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– 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