Transcript Conclusions from this workshop

Conclusions from this
workshop
No complete account by any
means ;-)
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Campus issues
• Bottlenecks still exist, but there have been
improvements since SERENATE
• ICT/Network strategies must be aligned
with overall institutional strategies
• NRENs should engage in closer
collaboration with campus ICT staff –
GigaCampus in Norway is inspiring,
however there is no ”One size fits all”
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Digital Divide (DD) issues
• DD not the same as geographic issues
• Definition of NREN-DD needed
• DD to be measured over time – who
should take responsability? EC, TERENA?
• Status of the market – monopoly issues
• User demand vs access speed
• NRENs capability to ”sell” their role – need
for clear ”business case” /strategy
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Technical issues
• Making AAI work – effective federations
and confederations
• E2e-tuning – understanding advanced
apllications & making them work properly
• Integration of the Control plane and
middleware
• Network management
• Effective dissemination of technical
knowledge, reaching the campus users
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Economic issues
• Interest in a benchmarking exercise on
fibre availability and pricing
• Need for an economic study into
investment model vs current model
• Look at the sources of network funding
• P2P services have been added to the IP
subscription as a marginal cost – new
model may be needed as things develop
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Economic issues continued
• Role of CBF as potential to bridge DD
• Economies of scale at the ”centre” only
(Amsterdam, Frankfurt, Paris, London)?
• Cost-effective access to DF as a criterion?
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Researchers requirements
• Last mile is the bottleneck
• Need to hear more from social sciences,
arts & humanities
• Free global access, reliable, secure
• Uniform quality standards in computing
environments
• Radio-astronomy and other ”big” areas
ask for one-stop-shopping
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Researchers requirements ctd
• Virtual research and collaboration: SWOT
analysis seems to indicate that the threats
are to some extent of technological nature
• How to measure success and RoI –
publications per ICT investment ;-)?
• Are the high-end users really there today,
or are we still waiting for the real high-end
usage to begin?
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Other users?
• The rationale for reaching out to other groups
should be clear
• Groups identified: schools, libraries, arts and
humanities, health sector
• Schools are not really a ”different” sector, but
part of the educational system, so including
them is just getting to the students a little earlier
• Important to keep the close contact to R&E
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Organisational & governance
issues
• Not discussed as a separate topic, but did
pop up in some other discussions, eg
• Is it possible to achieve a model for ”onestop-shopping” across country
boundaries?
• Cost models for the future – who should
do a study on this?
• NRENs have to consider future strategies
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Future NREN strategies
• Important to maintain the close ties with
the research and education institutions
• The role as ”broker” for R&E is important
also in the future
• Innovation is crucial – this is what makes
NRENs so special, and interesting for both
vendors and R&E institutions
• In tranquillo mors, in fluctu vita
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EARNEST and e-IRG
• EARNEST: a project for investigating the
next generation research networks
• E-IRG: an advisory body, developing a
roadmap for e-infrastructures in FP7 and
beyond
• EARNEST + E-IRG: possibilities combind
with desires, and how this may lead to
realities
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Many open questions
• Where are the high-end users really
heading?
• Technological development is fast and in
some respects diverse, need to interact
more with industry and collaborate
internationally even more intensely
• Find national models for further
collaboration between NRENs and
campus ICT staff
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The road ahead
• The study areas got quite a bit of input,
thank you everyone!
• If you have more input to the different
areas, please contact the study area
leaders (names are already on the
TERENA website)
• Thank you for your participation, we hope
to see you again for further activities
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May 23-24