JISC-SURF workshop 2002 SURF Foundation Collaboration between all Institutes for HE & Research in the Netherlands Prof. Dr. Wim B.G. Liebrand SU RF

JISC-SURF workshop 2002

SURF Foundation

Collaboration between all Institutes for HE & Research in the Netherlands

Prof. Dr. Wim B.G. Liebrand

S U R F


The Netherlands, some facts

• London – Amsterdam € 125 round trip

• Netherlands: 16 million people

• 14 universities ; 60 Institutes for HE

• They speak understandable English,

• with an accent !


Students in HE Netherlands 1992 - 2002Roughly 5 Percent of Population

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Private Ad. Ed.

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Full time Prof Uni

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SURF Foundation• SURF is the higher education and research partnership

organization for network services and information and communications technology (ICT).

• Mission: > To jointly exploit and improve a common advanced ICT

infrastructure that will enable the institutions to better realise their own ambitions and improve the quality of teaching, learning and research.

• Method: > Providing vision in 4-year Strategic Plans initiated by the

Scientific Technical Council (WTR)> Ensuring the commitment of the Institutions for HE> Executing the Strategic Plan by stimulating collaboration

and co-funding innovative national development programs.

> .


Strategic Plans of SURF:• 1986-1990

> To a common network: SURFnet 1

• 1991-1994> Communication services, software licences

• 1995-1998> Information services, administrative systems

• 1999-2002> Innovation in Education

• 2003-2006: The Heart of the Matter> Cooperation in ICT; competition in Education and

Research


Gigabit Internet for Higher Education and Research

Legal software for an illegal price


SURF Bureau

Algemeen Bestuur

WTR

ICT & Organisatie

I CT & Onderwijs

I CT & Onderzoek

Project Manager

Project Manager

Project Manager

Project Manager

Directeur

Dagelijks Bestuur

Nieuwe Organisatie cf MJP

SURFdienstenSURFnet


SURF Bureau

Algemeen Bestuur

WTR

ICT & Organisatie

I CT & Onderwijs

I CT & Onderzoek

Project Manager

Project Manager

Project Manager

Project Manager

Directeur

Dagelijks Bestuur

Nieuwe Organisatie cf MJP

SURFdienstenSURFnet


ICT&Oz

ICT&Ow

ICT&Org

Bestuurders

Projecten

Experts

Instellingen

SURFdienstenSURFnetWTR

SURF

SOS


D evelopm ent bandw idth SU R FnetD evelopm ent bandw idth SU R FnetD evelopm ent bandw idth SU R Fnet

S U R Fnet4155 M bit/s

S U R Fnet19,6 kb it/s

S U R Fnet264 kbit/s



S U R Fnet520 G bit/s

100 G bit/s

1 G bit/s

10 M bit/s

100 kb it/s

10 kb it/s

1 M bit/s

100 M bit/s

10 G bit/s

1987 1989 1992 1995 1997 2002


SURFnet 5


Household Penetration of BroadbandRegion 2001 2005

France 2.0% 22.6%Germany 4.8% 27.4%Italy 1.1% 10.6%Netherlands 6.1% 33.9%Spain 3.6% 21.9%Sweden 9.4% 37.3%UK 0.9% 19.5%Total Europe 3.3% 24.2%North America 14.1% 53.1%Note: Individual countries include Cableand DSL onlyTotal Europe and North America include allbroadband technologiesSource: Strategy Analytics

June 12, 2001

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SURFservices BV• SURFservices grants institutions for Higher

Education and Research SURF-licenses for a wide range of ICT products.

• Currently:

>special licenses with > 100 ICT vendors

> legal software for an illegal price:• E.g. A1 Desktop Package Licence Microsoft:

• € 3 / year/pp


SURF Strategic Plan 2003>6

The Heart of the Matter


Change in Perspective

• ICT has permeated deeply into the primary processes.

• Institutions are becoming increasingly dependent on ICT infrastructure.

• Hence, more vulnerable in numerous areas.


Change in Perspective 2• For SURF, to continue with ICT

innovations, only, puts too much stress on the institutions.

• Quality improvement of education and research presupposes a sound ICT infrastructure; Business process redesign [e.g. MLE]

• Take the perspective of the user and strengthen the supporting processes by developing the right ICT applications and services.


Change in Perspective 3 Cooperation & Competition

Presentatie

Sessie

TransportNetwerk

LinkFysiek

Applicatie

Student Docent Onderzoeker Medewerker OSI


The Heart of the Matter:• Perspective of the user instead technology

• Competition in Education and Research

• Cooperation in the use of ICT:

> infrastructure & licences

> middleware : standards, authentication, security.

• Continue to stimulate innovative applications

that could have benefits on a broad level.

• This has far-reaching implications for the

internal organization of SURF Foundation.


Strategic Plan 2003 > 6

• Basic network infrastructure>first mile; optical networks

• SURF Services>E-business

• ICT & Education>Call for proposals on specific innovative

domains

• ICT & Research>E-science; Intellectual Property

• ICT & Administration>MIDDLE WARE; VULNARABILITY


Why Cooperate with foreigners ?

Advanced Research AND Education on a National Level only is absolutely

impossible


Why Cooperate with JISC ?

We recognize and respect several cultural differences. But, as far as we know JISC

is the one and only organization in Europe that

resembles the SURF organization and its mission !


Will this turn out to be a Win - Win Collaboration ?

• YES, iff we start the collaboration with only a few organizations that can afford the extra investments that cross national collaborations need to successfully start up and complete their common project(s); and more important to disseminate the benefits to the user community.


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JISC-SURF workshop 2002 SURF Foundation Collaboration between all Institutes for HE & Research in the Netherlands Prof. Dr. Wim B.G. Liebrand SU RF