the Widener University. The primary goal of WINS is to provide vital networking services to school districts, educational entities, and possibly government agencies that cannot afford either the expertise or the hardware to manage and control their own network operations independently. In February of 2000, a cooperative agreement was signed between WINS and the Delaware County Fiber Optic Network. During the months of March and April, all school districts were cut over to the Widener University Network for Internet access.

Features

Backbone Maintenance

Bandwidth

Widener NOC

Services

Services Defined NAT - Network Address Translation (NAT) allows you to use private IP addresses for addressing on your internal network, and allow all hosts on the internal networks to access the Internet using one public IP address. NAT allows multiple machines to connect to the Internet using a single public IP address. Additionally, using NAT for Internet access protects internal network computers from unwanted access attempts. Inline Content Filter - Web filtering blocks access to harmful, inappropriate, and dangerous websites which may contain phishing/pharming attacks, malware such as spyware, or objectionable content that can expose organizations to civil or criminal liability. Anti-Virus - The Antivirus Service provides fully automated updates to ensure protection against the latest content level threats. It employs advanced virus, spyware, and heuristic detection engines that prevent both new and evolving virus, spyware, and malware threats and vulnerabilities from gaining access to your network and its valuable content and applications. Anti-Spam - The Antispam service offers a wealth of features to detect, tag, quarantine, and block spam messages and their malicious attachments.

Services Defined DNS Primary/Secondary - Domain Name Server, represents a computer, which is charged with the task of translating domain names into IP addresses. Thanks to the DNS service we can type access websites by only typing their alpha-numeric names (domain names) in the browser instead of their IP addresses, which are the real server-side names of the websites. There are two basic types of DNS - primary DNS and secondary DNS, which are generally applied to each newly registered domain. They are name server computers where the record of your domain name is stored. The information on both servers is identical. The two DNS values are usually configured by your ISP or hosting provider and given to you as a very important part of your domain registration order details. District Firewall Support – Widener University has partnered with Fortinet, a leading provider of network security appliances and the leader of the unified threat management (UTM) market worldwide. Districts that have purchased this product line are provided installation, configuration, consulting, and troubleshooting support, at no cost. Shaping YouTube Blocking - Many K-12 schools in the United States, Canada & Worldwide block access to YouTube due to sexual, violent, and unusual content, and due to bandwidth consumption.

Services Defined Shaping P2P Blocking - Copyright infringement is the act of violating the exclusive rights of a copyright owner. Peer-to-peer (P2P) is a method of file sharing that allows normal users ("peers") to connect directly to other users to share files. P2P typically requires a "client" - a software program installed on their personal computer - to share files. Examples of clients are Kazaa, Limewire, BearShare, etc. and the various BitTorrent clients. These clients connect to other clients over the Internet and allow users to send files that they have marked as "shared" to other users, as well as to download copies of files that other users have shared. Because of its decentralized and unregulated nature, peer-to-peer filesharing is often used to share copyrighted works that those sharing the works do not have the right to share. However, it is important to remember that peer-to-peer is not anonymous, not secret, and can be unsafe!

WINS Future On behalf of Widener University, I am pleased to forward a new three-year agreement to you for action in support of the technology services offered through our Widener Integrated Network Services program. For the past ten years, Widener, and participating school districts have developed a strong working relationship to offer affordable Internet access, network maintenance assistance and technology expertise as together we have sought to improve the flow of information between and among the participating organizations. The enclosed agreement, scheduled to run from July 1, 2010 through June 30, 2013, remains essentially the same as prior years. We have added information pertaining to services offered and revised the available bandwidth specifications. Our first year pricing remains the same as the current year. We propose to support directly, procedures associated with the agreement and district participation in e-rate, by providing the Widener University SPIN number and processing all documentation as required. Widener will respond to individual Districts’ 470 Bid forms based upon the terms of this agreement, determine individual district fee for service based on historic methodologies for assessment, and coordinate e-rate refunds. Widener and the participating organizations have truly benefited from this partnership. In future it is hoped that we can add to this partnership through sharing of ideas and expertise of teachers and faculty to continue serving the needs of the students we all serve.

Sunesys Role This proposal does require Fiber Transport services provided by Sunesys today, to be modified in a way that creates a direct connection from your location to Widener University. Sunesys has indicated that the monthly fee will be $1,000, for a managed services facility that is eligible for E-Rate discounts. A onetime installation fee of $2,500 may be split or waived by Widener University to assist with this burden. Contracts with Sunesys will be the districts responsibility to award and pay. The attached Internet agreement fee of $22,135 does not include any costs associated with Fiber connectivity required. Nicole (Controy) Jackson Business Development Manager Sunesys, LLC 185 Titus Ave Warrington, PA (267) office (267) mobile (267) fax

Virtualization Insight In the last meeting, many of you shared Virtualization visions. … Many of you have just started down the runway and some of you have just taken flight. Ron Harris at Rose Tree has hit turbulence along the way and is willing to share his experience! Please feel free to share your experience as well so we can all learn!

Questions & Answers Next Meeting Dec 4th, 2009!