Internet2 partner pitch - US Ignite Application Summit 2013

1. Internet2: Building the Next
U.S. Innovation Platform
Eric Boyd
Senior Director, Strategic Projects, Internet2

2. June 26, 2013 © 2013 Internet2
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The Internet2 Community: An Unparalleled Human Network
• Internet2 brings together thought leaders from member
organizations and the broader research and education community
• Our community advances the frontiers of network-enabled
applications
• Our community enables new, transformational solutions
for research and education
Nearly 400 member institutions
"Unhindered
collaboration,
absolutely no
barriers. It’s a
community where
ideas are shared
and new
technologies are
built.”
—Joe Freddoso,
CEO, MCNC

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Internet2 Members and Partners
222 Higher Education members
72 Affiliate members
39 R&E Network members
64 Industry members
65+ Int’l partners reaching over
100 Nations
66,000+ Community anchor institutions
Focused on member technology needs
since 1996
"The idea of being
able to collaborate
with anybody,
anywhere, without
constraint…"
—Jim Bottum, CIO,
Clemson University

4. This is what we want to be ARE able to say: The 100G testbed of
innovation for tomorrow’s Internet is available nationwide, right
now. The playground is open.

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The 4th Gen Internet2 Network
Internet2 Network
by the numbers
17 Juniper MX960 nodes
21 Brocade and Juniper
switches
250+ amplification racks
15,717 miles of newly
acquired dark fiber
2,400 miles of partnered
capacity with Zayo
Communications
8.8 Tbps of optical capacity
100 Gbps of hybrid Layer 2
and Layer 3 capacity
300+ Ciena ActiveFlex 6500
network elements
”It’s the network that
makes all of this
possible."
—Michael McRobbie,
President, Indiana
University

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100 GigE Layer 2 Connection
SDN Control Server
Performance Node
Dedicated science
switches/servers in labs
with high-speed storage
and network access
Traditional L3 Campus Border Security
High-Performance
Layer 2/3
Switch/Router
Traditional
Campus
Border Router
Traditional
regional and
commodity
providers
Campus
Enterprise
Network
Internet2
innovation
backbone
delivered
as 100G L1
Nx100G
Nx100G
Nx10G
Nx10G
Nx10G
Nx10G
Science DMZ
fasterdata.es.net
Software Defined Networking
GENI
Experiments
Dark Fiber
Optical System
GENI ?
Dynamic
Layer 2
IP Network
Layer 3
Static
Layer 2
R&E IP TR-CPS
Innovation ServicesTraditional Services
Software Defined Networking
Substrate
Traditional Switch
Substrate
Your Research
Innovation Platform
Abundant bandwidth, fewer bottlenecks, and a new class
of control—to unlock a whole new dimension of
research and education solutions.

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Innovation Platform Program Pilot Sites

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Unleashing new waves of global discovery, together.

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• 100G Nationwide Backbone
• Native OpenFlow w/ virtual slices
• Multivendor Environment
• Available at Public Peering Points
• ½ Year of solid production experience
• Open for controlled experimentation
Provides production & innovation platform to:
• Dozens of high performance compute clusters
• Hundreds of campus data centers
• Thousands of native OpenFlow ports
• Hundreds of wireless access networks
• Millions of potential collaborators

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2013 Internet2 Innovative Application Awards
GOLD
SILVER
BRONZE

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Selected Projects
William J. Brockelsby, NCSU | Network Administration Control
Marc De Leenheer, Open Network Laboratory | NetVisor
Mo Dong, UIUC | Black Box Congestion Control
Rasha El-Jaroudi, Georgia Tech | SDN based Application for Efficient Video Streaming
Andy Li Xiaolin, University of Florida | Elf: Network-Enhanced Data Prefetching
Middleware for Geo-Distributed MapReduce
Pingping Lin, Open Network Laboratory | Seamless Interworking of SDN & IP
Muhammad Shabaz, Georgia Tech | SDN for Internet Exchange Points
Stephen Tredger, University of Victoria and PlanetWorks LLC | GENI Experiment
Engine Infrastructure

12. INTERNET2: BUILDING THE NEXT
U.S. INNOVATION PLATFORM
Eric Boyd
Senior Director, Strategic Projects, Internet2
Thank you. For more information,
visit http://www.internet2.edu
or e-mail innovation@internet2.edu
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