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Internet 2 Net+

Internet 2 Net+

What is NET+ Internet 2 NET+ program provides access to a portfolio of "above

What is NET+ Internet 2 NET+ program provides access to a portfolio of "above the network" cloud-based services. The Internet 2 NET+ Services program provides Internet 2 members and other participating institutions access to an ever-growing catalog of cloud-based services designed or tailored specifically for the research and education community. These services are all delivered over the Internet 2 high performance network and leverage the secure and privacypreserving In. Common federated identity management services. http: //www. internet 2. edu/cloud-services/

How does service become part of NET+ A University or Universities see the need

How does service become part of NET+ A University or Universities see the need and “Sponsor” a service into NET+. This is known as the Inquiry Phase. After this, the vendor and sponsor go through a series of “services phases” for it to become a NET+ service

Service Phases • Inquiry • Evaluation • Service Validation • Early Adopter • General

Service Phases • Inquiry • Evaluation • Service Validation • Early Adopter • General Availability • Sunset Source: http: //www. internet 2. edu/netplus/service-phases. html

Authentication In general, the intent is to have NET+ service providers become part of

Authentication In general, the intent is to have NET+ service providers become part of the In. Common Community. This means that for Penn State, NET+ services will use Shibboleth and Web. Access.

NET+ locally • Jeff Reel, Program Manager • Jeff is working with Purchasing and

NET+ locally • Jeff Reel, Program Manager • Jeff is working with Purchasing and the ITS BRM group to intake services into Penn State’s NET+ offerings.

 • • • NET+ Summary Aastra (cloud based SIP voice service) -- TNS

• • • NET+ Summary Aastra (cloud based SIP voice service) -- TNS evaluating use where location not otherwise served by TNS network. Acquia (Drupal Content Mangement) -- Service Validation AWS -- Early Adopter Blackboard -- evaluating whether it makes sense for Penn State to adopt Bb NET+ offering Blue Jeans (Voice/Video Collab) -- Commonwealth College evaluation Box -- General Availability, agreement signed

NET+ Summary • • • Crash. Plan (network backup) -- evaluating capability. A proposal

NET+ Summary • • • Crash. Plan (network backup) -- evaluating capability. A proposal will be made to ITLC in 4 Q 2014. Duo Secure (2 -factor authentication) -- NET+ general availability -- ITS pilot ongoing. Splunk -- (System logging/log analysis tool) -- Already used by some areas under a variety of license agreements. NET+ offering appears to be significantly less expensive. We may consolidate what we can under a Penn State service offering (see me!)

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Questions/Contact r, Strategic IT Programs. Information Technology Servicesj