1. Internet2: Integrated Innovation
National Internet2 Day
Douglas Van Houweling President & CEO, Internet2
18 March 2004

2. Internet2 Mission
Develop and deploy advanced network applications and technologies, accelerating the creation of tomorrow’s Internet.
As you will see, that mission is being realized today.
Internet2 is a unique non-profit corporation of more than 200 universities, 60 corporations, and 40 affiliates working to develop a faster, more reliable, more private and secure Internet that enables applications such as really useful videoconferencing, medical training and care, secure access to music and movies, and high schoolers using electron microscopes to investigate unseeable worlds.

3. Internet2 Today and Tomorrow
Applications
End-to-end Performance
Motivate
Security
Middleware
Enable
What makes the Internet2 unique is the way it brings together a diverse community, and the way that community works together on a mission of integrated innovation to help make a better Internet for tomorrow, an Internet that is more powerful, more reliable, more secure--and also easier to use.
That means we look across traditional technology layers, we work across organizational boundaries, to provide a foundation for our members to develop and deploy capabilities that let people do more
Services
Networks

4. Fundamental Questions
What does Internet2 community (and the rest of the world) require from the Internet and its applications?
What should the Internet2 community do to address those requirements?
What specific steps should we take to move forward?

5. Strategic Foci
Address the advanced networking needs and interests of the research & education community
Implement a systems approach towards a scalable advanced networking infrastructure
Provide leadership in the evolution of the Internet
Leverage strategic relationships among academia, industry and government
Catalyze activities that cannot be accomplished by individual organizations
Focus on financially feasible, affordable, and deployable technologies and solutions

6. The Future Hybrid Optical and Packet Infrastructure
Integrated Middleware & Security
End-to-End Performance
Internet Architecture Assessment

7. A Better Internet for Tomorrow
Unleash the potential of the Internet
Make the Internet appropriate for critical applications
Middleware will enable:
Solutions to reduce spam and virus infections
Use of the Internet to legally access protected content
End-to-End Performance tools will:
Encourage upgraded network design and engineering
Routine use of video conferencing and Internet access to high quality video content

8. Operating in Pasteur’s Quadrant
Bohr
Pasteur
Yes
Focus on New Knowledge Creation?
Edison No No
Yes
Focus on Application?