1. Campus-centric NREN Services
Evolution of SWITCHcast
Martin Kos
TNC, Vilnius, June 1, 2010

2. SWITCHcast Development started in 2006 Technology-driven development
Lecture Recording System for Swiss Higher Education
Redesign with feedback from customers
“Listen to your customers”
Next: overview of the system

3. Overview Recording Cutting Embedding Delivering Simple interface
Multiple sources -> audio, video, slides
Interlaced / progressive

4. Overview Recording Cutting Embedding Delivering Simple, online
Chapters, thumbnails
Publish = action

5. Overview Recording Cutting Embedding Delivering
Everything is done on the web

6. Overview Recording Cutting Embedding Delivering
Streaming from Flash Media Server
Downloadable Quicktime & iPod -> different resolution

7. “Listen to your customers”
Technical
Administrative

8. “Listen to your customers”
Technical
Administrative
Notification system
Monitoring
Alarms by SMS &
Notifications
connected devices
audio level
Video signal
Encoding errors
Ready for cutting
Media published

9. “Listen to your customers”
Technical
Administrative
Scheduled Recordings
Managed from a central place
Define recordings on a central calendar server
iCal, Google Calendar etc. -> has to be subscribed in the local iCal

10. “Listen to your customers”
Technical
Administrative
Authorization & Authentication
Public
SWITCHaai
Private
Organization
SWITCHaai Federation
External authority
Token based
Full access control by third party
AA for recording, editing & viewing

11. “Listen to your customers”
Technical
Administrative
Organizational structures
Persons involved in service usage
Authorization & Authentication
Public
SWITCHaai
Private
Organization
SWITCHaai Federation
External authority
Token based
Full access control by third party
Proactive billing -> send information to OrgAdmin as soon as a channel is created

12. “Listen to your customers”
Technical
Administrative
“Existing environment”
Integration in Learning Management Tools (LMS)
ILIAS
Moodle
Authorization & Authentication
Public
SWITCHaai
Private
Organization
SWITCHaai Federation
External authority
Token based
Full access control by third party

13. “Listen to your customers”
Technical
Administrative
Authorization & Authentication
Public
SWITCHaai
Private
Organization
SWITCHaai Federation
External authority
Token based
Full access control by third party
Nanoo.tv
Record from TV channel
Replace existing system
Researcher chooses what to record
Proactive billing -> send information to OrgAdmin as soon as a channel is created

14. Summary Video Management System “Software as a service (SaaS)”
For content providers / producers and not for end-users
The higher the customers influence, the higher the acceptance of the service

15. Outlook Technical Administrative HTML5 & WebM (VP8) EduCast OpenSource
Price model
Fixed vs. volume based
New usage scenarios
New roles
Content lifecycle
e.g. ILIAS
Proactive billing -> send information to OrgAdmin as soon as a channel is created

16. Questions