Transcript OSC Education Programs Overview

Ohio Digital Government Summit
Broadband and Wireless in Ohio
October 16, 2007
Stanley C. Ahalt
Executive Director
Broadband in Ohio
• Broadband is vital to economic growth and opportunity
– Access to high-speed networks is as critical to
advanced technology and service industry
employers as are roads, rails and electric service
to manufacturers.
– Broadband Ohio is key to the Governor’s
Turnaround Ohio plan to create a competitive,
well-connected state economy.
– Ohio already has become a national leader in
broadband networking and innovations.
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Gov. Strickland’s Vision
• The Broadband Ohio initiative will
achieve the following goals of Governor
Ted Strickland’s Turnaround Ohio Plan:
– Establish Ohio as a world-class
competitor by making Ohio the
national leader in the deployment
and effective use of broadband
networking.
– Develop jobs of the future by leveraging the state’s
investment in broadband infrastructure to create a
competitive, well-connected economy in Ohio.
– Create cost avoidance through the coordination of
Ohio’s public broadband resources, leveraging the
state’s significant investments and more efficiently
operating and spending limited resources.
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Vision (cont.)
• A digital divide exists in which many areas of the State
remain underserved by broadband, while affordable
access to computing and networks remains out
of reach to many Ohioans.
• Gov. Strickland seeks to improve Digital Inclusion in
Ohio through strategic broadband investments and
planning.
• Full participation in the digital society is crucial so
that Ohio emerges as a global leader in: economic
development, education, healthcare, innovation, worldclass research and efficient delivery of state services;
thereby powering Ohio’s economy and connecting to
world markets.
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Vision (Cont.)
• When fully implemented, the Broadband Ohio initiative
will ensure that all Ohio’s citizens, businesses,
governments, educational institutions, non-profits and
healthcare facilities have viable access to superior
broadband services.
• Gov. Strickland signed an executive
order July 26, 2007, that:
– Established the Ohio Broadband Council to
coordinate Ohio’s significant broadband investments.
– Created the Broadband Ohio Network, comprised
of the new NextGen Network and OSCnet.
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Ohio Broadband Council
• The OBC will direct a unified, statewide effort
– The Council will unite key state agencies to direct
significant broadband investment and develop the
phased implementation of Broadband Ohio.
– The Council will be responsible for the development
of a strategic plan for statewide broadband
deployment, determining the resources necessary for
its implementation.
– OBC will coordinate all broadband activities that
receive State appropriated funds and work to pursue
new federal investments in broadband.
– The Council will establish policies that promote new
public and private broadband and networking
investments and develop a strategic plan to address
digital divide.
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Ohio Broadband Council
• OBC will be co-chaired by:
– Ohio’s Chief Information Officer
– Executive Director of the Ohio Supercomputer Center
• OBC will include representatives from:
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Ohio General Assembly
Governor’s Office of Appalachia
Board of Regents
Public Utilities Commission
Ohio Department of Agriculture
Ohio Department of Commerce
Ohio Department of Development
Ohio Department of Education
Ohio Department of Health
Ohio Department of Job and Family Services
Ohio Department of Public Safety
Additional appointments by Governor
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Ohio Broadband Council supports
implementing Broadband Ohio plan
• Coordinate
investments
• Identify
resource
needs
• Pursue new
federal
investments
• Promote public
and private
broadband
services and
investments
• Expand access
statewide
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Broadband Ohio Network
• NextGen Network
– provides broadband
services to all state
executive agencies,
boards and
commissions
• OSCnet
– formerly the Third
Frontier Network
– focuses on
innovation, research,
education and
economic
competitiveness
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NextGen Network
• The State currently maintains a number of distinct,
independently operated, leased networks carrying
data traffic of state agencies and connecting them
with each of Ohio’s 88 county governments.
• Improved service and significant cost avoidance will
quickly be realized as the state transitions from
current expensive leasing arrangements.
– In the first year alone, state agencies should
realize cost avoidance of $1 million, and within
three years, cost avoidance of $6 million annually.
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NextGen Network
• NextGen Network, to be managed by the Office of
Information Technology, will provide broadband
services to state executive agencies, boards and
commissions.
– OIT will work with all state and local agencies to
coordinate an orderly transition from legacy
networks to the NextGen network to ease planning
and avoid disruption of services.
– Non-executive state agencies and organizations
are strongly encouraged to connect.
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OSCnet
• OSCnet will continue to be managed by the Ohio
Supercomputer Center and focus on innovation,
research, education and economic competitiveness.
– OSCnet is the nation’s most comprehensive statewide fiberoptic-based research and education telecommunications
network to promote economic competitiveness.
