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4th GÉANT Association General Assembly Meeting, 18/19 June 2015, Porto, Portugal

GN3plus Final update

19 June 2015

Matthew Scott, Niels Hersoug

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• 3rd amendment signed to extend duration by one month• Project ended 30 April 2015

• GN3plus Period 2 Review meeting will be held on 30/06/2015-02/07/2015, in Brussels• List of reviewers:

• Dr. Robin Arak• Mr Ralph Niederberger• Dr. Ciprian Popoviciu• Prof. Susana Sargento• Dr. Heikki Sundquist

• All deliverables/milestones submitted to the EC / sent to the Assembly• Including the Annual Report for Period (1/4/2014-30/4/2015)• http://www.geant.net/Resources/Deliverables/Pages/default.aspx

GN3plus final update

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• Totally • 4,313 PMs / Budget 4,525 (95%)• Main activities 3,752 PMs (93%)• Open Call Activities 560 PMs (115%)

• Year 2 • 2,565 PMs / Budget 2,326 (110%)

GN3plus manpower

Activity Status M25 actual manpower

M25 cumulative MM summary

NA1 Green 420 95%NA2 Green 97 105%NA3 Green 253 102%

NA4 Green 248 113%SA1 Green 462 89%

SA2 Green 288 97%SA3 Green 251 84%SA4 Green 310 78%SA5 Green 357 80%SA6 Green 326 109%SA7 Green 228 90%JRA1 Green 186 98%JRA2 Green 188 100%JRA3 Green 130 91%

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All deliverables/milestones submitted to the EC / Assembly

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Budget vs actual position at 30.04.15

25 Months to 30 Apr 2015

€M Manpower Travel NetworkOther /

SubContract Total

SA 19.3 1.0 33.2 .5 53.9NA 11.3 1.4 .0 3.6 16.3JRA 4.3 .4 .0 .0 4.7OC's 4.2 .2 .0 .1 4.5

39.0 3.0 33.2 4.2 79.4

SA 20.6 1.4 39.0 .4 61.5NA 9.5 1.2 .0 3.0 13.6JRA 4.3 .5 .0 .0 4.8OC's 4.0 .0 .0 .5 4.5

38.5 3.0 39.0 3.9 84.5

SA 1.4 .3 5.9 .0 7.6NA -1.8 -.2 .0 -.7 -2.7JRA .0 .1 .0 .0 .1OC's -.1 -.2 .0 .4 .0

-.5 .0 5.8 -.3 5.0

% variance 1% 0% -15% 8% -6%

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• Lower network costs from 39M to 33.2M and lower manpower and subcontracting costs would have left underclaim of EC funding

• Mitigation:• Extension of project period by one month• Increased EC co-funding of network costs

from 15.6M to 16.6M (from 40% to 50%)

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Costs/funding position at 30.04.15

Costs25 MONTHS ACTUAL TO 30 Apr 2015 BUDGET BUDGET

Manpower Travel NetworkOther /

SubContract Total

€m €m €m €m €m €m €mSA 19.3 1.0 33.2 .5 53.9 61.5 61.5NA 11.4 1.4 .0 3.6 16.4 13.6 13.6JRA 4.3 .4 .0 .0 4.7 4.8 4.8OC's 4.1 .2 .0 .1 4.5 4.5 4.5

39.2 3.0 33.2 4.2 79.6 84.5 84.5

Actuals 6% favourable to budget after 25 months

100% Project time elapsed >>> 94% of budget spent

Orig Grant Ag't LATEST BUDGET Budget

Manpower Travel NetworkOther /

SubContract Total total

€m €m €m €m €m €mSA 20.6 1.4 39.0 .4 61.5 62.6 NA 9.5 1.2 .0 3.0 13.6 13.0 JRA 4.3 .5 .0 .0 4.8 4.6 OC's 4.0 .0 .0 .5 4.5 4.4 cost 38.5 3.0 39.0 3.9 84.5 84.6

