1. connect communicate collaborate Research Networking: A “20/20” Vision UAE Forum in Information and Communication Technology Research 2010 Dai Davies, DANTE 9 May 2010

2. connect communicate collaborate Who are we and what do we do?

3. connect communicate collaborate Who are we? GÉANT is the high-speed pan-European infrastructure serving Europe’s research and education community Together with Europe’s NRENs, GÉANT connects 40 million users in over 8,000 institutions Co-funded by Europe’s NRENs and the European Commission (EC) 32 European NRENs

4. connect communicate collaborate The pan-European infrastructure Resilient Infrastructure Common Governance Central Operations

5. connect communicate collaborate Vital for European Research GÉANT supports researchers and students in a wide variety of work: Medicine and healthcare Particle physics Earth observation Radio astronomy Disaster warning and crisis support Arts and culture “Without GÉANT a significant bulk of pan-European research cooperation would simply not function. GÉANT is a critical infrastructure for many projects*.” Source: European Commission (2010): The Role of e-Infrastructures in the Creation of Global Virtual Research Communities.

6. connect communicate collaborate The 3 Ages of Research Networking

7. connect communicate collaborate The 3 Ages of Research Networking 1990-2000 Age of Rationing Monopoly infrastructure Simple technology 2000-2010 Age of Development Liberalising infrastructure Bandwidth galore 2010-2020 Age of Service Reliable performance Focus on user needs

8. connect communicate collaborate 1990-2000: Age of Rationing Monopoly infrastructure Much of Europe at mercy of monopolistic providers Data networks dictated what would happen Provision of services was not user-focused Simple technology Connectivity itself was an achievement

9. connect communicate collaborate 1990-2000: Age of Rationing Cost of operating the network 2000-2010: Age of Development

10. connect communicate collaborate 2010 – 2020: Age of Service

11. connect communicate collaborate GÉANT NOC Day-to-day management of the GÉANT network GÉANT Network Control Centre (NCC) – diagnosing network problems, organising repairs and maintenance, configuring new services. GÉANT Service Desk (SD). – first point of contact 24/7 Well defined multi-domain operational procedures Close collaboration between the NREN’s NOCs

12. connect communicate collaborate Projects using GÉANT FEDERICA Point-to-point 1G Ethernet MPLS tunnels over IP Radio Astronomy eVLBI Point-to-point 1G Ethernet circuits to the telescopes DEISA European Supercomputing 10G Ethernet Lambdas all sites connect to a 10G Ethernet switch Large Hadron Collider Experiments at CERN 10G Ethernet Lambdas dual star + backup links connects data centres to CERN

13. connect communicate collaborate DEISA: GÉANT lambdas and E2E monitoring 10G Ethernet links connecting Supercomputers to a 10GE switch in DFN Frankfurt End-to-End monitoring service (E2EMon) Also use the routed IP service

14. connect communicate collaborate The move to user focused services R&DUser The transition to service: before

15. connect communicate collaborate The move to user focused services The transition to service: during R&DUser

16. connect communicate collaborate The move to user focused services The transition to service: after R&DUser

17. connect communicate collaborate Global Connectivity

18. connect communicate collaborate GÉANT global connectivity

19. connect communicate collaborate EUMEDCONNECT2 network update Connects: 7 MED countries 700 academic and research sites 2m + users Still 34 – 155 Mbps capacities Telco markets are still largely uncompetitive EUMEDCONNECT provides the only R&E links to GÉANT

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