– The Ohio Supercomputer Center will develop and deploy
new technology that focuses on the retention, enhancement
and attraction of high-quality jobs to Ohio.
– OSCnet will continue to serve the needs of higher education,
K-12 education, public broadcasting, healthcare, agriculture
and research (local, state, federal).
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Backbone Specifications
• Consists of more
than 1,850 miles of
fiber backbone
– Uses DWDM to create
a 2.5 Gbps OC-48 or
– Two OC-48 Gbps
networks (K-12 &
higher ed)
– Funding for upgrades
to 10 Gbps OC-192
network
– 84 Cisco 15454s
switches and 31
Juniper M Series
routers
– Multi-protocol label
switching (MPLS)
implemented and
operational
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OSCnet: A national leader
• OSC’s mission is to:
– Provide highly scalable network connectivity to Ohio’s
higher-education community
– Support the educational, research, health care, and
economic development missions of the state’s
universities and colleges
– Support the state agencies that provide networking
support for other parts of Ohio’s public sector
Ohio is a national leader in the deployment and
effective use of broadband networks.
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OSCnet: Serving Higher education
• OSC’s networking area serves 84 Ohio
higher education institutions
– 13 four-year public universities
– 1 stand-alone medical college
– 22 two-year public community and technical
colleges
– 36 four-year private colleges and universities
– 5 seminaries and theological schools
– 1 proprietary college
– 2 aeronautical institutions
– 2 federal research facilities
– 2 statewide higher education utilities
(OhioLINK/OLN)
• University System of Ohio
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OSCnet: Serving K-12 schools
• OSC serves K-12 and public
broadcasting stations
– Provides the backbone network through
agreements with ODE and eTech
– eTech is the state agency responsible for
supporting K-12’s use of educational
technology and maintaining a public
broadcasting network
• OSC manages the K-12 network at
the optical layer, while eTech
manages the network’s higher layers
and contracts last-mile providers
– 611 K-12 school districts
– 3879 K-12 school buildings
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OSCnet: Serving Healthcare
• Seven medical college clients and four hospital
clients
– In addition to hospitals connected to the medical
colleges (e.g. OSU Med Center)
• OSCnet identified as the means for interconnecting the state’s regional health
information networks
• OSC provided letters of support to Northeast
and Southeast Ohio health care consortiums in
their efforts to win the FCC Health care
connectivity solicitation
• As the use of information technology for health
care is promoted, OSC expects it will connect a
growing number of health care
organizations to OSCnet
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OSCnet: Research networks
• OSCnet connects network
members to other national and
regional Research and Education
(R&E) networks:
– Internet2/NLR
– MERIT
– Pittsburgh Supercomputer Center
(PSC)
– OMNIPoP in Chicago (under
construction)
Enables efficient connections
between researchers across
the country and the world.
OSCnet/MERIT Partnership
MERIT/Chicago Partnership
Possible Future Partnerships
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OSCnet: Commodity Internet
Month/Year
Inbound (Gbps)
Outbound (Gbps)
2006
23.0
23.0
2005
22.3
17.8
2004
18.5
16.6
2003
14.2
14.0
• Redundant paths to the
commercial Internet
Dec 2002
12.3
12.8
Jan 2002
5.3
5.3
• A total of 4.5 Gigabits of
commodity bandwidth
May 2001
2.1
2.0
• Member of the Quilt
• Four OC-12 Internet and two
Gigabit Ethernet drains
– Columbus, Cleveland,
Toledo and Cincinnati
Fourth-largest higher
education ISP in the country
~20% consumed by Ohio
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OSCnet: Videoconferencing
• NOC for Internet2 Commons
OSC-hosted videoconferences
• Statewide videoconferencing services
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Site certifications
Site coordinator certifications
• MCU management
• Giga- and MegaConferences
• World Bank conferences
• HD videoconferencing
• Advise Regents on telepresence, etc.
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MegaConference
27 countries, 5 continents
MegaConference Jr.
170 sites, over 16 countries
Indo-US program on HIV-AIDS
World Bank, ERNET, NARI, JHU
Global eHealth Forum
Internet2, World Bank
South Asia Meeting
Multiple South Asia countries
eHealth – East Africa
ORENEA, GDLN, SICOT, Internet2
Global Forum on Road Traffic Trauma
World Bank, 6 countries
OSCnet Example:
Connecting Rural Ohio improves prospects for
Appalachian neighborhoods
• Hybrid networking: Satellite and wireless
• OSC and OSU-CIO installs satellite dishes,
LAN antennas and learning centers in
Appalachian communities
– No current land-based broadband.
