Connect communicate collaborate SA7 Support to cloud & mobile services Andres Steijaert TF-MSP 24 April 2014.

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SA7Support to

cloud & mobile services

Andres Steijaert TF-MSP24 April 2014

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Objectives Challenges / Mitigation Summary / Next StepsAchievements Q&A

2,4 BILLION PEOPLE ONLINE34% OF POPULATION

IT USED TO BE SCARCENOW AVAILABLE IN ABUNDANCE

Choose your own devices & services

‘End user push’

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Empower users to consume the online services they want and need:

users are choosers

Disrupt the traditional software distribution model and supply chain

Require collaboration between research and education organisations,

to prevent fragmentation and provide ease of use,interoperability and security

Why clouds and mobile in GN3plus?

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SA7, organisation and structure

STRATEGY STANDARDS AND INTEROPERABILITY

INTEGRATIONBROKERAGE AND VENDOR MANAGEMENT

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MOBILE

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Aggregate demand Collaborate on clouds and mobilePlay an active role with respect to the rapidly developing cloud and mobile paradigm

so that the benefits of clouds and mobile services can be fully realizedand the attendant risks appropriately managed.

Enable NRENs to deliver cloud and mobile services to their communities, with the right conditions of use.

Objectives of SA7

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Objectives Challenges / Mitigation Summary / Next StepsAchievements Q&A

Joint foundation - common cloud language Questionnaire

– Right time to act, cloud is happening “now”: risks in not acting– NRENs willing to work together

Strategy document: NREN cloud position and approach

Two different paradigms / two views on cloud– broker cloud services from commercial providers– produce cloud services themselves

Align NRENs

BROKER PRODUCE

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Objectives Challenges / Mitigation Summary / Next StepsAchievements Q&A

Conditions of use Federated Identity Management Network peering

Cloud connection elements

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Set of requirements which cloud providers are expected to meetIntellectual property rights and ownership, legal aspects, security, continuity, confidentiality, communication, billing, technical requirements

Should be part of all future agreements between providers and NRENs / institutions

At least once a year, GÉANT will publicly publish a Prior Information Notice (PIN), invite providers to respond: to what extend they are able to meet the requirements.

Results are made available in a GÉANT Cloud Catalogue.

Conditions of use

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Objectives Challenges / Mitigation Summary / Next StepsAchievements Q&A

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Provide clarity– to cloud providers, regarding

the requirements from Research and Education community

– to the Research and Education community, regarding capabilities of cloud providers

Provide choice

Cloud catalogue

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Objectives Challenges / Mitigation Summary / Next StepsAchievements Q&A

COMMUNITY CLOUDproviders from within research &

education

PUBLIC CLOUDcommercial vendors

COLLABORATION SUITES & REALTIMECOMMUNICATION

FILE STORAGE & SYNCHRONISATION

INFRASTRUCTUREAS A SERVICE

GOOGLEAPPS

MSOFFICE

365

IBMSOCIAL

BLUEJEANS

BOX OWNCLOUD

GRNETPITHOS

GREENQLOUD

MSAZURE

HELIXNEBULA

GRNETOKEANOSGLOBAL

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Support providers to connect to edugain

BROKER / CONSUME

from public cloud

PRODUCEin community

cloud

COMMUNITY NEEDS

NETWORK

MIDDLEWARE AAI(Fed IdM)

CATALOGUE&

DELIVERY

CONDITIONSOF USE

COMMUNITYADOPTION

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Foster new cloud expertise

Improving NREN positioning in order to better drive decision making for and adoption of cloud and mobile services

Enabling the provision of a relevant cloud portfolio, and ensuring proper security measures are put in place throughout the collaboration

Challenges, for clouds and mobile

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Thank you

Any questions?

Towards the clouds, together