2. Can't see the sky for the clouds?

3. » Jisc and cloud services – Dan Perry, Jisc
» MicrosoftAzure – Mark McManus, Microsoft
» AmazonWeb Services – Steven Bryen, AWS
» Jisc using cloud services – Mike Jones, Jisc
On the menu…
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» Benefits (sometimes…)
› Agility – access to better services, quickly, when needed
› Economies of scale
› Better use of capital not buying idle infrastructure
› Better use of campus estate
› Options from colocation to cloud
› Cost savings
Campus centric to service centric
– universities, colleges & services are moving off-campus
Why clouds?
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5. Jisc and cloud services
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» Aggregation, aggregation, aggregation
› National and international scale solutions
› Due diligence once, with the sector for the sector
› National agreements and procurements
› Impartial point with experience and expertise
› Represent on issues such as data protection and security
…and build this on a world class network
Why Jisc and clouds?
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6. Infrastructure for cloud services
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7. Jisc and cloud services
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Working together to broker services
From vendor or customer/ group
Sector priorities and sponsorship
including direct involvement
(e.g. on requirements)
Procurement, Framework or DPS if
appropriate (e.g. File sync & share)
Team including sector
representation to ensure the output
meets customer needs
Enquiry
Scoping
Sector
Mandate
Initial
Evaluation
Negotiation /
Due Diligence
Service
Validation
Pilot
Procurement
General
Service
Review (and
sunset)
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» Professional organisations
» Large market share
» Large potential impact for our sector
» Value for both vendor and sector
» International approach
» Shared goals (e.g. reducing costs)
» Long term investments and relationships with benefits
from technology to research sponsorship
Working with largest global providers to broker services
Jisc and cloud services

9. Microsoft and Amazon
Working with Jisc for
research and education

10. Find out more…
Contact…
Dan Perry
Director, product and marketing
Dan.perry@jisc.ac.uk
jisc.ac.uk

11. Jisc and Microsoft

12. 1Tb
Jisc and Microsoft The Cloud Story so far….
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£1.3m
Savings
No
Cap!

13. Education benefits from the Jisc and Microsoft relationship
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» Jisc legal review ofAzureTerms
» Highest level discount – Band D
» Academic Azure Package
» Enterprise Portal
» Existing Procurement via
Microsoft agreement
» GCloud framework
Microsoft Azure in Education

14. Announcing Microsoft Azure academic offer
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Microsoft Azure academic offer

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Microsoft Azure in Education

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Security is key

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The need for Hybrid
Identity
Virtualization
Data
Platform
Development
DevOps
and mgmt

19. Why are Education customers choosing Microsoft Azure?
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» Hybrid strategy resonates
with Academia
» Familiarity
» Easy to extend services
» Extension of existing services
» Procurement via existing
Microsoft agreement
Microsoft Azure in Education

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Enterprise Class Services
Gartner Magic Quadrant for Cloud
Infrastructure as a Service(IaaS)
Gartner Magic Quadrant for
Enterprise Application Platform as
a Service(PaaS)
Gartner Magic Quadrant for Public
Cloud Storage Services
Gartner Magic Quadrant for
Virtualization
Market Endorsement

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Accelerating Drug Design
Microsoft Azure in Research

22. Microsoft Azure in Research
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» LargestVMSpecifications available
» Premium Storage >50,000 IOPS
under SLA
» Bill per minute usage
» 17 Datacentres with more
planned – 2 in EU
» Machine Learning (Predictive
Analysis)
» Native support forVM’s
Continued development
Microsoft Azure in Education

24. » Jisc and Microsoft benefits Education
» MicrosoftAzure Offers
» Hybrid is what Education wants
» MicrosoftAzure offers verified Security
» Procurement via existing Microsoft agreement
Microsoft Azure in Education
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In Conclusion

25. Find out more…
Contact…
Except where otherwise noted, this
work is licensed under CC-BY-NC-ND
Mark McManus
Education Cloud Manager, Microsoft
markmcm@Microsoft.com
www.azure.com
www.Microsoft.com

