1. Leveraging Research University Innovation Erv Blythe VP for Information Technology February 17, 2005

2. Institutional Repositories Electronic Theses & Dissertations Multimedia (audio, video, graphic, animation, etc) Scientific visualizations of datasets Text files (spreadsheets, documents, PDF, etc) Executable code

3. http://eportfolio.vt.edu

4. Research Computing System X

5.  System was upgraded to 1100 dual 2.3 GHz G5 Xservers; Completed Mid-July 2004  Ranked number 7 at 12.25 TF www.top500.org www.top500.org

6. National LambdaRail and VORTEX National and State Optical Research Network Evolution

7. NLR Infrastructure  Owned fiber (20 years) nationwide  Layer 1: DWDM supporting up to 40 10 Gbps lambdas  Layer 2: Gigabit Ethernet  Layer 3: IP  Wavelengths to support additional Layer 2 and 3 experimental or production networks  Possible additional experimental Layer 1 infrastructure

8. The Ownership Society (Karl Rove Eat Your Heart Out) FIBER LINK EQUIPMENT INTERNET ROUTERS APPLICATIONS FIBER LINK EQUIPMENT INTERNET ROUTERS APPLICATIONS FIBER LINK EQUIPMENT INTERNET ROUTERS APPLICATIONS Regular Internet Internet2National LambdaRail Ownership of all layers of the OSI stack gives us unprecedented control and flexibility.

9. Virginia Optical Research Technology Exchange (VORTEX) Virginia Tech University of Virginia George Mason University Virginia Commonwealth University College of William and Mary Old Dominion University NWV gigaPOP Internet2 Mid Atlantic Crossroads National LambdaRail Virginia Optical Research Technology EXchange VORTEX New Optical Backbone System 10Gps DWDM links to each participant Competitive advantage for Virginia Research Partnership with Verizon -> Economic Development Support from Governor and Legislature Under construction, operational July 2006

10. Gigabit Ethernet  All Faculty, Staff & Academic desktops in Blacksburg  30 Month plan  Needs Driven Centralized Storage Centralized Storage Research Research Shared Faculty appointments Shared Faculty appointments

11. Wireless Deployment  Planning started 2/04  700 802.11B/G APs installed summer ’04  Installed with 3 crews of 3  Covers 85% of academic and administrative spaces (no dorms)  Continuing installation totals 940 APs  Distributed, Web-based access control using PID/password  Future: 802.1x/EAP for access control

15. Putting VT IT Knowledge to Work  High Performance Computing  Security and Privacy  National Lambda Rail  Mid-Atlantic Terascale Project  Wireless Networking  Optical Network Infrastructure To participate or learn more … Go to www.ecorridors.vt.edu featured links, “Putting VT IT knowledge to work” www.ecorridors.vt.edu