1. NRENs 10 years from now… Learning from the Past to Guess the Future…
Claudio Allocchio
Internet2 Fall Members Meeting, 04 October 2011

2. About 20 years ago… We created roads for Research and Education
Because we all needed something “different”
… and we will continue to create them, because we are the only one who can “make it right” for us.
“Services” were pure User’s business, and the network a “black box” for them
Now it looks somehow differently.
Claudio Allocchio
I2 Fall Meeting 2011

3. About 10 years ago…
Roads turned into highways, and some users opened the black box
Fibers made a dramatic change
We did not guess this 10 years before, but we got somehow biased, that dramatic changes will constantly come…
Priority, BoD, VPNs, we gave Users some control
But “services” were still user’s business
Claudio Allocchio
I2 Fall Meeting 2011

4. Here we are in 2011… NRENs: the last “N” is changing a lot…
The highway is granted, but not such a “dramatic change” happened this time
We host more new communities, services, applications, people and ideas, real and virtual, we cope with new requirements
The NREN is a support and training center for users
New communities ask and create services, and support in building them
Claudio Allocchio
I2 Fall Meeting 2011

5. 2020… Network? What does Network mean?
What about Data and tools to handle them!
The Network for research and education becomes transparent, faster, and ubiquitous
Peerings and roaming agreements, access technologies blend.
Users just “connect” to their data, resources and tools
NRENs still build innovation in networking technology
It is our business model which permits it
Claudio Allocchio
I2 Fall Meeting 2011

6. 2020… (cont’d) Human and Knowledge networks
Users’ communities ask for interdisciplinary (networking) skills
NRENs services brings them together
“networking the researches” bottom-up because they drive on the same highway
Collaborative environments and tools
Will our current stuff just look “primitive”?
Claudio Allocchio
I2 Fall Meeting 2011

7. 2020… (cont’d) And of course many other things…
How many nonsenses are in my previous forecast slides?
Claudio Allocchio
I2 Fall Meeting 2011