Internet2

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Internet2 Its Future

• Doug Van HouwelingCEO, Internet2dvh_at_internet2.ed
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27 June 2002
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History -gt Today

• 1996 Internet2 Project
• 1997 UCAID Incorporated
• 1998 Abilene Launched
• 1999 Abilene Operational/Middleware
• 2000 Expanded Access/E2E Performance
• 2001 Quilt
• 2002 Security / Abilene Upgrade / Shibboleth /
  I2 Commons / GTRN / National Lightwave? / True
  Broadband?

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Internet2 Mission

• It Was Clear
• Meet the advanced networking requirements of the
  research university community
• Develop and deploy advanced network applications
  and technologies, accelerating the creation of
  tomorrows Internet.
• Still Our Core

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Internet2 Core Strategy

• Enable new generation of applications
• Re-create leading edge RE network capability
• Transfer technology and experience to the global
  production Internet

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Internet Development Spiral
Commercialization
Privatization
ANS/Core
MichNet
PSI
Todays Internet
AOL
SURANet
UUNet
InternetMCI
NYSERNet
NSFNet
ARPANet
GigaBit Testbeds
Intelligent Networks
NGI
MBone
Internet2
Research and
Partnerships
Development
Source Ivan Moura Campos
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Internet2 -- The Layers
Development Applications Services
Development Middleware Security Services
Development Network Distribution Services
Development Network Backbone Services
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Changed Environment

• What has changed?
• Breakthrough applications dont scale without
  middleware.
• High performance infrastructure is a necessary
  but not sufficient condition for high performance
  network service.
• The Internet industry balloon has popped
• How does Internet2 contribute to the bottom line
  next quarter?
• Capital is short, risk tolerance is minimal
• The Internet has gone global
• The Internet community is losing idealism and
  cohesiveness
• Security has become an over-riding concern

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Response

• Middleware project
• End to end performance project
• Expanded access and Quilt
• Increased breadth and performance of connectivity
  to the world
• Security initiative
• Focus on the future health of an open,
  standards-based Internet which continues to
  encourage bottom-up innovation
• Changing the world is more difficult than we
  thought
• Internet2 and its global partners are more
  critical than ever

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Challenges

• Strengthening collaborations and partnerships
• Maintaining broad support for a more complex
  agenda
• Managing resources
• Honoring and acting from our core values

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