The SURFconext infrastructure for online collaboration gives users access to services provided by various different providers, which they can apply within a single environment. This opens up new opportunities for collaboration within and between institutions. SURFconext is een samenwerkingsinfrastructuur op basis van open standaarden die federatieve authenticatie, gebruikersbeheer, sociale netwerken en cloud applicaties van verschillende aanbieders verbindt. In deze presentatie zullen aan de hand van verschillende usecases en demo's de gebruiksmogelijkheden van SURFconext belicht worden. Zowel vanuit het standpunt van de instellings-gebruiker als de aanbieders van online diensten.

1. SURFconext Usecases - Online Collaboration with Liferay Social Office and SURFconext - 9 April 2014, Utrecht
SURFconext Usecases
Frans Ward
SURFnet, Collaboration, Infrastructure and Services
Utrecht, 9 April 2014
Online Collaboration with Liferay Social Office and SURFconext

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SURFnet is the Dutch National Research &
Education Network (NREN)
• Innovative ICT platforms & services
• Development and exploitation of the
network for Dutch Higher Education and
Research
• Over 14,000 km dark fiber
!
By and for the Dutch Higher Education
and Research community
• 180+ connected organisations,
serving 1 million users
• Task organisation of SURF = ICT
collaboration of higher education &
research
• Not for profit, 86 employees
• In business since 1988
About SURFnet
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http://flickriver.com/photos/25228175@N08/
Dutch Academic and Research Landscape
• 14 Research Universities (250k students)
• 42 Universities of applied sciences (425k students)
• 8 University hospitals and tertiary medical teaching
hospitals (STZs)
• Research institutes and comparable institutions
(NWO, KNAW, TNO, Novay)
• Company R&D departments
• National Library of the Netherlands
• Other institutions financed by the Dutch Ministry of
Education, Culture and Science (OCW)
180+ connected
organisations,
serving 1 million
users {
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Shared Professional and
Educational Services
Scientific Computing &
Storage
Commercial ICT Products
& Services
National Research &
Education Network
ICT & Education policy making
Under the SURF umbrella
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The Global Lambda Integrated Facility
(GLIF)
State of the art Network infrastructure
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State of the art Collaboration Infrastructure
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It started with a vision….
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Challenges
How to connect users and teams…. from different organisations
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Challenges
How to connect services…. from different service providers
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…and trends
Increase of available online tools
!
Tools evolve quickly
!
Users become more demanding
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From users to choosers
The challenge of Consumer Choice
Let users choose
between multiple
cloud vendors and
cloud services.
The multi vendor
approach.
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Multi vendor approach = NOT this…
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Multi vendor approach. BUT this…
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Cloud Services Brokerage
Provide added value
by means of an
infrastructure, which
interconnects cloud
services and users
"A cloud services brokerage is a business
model in which a company or other entity
adds value to one or more (generally public or
hybrid, but possibly private) cloud services on
behalf of one or more consumers of those
services."
Gartner
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SURFconext Fundaments
1. Federated Identity (SAML2)
!
!
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2. Central Group Management
(SURFteams)
!
!
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3. Lightweight Integration
OpenSocial APIs
+
+
=
The solution!
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(from an NREN’s standpoint)
From mix and match of loose tools…
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(from an NREN’s standpoint)
…to a collaboration environment
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(from an NREN’s standpoint)
SURFconext animation
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SURFconext Collaboration environment
Service Providers (SPs) Identity Providers (IdPs)
SURFconext Business Agreements
Technical Framework
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WAYF: Where Are You From
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SURFconext tools: Institution (IdP)
dashboard.surfconext.nl
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SURFconext tools: Developer
profile.surfconext.nl
api.surfconext.nl
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SURFconext tools: User
showroom.surfconext.nl
cloudstore.surfspot.nl
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Central Group Management: SURFteams
teams.surfconext.nl
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Selection of Identity Providers (150 IdPs)
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Selection of Service Providers (400 SPs)
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Demo LifeRay Social Office
Team Admin!
!
• Team Owner = Site
Owner!
• Can create sites!
• Can add site members!
• Can add all site content!
• Can participate on Team
site!
Team Manager!
!
• Can add content on
Team Site!
• Can participate on
Team site
Team Member!
!
• Can read content on
Team Site!
• Can participate on
Team site
NON Team Member,
(could be LifeRay user)!
!
Can NOT read content on
Team Site!
Default: All Social Office
sites are PRIVATE
Options: !
- Open!
- Public Restricted!
- Private Restricted!
- Private
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Benefits for users, institutions & service providers
Advantages for your users
✓ Safe and easy access using the institution's account
✓ Limitless collaboration with colleagues or fellow-students
✓ Central management of groups via SURFteams
!
Advantages for institutions
✓ With SURFconext instantly access for your users to 100+ services
✓ Safe and controlled use of cloud solutions in their own environment
✓ Easy integration of services thanks to open standards
✓ Easy sharing of services with other institutions
!
Advantages for Service Providers
✓ One SURFconext connection instantly get access to 1.000.000 potential users
✓ Less privacy risks due to Attribute Release Policy
✓ No user administration: this is done entirely by the institutions
✓ Less user support: no questions about lost passwords
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(from an NREN’s standpoint)
SURFconext / OpenConext History
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Collaboration made easy
✓ OpenConext Provides the glue and lubrication middleware to make
campus, cloud based services and resources usable for collaboration
✓ OpenConext offers the Identity and Group Infrastructure
✓ OpenConext offers the platform software for large, virtual collaboration-
type collaboration to run-you-own
OpenConext allows you to create your own
collaboration environment that organizes your
(online) applications, services and resources
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Open & public from the start...
(regarding an open source
innovation project...)
https://github.com/openconext
https://github.com/openconextapps
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OpenConext in 3 minutes
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kUpn568NSl0
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http://openconext.org/
http://openconext.org/

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Directions and Q&A
Thanks for your
attention!
SURFconext
SURFnet
OpenConext
SURFconext.nl
Algemene informatie SURFconext
overzicht clouddiensten
Get Connexted Wiki - wiki.surfnetlabs.nl
Technische informatie SURFconext
Aansluiten IDP’s en SP’s
Support Wiki
Support informatie voor eindgebruikers
Hoe werkt SSO & teams etc.
SURFmarket.nl
Overzicht clouddiensten
aansluiten clouddiensten (contract en licenties)
openconext.org
OpenConext beschrijving en informatie
Blog.surfnet.nl
Innovatie blog SURFconext
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34. Frans.Ward@surfnet.nl
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