– New Straitsville, Chesterhill, Vinton
– Three new sites in the next 18 months
• Part of effort to link instruction and
learning, teachers and students,
schools, homes and businesses
• Primary funding from:
– American Distance Education
Consortium
– Governor’s Office of Appalachia
– Ohio Community Computing Network
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OSCnet Example: Cleveland Institute of Music
performance empowered by networking
• CIM creates and delivers content for a variety
of educational technology applications,
including:
– Music master classes with the Manhattan
School of Music, the Royal Academy of Music
in London, and the New World Symphony
– Concerts for hundreds of K-12 schools
• In June, CIM performed Ohio’s first live, bilocation concert for OSC’s AT Summit; two
musicians in Columbus and three in Cleveland
performed together via high-definition videostream through OSCnet
OSCnet meets the demanding requirements that let music educators
reach beyond local boundaries.
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OSCnet Example: Shared Instrumentation
• Example: FEI Sirion
Scanning Electron
Microscope at Center for
Accelerated Maturation
of Materials, OSU
• Demonstrated real-time
mouse and keyboard
control of SEM
• Adding Analytics and
Collaboration services:
Image analysis and
computational
modeling
Example of shared instrumentation
application: remote access of electron
microscope
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OSCnet Example : Columbus Children’s
extends neonatology care via OSCnet
• In 2006, the neonatology unit at Adena Regional Medical Center in
Chillicothe linked with Columbus Children’s Hospital via high-speed
OSCnet connection
– Enables neonatologists at Children’s to examine infants at Adena using
telemedicine equipment such as an electronic stethoscope
– Specialists can confer with attending physician, provide evaluations
– May improve care and eliminate need for travel for some patients and
families
• Connection made through partnership with Horizon Telecom
• $215,000 grant from Board of Regents for a demonstration project on
OSCnet for telehealth applications
– Funding source: U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
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Broadband Ohio Benefits
• Benefits to citizens:
– Equitable Access – Broadband Ohio will promote
access to nearly all of the state’s citizens.
– Increased Jobs – Citizens can increase their job
skills and attract new and expanded businesses.
– Quality of Life – People can more easily locate
social services and explore distant resources.
– Improved Health – Health care workers can
better consult and share records and instruments.
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Broadband Ohio Benefits
• Benefits to governments and community
organizations:
– Improved Services – Ohio will provide improved
services and promote stronger engagement.
– Consolidated Networking – The state can better
coordinate public broadband resources.
– Lowered Costs – State and local governments
will see cost-savings in procurement and services.
– Homeland Security – Post-9-11 initiatives will be
more effective with increased connectivity.
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Broadband Ohio Benefits
• Benefits to business, industry and the workforce:
– More Business – Ohio will attract new business,
retain existing firms and encourage expansion.
– Expanded Training – Increased broadband will
increase workforce computer and business skills.
– Productivity Gains – Access will improve supplychain management, finance and human
resources.
– Service Providers – An expanded backbone will
improve business case for new private
investments.
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Broadband Ohio Benefits
• Benefits to education:
– Education – Teachers will use the Internet as a
classroom resource to teach students in new
ways.
– Collaboration – Connectivity will improve access
for students, economic development and synergy.
– Research – Researchers will be able to easily to
work with distant colleagues and inspire students.
– Equipment – The initiative will allow researchers
to more readily share expensive lab instruments.
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Activities and Timeline
• The Council co-chairs currently are working with Gov.
Strickland to identify individuals to be appointed to the
Ohio Broadband Council.
• First meeting of the Council is expected in the late
Fall.
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Broadband Ohio -- Phase One Funding
• The current budget included $20 million of Third Frontier
Funds, which will:
– Leverage the state’s current investment in OSCnet
to use available capacity for other state functions.
– Establish a network offering expanded bandwidth
usage for state agencies while avoiding future cost
increases.
– Establish a foundation upon which access can be
extended across the state and support advanced IP
technologies.
– Support outreach activities to articulate plans,
services and offerings, as well as demonstrate
options and share case studies.
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Future Investments
• Future investments will fund additional network
activities
– Additional investments will expand the distribution
layer (middle-mile access), with the goal of
extending broadband access to all 88 counties.
– This effort will focus on using government created
broadband clusters of demand in communities to
serve as anchor tenants, thereby creating the
viable business cases needed for the private
sector to invest in extending broadband to
businesses and residents.
– Later phases may include an upgrade of the entire
network to greater capacities to allow for
advanced, higher bandwidth applications.
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Questions?
Contact:
www.ohiobroadbandcouncil.org
1-888-672-6382
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