John Dyer Business Technology Strategist TERENA dyerterena org

John Dyer Business & Technology Strategist TERENA dyer@terena. org ASPIRE Project Manager TF-MSP February 2013 ASPIRE Foresight Study www. terena. org/aspire

The ASPIRE Project › A Foresight Study to explore the Prospects for the Internet in Research and Education Funded from the European Community’s Seventh Framework Programme (FP 7/2007 -2013) under grant agreement n° 238875 › › › Four Expert Panels On-line Surveys Interviews with Community Visionaries Visits to commercial partners 2 ASPIRE Workshops › Electronic Publication of 4 Topic Reports › FINAL ASPIRE REPORT – December 2012 Slide 2

Published 2 September 2012 http: //www. terena. org/aspire

Contributors clouds Slide 4 mobility data nrens

Recommendations on Clouds › Users: consuming the public cloud: aggregating demand, vendor management and cloud brokering; › producing community clouds: business cases; › connecting the clouds, by means of collaboration infrastructures and federations; › At EU level: legal issues; standardisation, and interoperability Slide 5

Recommendations on Data & Middleware › Collaborate with user communities to fully understand networking requirements › Define standardised datasets, metadata, middleware and applications › Globally recognised AAI › Create common process to certify and authenticate data. › Common policies and procedures for data curation and preservation. Slide 6

Recommendations on Mobile Services › Prepare for rapid increase in the demand for mobile connectivity (BYODs) › Work with Commercial providers to explore innovative solutions for the integration of Wi-Fi and LTE › Make use of mobile device sensors for innovative location dependent federated access to learning resources. Slide 7

Recommendations on Future Roles for NRENs › Strategic body for R&E networking & single vision › NRENs need diversified and sustainable models › Strategic business planning and understanding of their user-base › TERENA to develop a European user-requirements compendium › NRENs should partner with commercial providers not compete. Slide 8

Our Greatest Assets › The community › Our People › Dedicated and Talented › Network service › Multi-domain, cross-border › Cutting Edge › Our users are also the customers of the big aggregators › Lets use our power for the users benefit Slide 9

Technologies › Authorization and Authentication AAI › vital to scalable access control › ease of use › Integration of Wi-Fi &cellular data networks › connection of ubiquitous mobile devices › Simple, easy, reliable, secure way. › These services must reach the whole of the research and education community not just those close to the NREN.

Authorisation & Authentication › AAI is a growing success story in “Club NREN” › AAI is critical › Do not serve R&E community generally › eduroam® › needs to be more pervasive › More hot-spots in more diverse places › Better user awareness › Cover the whole R&E community › edu. GAIN Slide 11

NRENs › NRENs cooperate and partner with: › Commercial providers (on the supply-side) › Users (on the demand-side) › Undertake a business-to-business broker role. › Adopt sustainable business models › embrace the availability of commodity: › Connectivity, Storage, online services › Diversification › Products & Services (one size does not fit all) › New User Communities: PSN and CEF

Final ASPIRE Report › Will be published electronically and printed paper format › Summaries of › 4 topic reports › 2 workshop reports › 7 related activities › Conclusions and Recommendations

ASPIRE Recommendation Highlights › Capitalising on the great success of GÉANT and the NRENs › Collaborating and partnering with the commercial players to jointly deliver a the services required › Expanding the use of dark-fibre networks to support the flexibility and agility needed to support all users › Leading the way on identity federation policy and system › Preparing for integrated mass mobile connectivity › Expanding the community to include other publicly funded users › Leverage the knowledge within R&E networking for the greater good › Implement the recommendations of the Reykjavik Group › Following the recommendations of the four ASPIRE topic reports