1. The Norwegian R&E Cloud initiative - status
NANSen
The Norwegian R&E Cloud initiative - status
Kristin Selvaag, Program Manager NANSen. September 2013

2. Content Background NANSen-report, recommendations as basis for NANSen
Pitfalls and potential
NANSen from theory to action
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3. Background
UNINETT – owned by the Norwegian Ministry of Education and Research
Delivers Internet and network services and handles other national ICT tasks
Funding and fincancing from Ministry and fees from members . Not for NANSen – yet
NANSen – A result of discussions between UNINETT and CIOs of the largest universities in Norway
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4. Conclusions and Recommendations
NANSen in charge of joint portfolio management of IT-services to the community
Long term – all common IT-services in R&E delivered as cloud services through NANSen
A critical mass of participants from sector is necessary, and a collaborative approach
Establish NANSen (Management and working groups with skilled resources from the community)
Community cloud necessary because of security issues. R&E network sutiable
Iaas and PaaS first
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5. Pitfalls and potential
Handle complexity
Know the actual needs
Innovation management
Collaboration NRENs
Low-hanging fruits
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6. From theory to action NANSens role must be communicated
How to work in NANSen
Organization and resource allocation ("Voluntary model")
Community cloud (IaaS, PaaS)
Portfolio (management)
Administration platform
2. januar 2019