1. RedCLARA Status and Projections Florencio Utreras Executive Director of CLARA July 28, 2008

2. ALICE Project 18 Latin American Countries and 4 European NRENs Creation of CLARA, the organization of LA NREN’s –18 (100%) LA Countries –Legally established in Uruguay –Management structure in place Establishment of RedCLARA –The Network –The Operations are carried out by CUDI in Mexico –The Engineering is subcontracted to RNP in Brazil –The Information Systems is subcontracted to REUNA in Chile

3. The WHREN/LILA Project WHREN: Western Hemisphere Research and Education Network LILA Links Interconnecting Latin America IRNC Project funded by NSF and leaded by FIU and CENIC in the US. CLARA, CUDI, RNP, ANSP from Latin America Acquired IRU of Dark fiber Tijuana-San Diego. Running GbE on top of it. (to Pacific Wave) 2.4 Gbps Sao Paulo-Miami shared with CHEPREO & ANSP (to Atlantic Wave)

4. Backbone links 2008 RedCLARA POP in Miami

5. Intercontinental Connections GEANT/CLARA funded Link LILA funded Links

6. Complete Topology 2008 VPN over LILA Link

7. The Scenario during 2008 The RedCLARA Network currently connects 12 countries The ALICE Project initially due to end on March 2006 was extended and ended on March 31, 2008 A new funding, ALICE2 is expected to be approved during 2008 CLARA has taken over the contracts for regional networks The link to Europe is co-funded by GEANT and CLARA

8. RedCLARA’s Vision for 2009 Future backbone should be composed at least of CLARA owned dark fiber in the following links –AR-CL; AR-BR; BR-UY The Intercontinental link to Europe should reach 2.5 Gbps during 2010 growing to 1.2 Gbps in 2008 The PA-MX and PA-CL should be at least STM-4 as well as the BR-MX The Node in Miami should be connected to PA at 1.2 Gbps Central America should be connected at STM-1 speeds while the Puebla-Panamá Plan begins operation

9. New Connections 2008-2009 CLARA is committed to connect all Latin American Countries ALICE2 will include all LA countries willing to participate Expressions of interest have already been received from Bolivia, Costa Rica and Paraguay Main issues are: –Funding of the Local NREN –Costs of Telecomunications

10. Project Promotion Activities EELA, EELA-2: Computational Grid Activities RinGrid: Remote Instrumentation AugerAccess: Connecting the Cosmic Ray Observatory in Malargüe EVALSO: Connectin the Astronomical Observatories in Chile GLOBAL: Global Virtual Conference Center facility

11. IADB RPG NREN Support Project Funded by RPG Programm of IADB Aiming at strengthening the NREN and CLARA Strategic Plans Marketing Plans Telecom and AUP Issues Training on Management for the NRENs Best Practices Case Studies

12. e-Science Promotion Activities FEMCIDI/OAS Project on “Fostering the Use of ICT in Science, Technology and Innovation (e-Science)” Delphi Survey on e-Science needs and policies in LA Regional Dialogs on e-Science LA Workshop on e-Science Policies Research Communities will be fostered An Information and Collaboration System will be deployed.

13. http://www.redclara.net