Internet2 & It’s Future Doug Van Houweling CEO, Internet2 27 June 2002

2 History -> Today  1996 – Internet2 Project  1997 – UCAID Incorporated  1998 – Abilene Launched  1999 – Abilene Operational/Middleware  2000 – Expanded Access/E2E Performance  2001 – Quilt  2002 – Security / Abilene Upgrade / Shibboleth / I2 Commons / GTRN / National Lightwave? / “True Broadband”?

27 June Internet2 Mission  It Was Clear: Meet the advanced networking requirements of the research university community Develop and deploy advanced network applications and technologies, accelerating the creation of tomorrow’s Internet.  Still Our Core

27 June Internet2 Core Strategy  Enable new generation of applications  Re-create leading edge R&E network capability  Transfer technology and experience to the global production Internet

27 June Research and Development Commercialization Partnerships Privatization Internet Development Spiral Today’s Internet Internet2 NSFNetARPANet NYSERNet SURANet MichNet ANS/Core PSI UUNet InternetMCI AOL GigaBit Testbeds MBone NGI Intelligent Networks Source: Ivan Moura Campos

27 June Internet2 -- The Layers Development Applications Services Development Middleware & Security Services Development Network Distribution Services Development Network Backbone Services

27 June Changed Environment  What has changed? Breakthrough applications don’t scale without middleware. High performance infrastructure is a necessary but not sufficient condition for high performance network service. The Internet industry balloon has popped –How does Internet2 contribute to the bottom line next quarter? –Capital is short, risk tolerance is minimal The Internet has gone global The Internet community is losing idealism and cohesiveness Security has become an over-riding concern

27 June Response  Middleware project  End to end performance project  Expanded access and Quilt  Increased breadth and performance of connectivity to the world  Security initiative  Focus on the future health of an open, standards- based Internet which continues to encourage bottom- up innovation  Changing the world is more difficult than we thought  Internet2 and its global partners are more critical than ever

27 June Challenges  Strengthening collaborations and partnerships  Maintaining broad support for a more complex agenda  Managing resources  Honoring and acting from our core values