Funding - Actual25 MONTHS ACTUAL TO 30 Apr 2015

Manpower Travel NetworkOther /

SubContract Total

€m €m €m €m €mSA 8.5 .5 16.6 .3 25.9NA 5.4 .6 .0 3.6 9.5JRA 3.1 .2 .0 .0 3.4OC's 3.1 .1 .0 -.1 3.1

20.1 1.4 16.6 3.9 42.0Funding % 51% 47% 50% 92% 53%

Funding - Budget Orig Grant Ag't25 MONTHS ACTUAL TO 30 Apr 2015 Budget

Manpower Travel NetworkOther /

SubContract Total total

€m €m €m €m €m €mSA 9.8 .8 15.7 .3 26.6 27.3 NA 4.7 1.0 .0 3.0 8.6 8.0 JRA 3.0 .3 .0 .0 3.3 3.2 OC's 3.0 .0 .0 .3 3.3 3.3

20.4 2.1 15.7 3.6 41.8 41.8

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• Focal point of an 200-FTE/year-staff project

• After consultations and preparation by Strategy and Innovation Committee, the Assembly approved its new GÉANT strategy document “Over the Horizon” in June 2014. “Strategy Implementation” document also approved

• Open Call projects excellent results from a technical perspective

• A well-orchestrated and well-executed handover to GN4 in year 2

NA1 Management Tryfon Chiotis

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• Raising the GÉANT network visibility, • wider reach through sustained media outreach and social media postings. • coverage across technology and mainstream titles • 25% increase in twitter followers

• close working with Open Calls to give visibility to the programme achievements • increased involvement with the Product Management function to

• support advanced planning of services within the PLM; • providing competitor and market demand insight • promotion of services to NRENs

• Materials widely used by NREN partners:• maps, project website, CONNECT magazine, brochures and posters.

NA2 Communication and Promotion Melanie Pankhurst

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• Task forces • active and engaging widely including commercial sector• integral part the GÉANT innovation chain

• Six Campus Best Practice workshops delivered along with many conference presentations.• 18 new Best Practice Documents published

• 2014 Compendium successfully published ahead of time.• Graphical User Interface for data interrogation implemented and in use.

• Twelve NRENs have an established and public Environmental Policy.• GHG Audit tool and Eco2Meter adoption & usage increasing.

NA3 Status and Trends John Dyer

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• NREN satisfaction ratings continue to improve –partnerships strengthened in difficult environment• ESnet Europe project brings significant transatlantic capacity and strengthened global relationship• EUMETSAT, ESnet, CERN and other projects show long term investment from key global scientific

communities• Feasibility study in the Caucasus and Eastern Europe sparks new regional network initiative

NA4 International & Business developmentJohn Chevers

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• Continual Improvements Process with focus on • Tools: more automation and more accurate data to increase network performance and operational

effectiveness• Service delivery and enhancements, • Network optimisation

• IP access increased by 19%• MDVPN ->production

• multi-point VPNs at both Layer 2 and Layer 3, • being used by the Science project XIFI (A Public−Private Partnership on the future Internet)

• Bespoke solutions to large international users, ESNET & EUMETSAT• Supporting network innovation and future network enhancements:

• Terabit line card and • alienwave trials

• Network optimization avoided €1.5M in capex

SA1 Core backbone servicesMark Johnston

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• The service is on-the-air in four cities, with three more cities coming online.• GTS has rolled out v1.0, v1.1, and now to v2.0• The GTS Service Management Team has 20+ projects registered (after 1 year!)• ...some actively in use, others in training, some that have expressed but have not yet begun.• GTS is integrating with (and supporting) both FIRE and GENI projects • The service performed key demos at Supercomputing, Open Networking Summit, Net Futures.• The GOFF has successfully completed its Open Call objectives and is being assimilated into GTS.

SA2 Testbeds as a serviceJerry Sobieski (NORDUnet)

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• NFV (Network Function Virtualization)proof of concept delivered by eduSAFE• Large international service footprint delivered by BoD • MD-VPN service roll-out into pilot production phase• First MD-VPN service reliability results are very good• The MD-VPN production validation phase is a success.