26. AWS for Education and Research
Steven Bryen
WorldWide Public Sector, AmazonWeb Services

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Enterprise
Applications
Virtual Desktop Sharing & Collaboration
Platform
Services
Analytics App Services
Deployment and
Management
Mobile Services
Administration
& Security
Identity
Management
Access
Control
Usage
Auditing
Key
Storage
Monitoring
And Logs
Core
Services
Compute Storage CDN Databases Networking
Infrastructure Regions Availability Zones Points of Presence
AWS Building Blocks
Secure Email
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28. Education and Research – Cloud Use Cases
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HPC Learning Management Systems
Departmental Websites Lecture Capture
MOOCsDistance Learning
Storage and Backup
Corporate IT Services
Disaster RecoveryStudent Labs
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29. Education Customers using AWS
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LectureCapture ScalableWeb Applications Research Computing
HighThroughputComputing Learning Management Systems Massive Online Open Courses
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30. An easier way
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+ +
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31. The Jisc Portal
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• Control cost across departments
• OJEU-compliant procurement
• Monthly Invoicing with GBP Billing
• Volume discounts through
aggregation
• Set spending limits per user or
department
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32. Learn more…
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janet.arcusglobal.com
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33. Find out more…
Contact…
Steven Bryen
Solutions Architect, AWS
sbryen@amazon.com
@steven_bryen

34. Jisc told Mimas to use the cloud;
what happened next was amazing...

35. The turn of Mike Jones
Mimas Jisc; Digital Resources

36. “Dear Mimas,
How long would it take to migrate
into the cloud if you started tomorrow?
Love Jisc”

37. ~10 Production Services and 10-20 projects
across ~80 Nodes ~120TB
Sun VMware Stand Alone Servers
14VMs
(+14)
30VMs
75 x 300 GB Disk Clariion
HP P2000 SAN 40TB
75 x 300 GB Disk Clariion
Dell Powervault 8TB
+Native server storage
Storage
Ja.net (via University)
~128 Public IPs
~750 DNS Records
~30 Zones
Connectivity Not to
mention
services
elsewhere:
- Kit at Unitel
- HEA
- wordpress.com
- ...
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38. erm...

39. We decided we needed lots of this:
IaaS

40. For a number of reasons, mostly
procurement and spending public
money related:
3 months of head scratching ensued

41. » We want IaaS
» Use the “Jisc Cloud”
» There is no spoon
» GOTO 10
First problem, navigate the hearsay
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42. » Buy cloud though the Janet FrameworkAgreement
› One couldn't, what you could do was this...
– Rent machine room space
– Procure machines
– You could build a “Cloud”
Second problem ask (and re-ask, and re-ask)
for what we wanted: IaaS
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43. Third Problem
tl; dr

44. Fourth problem
What exactly does Peering mean?

45. 11th hour solution
“Jisc Cloud Services” Arcus Global and AWS

46. We threw Historical Texts at AWS

47. » Trial and error
» Ingesting data elasticity
Key points using Cloud
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48. Currently:
AWS Azure Arkivum
50VMs
(Ubuntu LTSVMs)
EBS
(10-200 GB each)
S3 Buckets
(Snapshots)
(data fuse mounts)
Route 53
(35 hosted zones)
(700 Records)
3VMs
2Windows
1 Linux
Pipeline
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49. » Mimas would spend at least ~£600k on kit per 3-5 years refresh
» Mimas would spend ~£250k p.a. on local support: 3 dedicated
external FTEs
» Mimas would spend ~£85k p.a. on internal support: 1 internal FTE.
» Mimas would also pay salary overheads on all staff ~£15k p.c. p.a.
› a proportion of which would be donated the the ongoing support of
University IT
» ~£400k p.a. to support Mimas services
Would spend this
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50. » £60k p.a for basic services
» ~£20k p.a. for HT big data
» Copac & Zetoc uses Oracle (complicated)
» Archive £15k p.a. (Arkivum)
» Me and perhaps another £150k
» Lets say £300k pa
Current estimates
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51. » Finding the right cloud solution for your organisation – the
experience of Newcastle University – 3.30-4pm
› Caleb Racey, Systems Architecture Manager, Newcastle University
» Cloud Surgery – 4pm – 4.30pm
› Dan Perry, Director of Product and Marketing, Jisc
› Phil Richards, Chief InnovationOfficer, Jisc
Signpost to other sessions
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52. Find out more…
Contact…
Dan Perry – dan.perry@jisc.ac.uk
Phil Richards – phil.richards@jisc.ac.uk
Mark McManus – markmcm@microsoft.com
Steven Bryen – sbryen@amazon.co.uk
Mike Jones – mike.jones@manchester.ac.uk