1. connect communicate collaborate GÉANT - The GN3 Project Goals - Challenges - Vision Hans Döbbeling, DANTE TNC 2009, Malaga, 9.6.2009

2. connect communicate collaborate What was before GN3? Looking back

3. connect communicate collaborate History 10 Gb/s August 2004 I the combined effort of project and partners

4. connect communicate collaborate History 10 Gb/s June 2009 I Maps by Michael Enrico Network Engineering & Planning Team DANTE the combined effort of project and partners

5. connect communicate collaborate GÉANT topology GÉANT topology – April 2009

6. connect communicate collaborate Expand the European Reach New members AMRES MARNET MREN New special members BASNET URAN RENAM

7. connect communicate collaborate GÉANT global connectivity – April 2009 Expand the Global Collaboration IP and circuit services Collaborate with other world regions Example DICE …

8. connect communicate collaborate Expand the Customer Base beyond High Energy Physics, Astronomy & High Performance Computing ESFRI Projects – European Research Infrastructures Fusion Research Earth Observation Climatology Life Sciences EIT Arts & Humanities a dependable service for the entire European Research Area Multinational (global) research organizations

9. connect communicate collaborate GÉANT Services Backbone & Global Links SA1SA2SA3 36 European NRENs 1000s of Campuses 10s of Million users Identity and Roaming Services Connectivity Services GÉANT Service Area

10. connect communicate collaborate Service Orientation Paradigm shift from GN2 to GN3 GN2: research – transition to service GN3: service concept – development The business case, operations-aware ITIL model of continuous service development

11. connect communicate collaborate Service Portfolio Mgmt

12. connect communicate collaborate GN3 Project Characteristics Total cost ca 182 M€ over 4 years Approximately 51% EC funding 38 project partners: 36 NRENs, TERENA, DANTE Coordinator: DANTE Ca 500 person years over 4 years for service development, research, and networking 450 individuals registered on project portal Grant contract pending Challenges: building a distributed virtual team Flexibility and efficiency

13. connect communicate collaborate GN3 Project Governance NREN Policy Committee Project Board Project Management Team Project Managers SA1SA2SA3SA4JRA1JRA2JRA3NA2NA3NA4 Activity Leaders Project Office CA

14. GN3 Project Structure NA4 Liaise NA2 Promote NA3 Study NA1 Manage Coordinate Administrate Promote, Liaise & Study SA4 Software Governance Development Environment SA3 SA1 SA2 Cost Shared Common NREN Network Roaming & Identity Backbone & Global Links Multi Domain Connectivity Services to Individual End Users Services to Institutions Create & Operate Services JRA3 JRA2 JRA1 Explore & Develop Access Control Identity Composable Services Control & Mgmt Provisioning Security Network Factory Control & Mgmt Provisioning

15. connect communicate collaborate GN3 Activity Leaders NA1 - Project Management: Dai Davies, Hans Döbbeling/DANTE NA2 – Dissemination & Outreach: Melanie Pankhurst/DANTE NA3 - Status & Trends: Karel Vietsch/TERENA NA4 - Liaison & Support: Cathrin Stöver/DANTE SA1 - Network Architecture: Marian Garcia/DANTE SA2 - Multi-Domain Service Operation: Ann Harding/SWITCH SA3 - End-User Services: Josh Howlett/JANET SA4 - Software Governance: Cezary Mazurek/PSNC JRA1 - Future Network: Tony Breach/NORDUNet JRA2 - Multi Domain Resources: Afrodite Sevasti/GRNET JRA3 – Enabling Communities: Licia Florio/TERENA

16. connect communicate collaborate GN3 Project Challenges Regional differences and geographic divide Common service concept in the GÉANT Service Area Balancing service delivery and continuous innovation Shaping the new GN3 architecture Providing a common support interface for European and global organizations Defining appropriate identity service components and trust models for remote access and distributed virtual organisations

17. connect communicate collaborate Project Progress Regular GN3 partner meetings since September 2008 Monthly Project Management Team meetings since December 2008 Activity/Task Leader Kick-Off 12 May 2009 GN3 Architecture Workshops, 3 rd WS 7/8 July 2009 GN3 Kick Off Meeting (All-Hands) 8-10 September 2009 GN3 Launch, Stockholm, 1/2 December 2009 wiki.geant.netwiki.geant.net project portal www.geant.netwww.geant.net public website

18. connect communicate collaborate The GN3 Vision A dependable component of the European eInfrastructure Bridging the digital and geographic divide in Europe GÉANT a global hub in R&E networking The GÉANT Service Area A network management architecture An enabler for network research, a network factory Identity services for remote access and VOs Contribute to standards and the public domain Innovation and technical leadership for R&E