On-line multimedial collaboration with SURFnet

On-line multimedial collaboration with SURFnet

Peter Hinrich, SURFnet

Outline

• SURFnet organisation

• Network and lightpaths for science

• Contest Enlighten Your Research

• SURFfederation

• Goup Communication

- Sharing multimedia content: SURFmedia

- Online collaboration: SURFgroepen

- High definition videoconferencing

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What is SURFnet?

- Development and exploitation of the Dutch National Research Network

- 100% ownership: SURF Foundation

- Not for profit, 60 employees

- 180 connected organisations, 1 million users

- Innovation funded by subsidies

- Exploitation funded by connection fees

The SURFfamily

SURFnet6 overview

- The first nation-wide hybrid optical and packet switching

infrastructure

- Based on 6000+ km of SURFnet-owned managed dark

fiber, all the way to the customers premises

- SURFnet6 delivers 1/10 Gbit/s IP services (native IPv4 and

IPv6) plus lightpath provisioning:

- Over a single transmission infrastructure

- Managed via a single control plane

- Hence, in an economically sound way

SURFnet6: the world first hybrid network

Dordrecht1

Breda1

Tilburg1

DenHaag

NLR

BT

BT NLR

BT

Zutphen1

Lelystad1

Subnetwork 4: Purple

Subnetwork 3: Red

Subnetwork 1: Green

Subnetwork 2: Dark blue

Subnetwork 5: Grey

Emmeloord

Zwolle1

Venlo1

Enschede1

Groningen1

LeeuwardenHarlingen

Den Helder

Alkmaar1

Haarlem1

Leiden1

Assen1

Beilen1

Meppel1

Emmen1

Arnhem

Apeldoorn1

Bergen-op-ZoomZierikzee

Middelburg

Vlissingen Krabbendijke

Breukelen1

Ede

Heerlen2Geleen1

DLO

Schiphol-Rijk

Wageningen1 Nijmegen1

Hilversum1

Hoogeveen1

Lelystad2

Amsterdam1

Dwingeloo1

Amsterdam2

Den Bosch1

Utrecht1

Beilen1

Nieuwegein1Rotterdam1

Delft1

Heerlen1

Heerlen1

Maastricht1

Eindhoven1

Maasbracht1

Rotterdam4

3XLSOP

IBG1 & IBG2Middenmeer1

Muenster

Aachen

Hamburg

Advantages of lightpathsAdvantages for institutions

- Lightpaths provide safe high-speed connections (1G, 10G) with an excellent quality (low and predictable latency, no jitter)

- Lightpaths facilitate applications that don’t function optimal using the regular internet

Advantages for researchers

- High bandwidth - Dedicated bandwith- Low, predictable latency- Relatively low costs

Lightpath speeds:

150 Mbit/s, 600 Mbit/s, 1 Gbit/s, 10 Gbit/s

SURFnet, grensverleggend netwerk voor hoger onderwijs en onderzoek8

Fixed lightpaths

- Succesfull service of SURFnet6- Fixed from A to B- Fixed capacity- Always available- OPN- Long set-up time (weeks)

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Dynamic lightpaths

- From A to ’The World’ …- On demand- Variable Speed- Set-up time: seconds!- Own resources

- 1 port reaches whole network- Several ports possible

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Applications

- General ICT services- Sharing scientific instruments- Sharing Media- Storage- Backup- Costs- …

Web GUI

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- “Create schedule”

Naam

Beginpoort

Eindpoort

Snelheid

Start- en eindtijden

Enlighten your Research I

- Contest for scientists- Goal: creating awareness of possibilities lightpaths- 18 impressive proposals- 5 winners: a lightpath and 20.000 euro

Enlighten Your Research I: Winners

- The 5 winners are:

- Distribution of radiology images in the NELSON lung cancer screening study – UMCG & UMCU

- High-throughput genome-wide analyses in Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis (ALS) – UMCU & UCLA

- Intelligent CCTV monitoring at Arke Stadium –TI e.a.

- Electron microscopy using lightpaths – LUMC, TUE & SARA

- Remote High-Resolution Visualisation of Climate Data using Pixel Streaming – UU & SARA

Enlighten Your Research II

- Use of dynamic lightpaths

- Concept proposals until 15 january 2009

- 10 proposals invited for 2nd round:5.000 euro

- 3 main prize winners:20.000 Euro and use of dynamic lightpaths from max 5 locations.

- Information about contest at launching event dynamic lightpath service:4 december 2008Library University Utrecht

SURFfederation

- Easy collaboration, over institutional boundaries- Log-in on webbased services with institutional

account

Federative identitymanagement

- New end-user platform

- Uploading, viewing and authorisation possibilities for all end-users of connected institutions

- Distributionplatform for contentsuppliers

- Separation between ‘core’ and end-user application

SURFmedia

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SURFmedia

Some characteristics:

- Advanced authorisation- Access with federative institutional account- 1GB free storage- Tagging, reviews, rating- Screenshots en previews- Support of all video formats: high quality content

with preview in Flash- Streaming and downloading (+ RSS = Vodcast)- Integration on-demand and live video service

https://www.surfmedia.nl

VideoconferencingWebconferencing

Document Sharing

Instant Messaging

Optimal online collaboration

SURFgroepen enables easy and efficiënt collaboration!

Free use for all employees and students of connected institions.

Its is even possible to invite “guests” into your teamsite!

https://www.surfgroepen.nl

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Document Sharing

Instant Messaging

Videoconferencing

SHAREPOINT 2007- Online sharing of documents and data- 500 Mb storage- Version management - Tasklists and projectplanning- Shared calendar’s- Forum and announcements- workflow support with e-mail alerts- User controlled autorisation

Document sharing

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Document Sharing

Instant Messaging

Videoconferencing

ADOBE CONNECT (Breeze)

Easy and flexible webconferencing-File-, Desktop- and application sharing-Whiteboard-Notes-Chat-Poll-Recording of sessions-Seminar modus

Webconferencing

Webconferencing

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Thank you for your attention

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