1. Kansas Research and Education Network Doug Heacock, Executive Director Gathering of State Networks February 8-10, 2005

2. KanREN History Established in 1993 as a non-profit membership consortium Initial funding from NSF Connections program Self-funded since 1996 Organized initially as a service unit of the KU Center for Research, Inc. Not-for-profit incorporation in 2002

3. KanREN Membership All Kansas Board of Regents universities (6) Community colleges (5) Private colleges and universities (5) K-12 school districts (38) Public libraries (25) Other non-profit organizations (6)

4. KanREN Governance Board of Directors, elected by the membership Every member has a vote on major matters of business and policy (annual meeting)

5. KanREN Services Connectivity –KanREN backbone network –Kan-ed backbone network –Great Plains Network –Internet2/Abilene –Commodity Internet

6. KanREN Services Technical support, troubleshooting, diagnostics Consulting, network design Network monitoring Systems support Training DNS, Web hosting, etc.

7. The KanREN Network “Forklift upgrade” in 2004 –Backbone redesigned--replaced DS-3 and OC-3 connections with GigE connections –OC-12 connection to GPN gigaPoP in Kansas City Adding redundancy in commodity Internet service, first quarter 2005 Internet2 SEGP IPv6, multicast, QoS

9. Network Geography

10. Kan-ed Created by state statute in 2001; funding from KUSF in 2002; administered by Board of Regents Cooperative effort between multiple vendors and organizations Private backbone network Large statewide footprint Initial primary application: interactive distance learning (video)--more to come

11. KanREN and Kan-ed At least four relationships: –Collaborative relationship from the beginning –Kan-ed is a member of the KanREN consortium –KanREN manages the Kan-ed network and NOC under contract with the Kansas Board of Regents –KanREN is a Kan-ed “peering partner” network

12. Challenges Rapid, sweeping change over the past year –Adjustments related to increased staffing –Adjustments related to our relationship with Kan-ed Funding and politics Meeting the needs of a diverse membership

13. Contact information Doug Heacock KanREN, Inc. 1405 Wakarusa, Suite B Lawrence, KS 66049 (785) 856-9800 heacock@kanren.net

14. For more information http://www.kanren.net/~heacock/statenets / –Presentation slides (.ppt) –KanREN information sheet (.pdf) –Network maps (.pdf)