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Internet2 Net+ Update. Mark and Gabe IET. May 29, 2013. Internet2. A not-for-profit with membership of: 220 U.S. universities 60 leading corporations 70 government agencies 38 regional and state education networks - PowerPoint PPT PresentationTRANSCRIPT
Internet2 Net+ Update
Mark and GabeIET
May 29, 2013
Internet2
• A not-for-profit with membership of:– 220 U.S. universities– 60 leading corporations– 70 government agencies– 38 regional and state education networks– More than 65 national research and education networking
partners representing over 100 countries• World-class network technology and innovation• Federated identity management (InCommon)• Service offerings to members (Net+)
Net+ Program
Offer set of services from third-party vendors
Federated authentication and authorization services available through InCommon
Direct network connections to Internet2 (through CENIC)
HIPAA/FERPA agreements for some services
Reduced fees
Waive ingress/egress fees for some services
Leverage the power of much of higher education
Net+ Service Phases
Net+ services follow a testing and evaluation process prior to general availability.
A number of services are currently in the “pipeline”
Net+ Service Availability
Status of various services:
General Availability – Box.com, Merit, Duo Security, SafeNet, Windows Azure
Early Adopter – DuraCloud, Windows Azure, Canvas, SeeVough
Service Validation – Amazon Web Services, Crashplan, Dell Cloud, Desire2Learn, Office 365, Splunk, Adobe Connect, Fuze, Vidyo, DocuSign
Next Steps
• Work with UCOP (ITLC, OGC, Procurement, Risk) to make Net+ a priority
• Work on offering the following Net+ services:– Box.com– Crashplan– AWS– Azure
• IET considering ways to quickly and simply offer Net+ services to campus:– Develop service offerings desired by campus– Billing– Account provisioning– Contracting– Application administration– Support