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NORDUnetInternational Strategy &
Activities
Jacqueline Brown
33rd APAN meetingChiang Mai, Thailand, 13-17 February
2012
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Where we are
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The Nordic Countries
• Five small countries:• Denmark, Finland,
Norway, Sweden, Iceland• Three autonomous
areas: • Faroe Islands, Greenland,
Aland • 8 time zones• 25 million people• 9 official languages • Shared history, culture• Large part of Europe
• Together, the world’s 7th largest economy
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Nordic NREN collaboration
• 5 independent NRENs, tradition for collaboration
• NORDUnet: regional network, international connection
• 25+ year history• 1 million users• Annual budget: About 20 Million
$• NORDUnet incorporated, owned
equally by NRENs, funded by NRENs
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NORDUnet Vision and Strategy
• It is the Vision of NORDUnet to be theNORDIC Infrastructure for Research and Education
• NORDUnet shall provide a common world-class network infrastructure, services, support and collaboration platform for the Nordic NRENs and research and education community.
• NORDUnet shall facilitate other common eInfrastructure as requested by the Nordic national eInfrastructure stakeholders.
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NORDUnet 2012
• Strong European Dark Fibre network
• Scandinavian interconnect, connection to Europe
• GEANT, neighbour NRENs, IP transit
• Strong emphasis on peering fabric
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NORDUnet Network 2012
• North Atlantic connectivity• Serving needs of Nordic NRENs,
Campus IT• Serving eScience, research
collaborations
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NORDUnet North America 2012
• North American presence• Emphasis on peering,
connectivity to cloud providers for campus IT and research
• Connecting to global NRENs (i.e, South America, Asia)
• Fabric for end-to-end services
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NORDUnet in Europe
• NORDUnet & Nordic NRENs are• a strong global partner• a strong partner in European networking• a major contributor to GÉANT – 3rd largest
contributor of man-hours in GN3• NORDUnet firmly
• believe in and support a strong European infrastructure
• understand that world-class European networking is essential to Nordic R&E
• believe that through regional collaboration we offer the best support for European networking – for the benefit of all
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The Arctic Region
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NORDUnet and Asia
• NORDUnet is partner in project with Asia• TEIN3 (through GÉANT)• ORIENTplus• GLORIAD• Strong history of collaboration w/Russian R&E
networks• Nordic – Asia networking essential
• eScience project (i.e., eVLBI, medical imaging)• Remote Campus• Academia – Industry collaborations
• Nordic – Asia connectivity• Direct peering (at NORDUnet US locations)• TEIN3, ORIENTplus• Efforts for direct Europe – Asia connectivity
encouraged, i.e., through Russia and Middle East
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Key Network Services
• World class L3 network – 40G, 100G coming• Lightpath / BoD service• Partnership for evolution of NSI
• Foundation for emerging services, such as global performance guarantee network services
• Enabler for higher-level applications and services.• Asian partners such as AIST, NICT, NTT, KDDI, KISTI
• Higher-level services• Federated Identity• Multi-domain (federated) management, operations,
and diagnostics, automation of multi-domain services• Software development increasingly critical to
evolution of NREN services• Having our own software group is essential• Open source
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NORDUnet Services
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Global Partnerships
• Partnerships for innovation and production networks
• GÉANT, European NRENs• Internet2, CANARIE, ESnet• GLIF• GLORIAD – Singapore, Hong Kong,
Seoul, Mumbai, Cairo• OGF – NSI, standardization of
emerging services (open connectivity)• ORIENTplus – EU-China – using open
exchanges
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NORDUnet towards 2020
• Five key themes1. The NREN as a Global Network Service Provider2. The NREN as a Community Service Provider3. The NREN as the e-Science enabler4. The NREN as the e-Education enabler5. The NREN’s as an Innovative Framework Provider
• Our future demands a global strategy and global partnerships• We service affinity groups, not restricted by geography• Science is global, the collaborations we serve are global
• We must offer a full range of network services – best effort, circuits, and whatever in between
• We cannot succeed alone• We must work together in open forums and global
partnerships• NORDUnet looks forward to working with our Asian partners
to keep NRENs vital towards 2020
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Thank YouJacqueline Brown for
Lars Fischer, [email protected]
http://www.nordu.net