The document outlines Internet2's initiatives aimed at enhancing collaborative efforts among U.S. higher education institutions by providing mission-critical services for research and education. It details plans for expanding international connectivity, including partnerships and investments in infrastructure to support academic needs. Additionally, Jisc's international strategy emphasizes supporting UK education sectors globally through tailored solutions and strategic partnerships, targeting increased engagement and income generation.

1. Parallel Session:
International
Chair: Steve Kennett

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3. Internet2 future
infrastructure planning
John Moore, Internet2

4. © 2015 Internet2
Networkshop 45 - April 2017
Nottingham, UK
John Moore
AVP – Network Architecture & Planning

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Engaging mutual-interest collaboration across diverse
communities to advance scholarship
and accelerate discovery.
INTERNET2 WORKS BY...
higher education
industry
regional networks
international networks and trust federations
government agencies
research and cultural institutions
Facilitate collaborative effort of
U.S. higher education institutions
to design and provide selected
mission-critical services required
to advance all aspects of their
academic and service missions.
These are services that no single
institution could possibly provide on its own
and that no one other than the academic
community itself will provide in the
ways needed.
INTERNET2 EXISTS TO...

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INTERNET2 TOP PRIORITIES
National R&E Network
Designed for abundant bandwidth, zero
congestion, capacity for innovation, and peered
to global research and education networks
reaching over 100 countries.
Integrated Trust and Identity Services
InCommon Federation, inter-federated with TIER
(Trust and Identity in Education and Research)
for integration, packaging, and continuous development
and support of middleware components that power the
InCommon Federation and academic identity and
access management.

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INTERNET2 ADDITIONAL SERVICE
AND SUPPORTING PROGRAMS
Community Engagement, Collaboration
and Convening
Facilitate an effective collaborative community
across membership constituencies.
Other Services
Influence commercial cloud service providers
to offer configurations and terms of service
optimized for higher education.

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INTERNET2 NETWORK NETWORK CONNECTIONS
© 2017 Internet2

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CAPACITY AND UTILIZATION
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UPDATE - INTERNATIONAL CONNECTIVITY
• Global NREN partnerships
– ANA - The Advanced North Atlantic Collaboration
• 300 Gbps resilient service between Europe and North America
• GEANT, NORDUNet, Surfnet, CANARIE, Internet2
• Additional partnerships in the works
– Pacific – Internet2 to NSCC/SingAREN
• 100G circuit from Los Angeles to Singapore.
• Peering at the Singapore Open Exchange operated by SingAREN
• Breakout point in Guam – partnerships forming with University of Hawaii, AARNet, the University
of Guam, PacWave, TransPAC
– GNA – Global Network Architecture
• Defining well-architected interconnections between NRENs

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INTERNATIONAL CONNECTIVITY – CONT.
• US Exchange Points
– Manhattan Landing (MAN LAN) and Washington Internet Exchange (WIX)
– 100G connectivity to other US exchanges - PacWave, AMPATH and Starlight
• Peering highlights
– Mexico: CUDI 10G in El Paso.
– Canada: CANARIE two 100G at MAN LAN other connections in Seattle and Chicago.
– Japan: SINET at MAN LAN and WIX.
– China: CERNET 10G circuit from Beijing to Los Angeles.
– China: CSTNET peering in Seattle and Chicago.
– India: NKN via Netherlight – possible expansion at Singapore and NY soon
– Korea: KOREN peering via Singaren
– Southeast Asia: TEIN peering via Singapore link

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EVOLVING IN A DYNAMIC LANDSCAPE
• Future infrastructure investment
– Requirements gathering and planning going on now – target 2-5 years out (or beyond)
– Experiment, validate, grow incrementally – not a forklift
– Tighter collaborations needed for next generation service delivery – regional, national, international
– Trends: Hardware commoditizing, software orchestration becoming key to flexible service delivery
– Specialized needs for:
• Academic Enterprise
• Data-intensive science
• Network and distributed systems research
• Optimizing use of the infrastructure to support collaborative research
– Technology is not sufficient, need for human facilitation driving value proposition
– We’re helping convene a community-driven cyberinfrastructure support effort
• Leverage expertise in the community, promote knowledge sharing, develop best practices, etc.
– Coordinate with national-scale efforts: OSG, XSEDE, ACI REF, GENI, NSF Cloud, PRP, etc.
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PLANNING FOR THE NEXT INFRASTRUCTURE
• Requirements gathering
– Community investment in national infrastructure – 2 to 5 years and beyond
– Call for Papers (September 2016), Workshop (January 2017)
– Working Groups (Academic Enterprise, Research)
• First requirements draft due at Global Summit (April 2017)
• Next steps
– Identify and engage with stakeholders who we don’t usually hear from explicitly
• Help in refining requirements
– High-level design
– Define and manage experiments and pilots

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THANK YOU!
© 2015 Internet2
John Moore
jmoore@internet2.edu

16. jisc.ac.uk
Thank you
John Moore
Internet2
jmoore@internet2.edu

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19. Jisc’s international strategy
Dr EstherWilkinson, Head of international