SA3 Network Service Delivery

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• Multi-domain monitoring• Converged perfSONAR• CMon-S and CMon-D integrated and in pilot

• Multi-domain security services:• Firewall on Demand tool deployed into GÉANT Core network• NfQuery in pilot• Secure code trainings• Secure code audits and pen-testing of services

• Service Quality Management (SQM) solution for Multi-Domain VPN (MD-VPN) service developed and piloted

• Active and globally visible eduPERT community

SA4 Network Support ServicesIvana Golub (CARNet)

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• Major growth continues in application service area ( esp eduroam and eduGAIN)• eduroam

• Authentications doubled to 180 Million / mth• CAT (Configuration Assistant Tool) usage doubled: 230+ new IdPs+ over 1 million user profiles downloaded

• eduGAIN• 8 new federations (to 32) and number of IdPs and SPs grew by factor of 7 ( now >2000)• Federation as a Service business case and pilot launched

• Enabling Users • supported pilots with 5 major research communities (CERN, DARIA, ELIXIR, ESA and PaNData)• Group Management System implemented for GÉANT project

• eduCONF • integrated test suite was successfully relaunched across 30 countries• over1000 test calls made to date

SA5 Application ServicesAnn Harding (SWITCH)

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• Successful deployment of new Service Desk and OTRS ticketing system• Updating all incident tickets within SLA.• Achieving cost savings of €600k for re-procured leased circuits.• Achieving 100% uptime for software development support systems.

SA6 Service Management & OperationToby Rodwell

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• NREN cloud strategy guide completed.• Collective, hybrid approach: NRENs as trusted advisors, brokers and providers

• Service delivery• GÉANT cloud catalogue available, industry engagement

• Fourteen services listed, Three services connected to eduGAIN, Network peerings (non-production status) with six providers

• Joint NREN tender for IaaS launched

• NREN collaboration on community cloud services• RENATER Jitsi, GRNET Okeanos, NRENs using OwnCloud

• Investigations and collaborations with other E-infrastructures • Support for Helix Nebula• Joint GÉANT and EGI cloud event

SA7 Support to CloudsAndres Steijaert (SURFnet)

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• Open Cloud eXchange (OCX) Demos at TNC2014 and Supercomputing 2014• establishing high-speed connectivity between big data source and cloud data centres

• Interaction with Open Calls integrating their work with JRA1 results• IRINA, REACTION and MOMoT

• GN3plus / GÉANT 3rd Network Architects Workshop,• NORDUnet in Copenhagen, Denmark

• JRA1 awarded an Amazon educational grant• JRA1 T2 demo

• JRA1 work resulted in Zero Touch Connectivity vision.

JRA1 Network architectures for Horizon 2020Tony Breach (NORDUnet)

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• Αchieved NSI-SDN interworking for multi-domain SDN - a globally pioneering demo• Delivered a proof of Concept for SDN-based monitoring support• Contributed operation and maintenance capabilities to widely used software switch (Open vSwitch)• Proofs-of-concept for Network-as-a-Service use cases deployed in operational environments• Delivered proposal on Management as a Service (MaaS)• A large number of technical papers submitted and published• Engagement with global partners, REN community and the industry on SDN activities (e.g.

OpenDaylight)

JRA2 Technology Testing for Specific Service applicationsAfrodite Sevasti (GRNET)

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• created OpenID Connect conformance test tool used for OpenID Connect certification• created new Certificate Transparency log implementation• developed new InAcademia service for easy validation of 'academicness'• active in multiple standardisation efforts (OpenID Connect, User Managed Access and Certificate

Transparency)

JRA3 Identity & Trust Technologies for GEANT servicesLicia Florio (GEANT )Remco Poortinga-van Wijnen (SURFnet)

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• Innovation helping keep GÉANT products/services world class• Leveraging expertise outside “traditional” GÉANT box

• 50% of JRA budget spent via the Open Call (EC funding of €3.3m) • new beneficiaries introduced to GN3plus

• EC guidelines and procedures followed• coherent management framework • Efficient and effective• Administrative / Technical integration

• Open Call Participants 198 persons, 37 partners• EC milestones and deliverables: All completed on time• Open Call internal deliverables 37: All submitted on time • Final reports: All completed on time

GÉANT Open Call

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