20. Jisc strategy (2016/17)
» Focus our products on the areas that make the most difference and offer solutions tailored
to the unique challenges of the education and research sectors by:
› Building on our strong reputation in Higher Education (HE), especially with senior
leadership teams, by adding indispensable value
› Becoming a recognised and valued partner to Further Education (FE) through our world-
class infrastructure and our expertise in technology-assisted learning
› Strengthening our position as a partner and key enabler of UK research through
our network, research infrastructure, curation and discovery
› Growing our offering internationally to further benefit our members
We will do this in five key ways:
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21. Jisc’s international strategy
‘By 2019 we will have enhanced the globalisation of the UK higher
education, further education and skills sector through digital support
and transformation, makingJisc the internationally recognised
preeminent sector agency and exporting our valued support services to
sectors overseas’
International strategy 2016 - 19
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22. Jisc’s international strategy
» Mirroring a shift in the sector,
led by HE
» Integration, rationalisation and
prioritisation of current Jisc
international portfolio
» Identification of international income
generating opportunities
» Developing the Jisc brand and
reputation internationally
Why?
» Enabling our sector/members
to work internationally
» Selling Jisc abroad
» Advocacy and collaboration,
representing Jisc and our
services internationally
How?
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23. Strategic objectives
Strategic priorities
Priority one
Support members globally, to ensure the UK is
the best place in the world to deliver international
education and research
Priority two
As a world leading agency, utilise our products,
skills and expertise to generate incometoreturnto
theUKsectorandmembers
Priority three
Maintain and develop our leadership position
and integral part of the international research
and education community
Sustainability and business development
Key objectives
» Lead opportunities to understand and support
our diverse members’ international needs, now
and in thefuture, includingplanningand
resilience for Brexit
» Continue to develop and deliver Jisc’s
transnational education support programme
» Enable and facilitate global interoperability
and shared services, openness and access
balanced with security, reliability and speed
» Adapt our current service portfolio in specific
target areas such as Sherpa and open access,
transnational education support and
negotiation services
» Develop new services for global customers
such as trust and identity, and 24/7
managed support
» Enhanced relationships with UK sector bodies
with an international prospect
» Build collaborations with respective
organisations in priority countries such as USA,
Europe and Australia
» Increase engagement with global and
transnational organisations and networks such
as the Global REN CEO Forum
Data, impact, value and efficiency
Marketing and communications
Key performance indicators

24. Strategic priority 1
Understand and support our member’s immediate and longer term needs for
internationalisation, develop new products and work in partnership as appropriate with
business, national governments and education providers. Create an environment for
the success of our members by developing expertise, knowledge and best practice and
identifying and creating opportunities, in addition to the most globally relevant services.
SP1: Support members globally to ensure the UK is the best place
in the world to deliver international education and research
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25. Strategic priority 2
Export our strengths in expertise and our service portfolio to meet the demands of overseas
markets, exploit our brand, reputation and uniqueness whilst exploring new business models
for future sustainability.
SP2: As a world leading agency, utilise our products, skills and
expertise to generate income to return to the UK sector and
members
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26. Strategic priority 3
Drive international awareness and understanding of the quality, breadth and scope of Jisc’s
distinctive offer in supporting its members internationally, and promote Jisc’s brand and
visibility with global stakeholders. Build on our current standing, develop reciprocal and
influential partnerships with peer organisations, funders, national governments, research
organisations, multinational organisations, charities, standards bodies, library consortia
and those delivering research and education to shape digital support for international
education.We will do this in two ways, exploratory work with partners and identification
of specific projects.
SP3: Maintain and develop our leadership position and integral
part of the international research and education community
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27. Exemplars
Activities (March 2014-current)
» Focussed on infrastructure to supportTNE (connectivity based)
» Carried out survey of all UK HEIs (both international and IT staff)
» Developed two services forTNE needs through five pilot projects:
› Consultancy
› Brokerage
» Developed a sustainable business model for continuingTNE support - BAU in 2017
» Identified new areas for development
› Countries, services (e.g. licensing), customers
Transnational education (TNE) support programme
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28. Case study
» Good connectivity paramount to managing cloud-based
services as part of global IT infrastructure
» Jisc-brokered deal saving university 40%
» Managed service reduced risk for Heriot-Watt
» Jisc continue to develop support, increasing
bandwidth and resilience
Heriot-Watt Malaysia
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“We want staff and students to be using these cloud-based
resources on equal terms. So what we needed was a quality of
connection to the Malaysia campus, equivalent to that which a
UK university gets within the UK”
Mike Roch, Director of Information Services, Heriot-Watt University

29. Case study
» Connectivity issues at Shanghai recruitment office
» Jisc brokered deal to route traffic via local NREN
» Improvements in admissions process and access to
UK-hosted student information system
University of Hull
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“Jisc, with the Janet network, offers institutions a very
compelling proposition in terms of value in the UK. For
China it was no different”
John Hemingway, Director of ICT, University of Hull
Image: Paul Glazzard / Creative Commons

30. Case study
» Resolved issues in two China sites with
campus-campus connectivity
» Issues accessingVLE from student accommodation
and other off campus locations
» Jisc established peering between Janet network and
ISPs in China
» VLE log-ins increase from 2,300 to 125,000
Queen Mary University of London
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“If we provide teaching materials on theVLE in London,
they’ve got access to the same resources in Nanchang
or Beijing”
Paul Gallagher, Interim Assistant Director of Applications, QMUL

31. Location, location, location…..
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32. TNE support
» Established in March 2016, made up of representatives from
UK HEIs (including IT, academic leads, coordination roles
and International departments )
» Current membership: 34 representatives from 23 HEIs
» Initially tasked with developing a toolkit to support delivery
ofTNE due to be published summer 2017
» The toolkit will:
› Share advice and best practice
› Highlight common challenges
› Provide country-specific information, including an
interactive map of global connectivity
TNE Special Interest Group (TNE SIG)
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33. We want to hear from you….
»What awareness do you have of your institution’s international
concerns/challenges?
»What involvement do you have in the planning and delivery
of your institutions overseas activities, e.g. teaching,
research, partnerships?
»What should Jisc’s role be in supporting you internationally?
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34. jisc.ac.uk
Dr Esther Wilkinson
Head of international
international@jisc.ac.uk
Esther.wilkinson@jisc.ac.uk
T: +44 (0)7960006769 S: eewilkinson1
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