SURFconext / OpenConext

Frans WardSURFnet Advanced Services

De Cloudservice Integrator voor Hoger Onderwijs en Onderzoek

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About me...

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Hello, my name is Frans Ward

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About me...

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...I work at

SURFnet

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About me...

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...I work at

SURFnet

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MediaMosa

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http://mediamosa.org

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• Development and exploitation of - the Dutch National Network for

Higher Education and Research - innovative ICT platforms & services- Over 14,000 km dark fiber

• By and for the Dutch Higher Education and Research community- 180+ connected organizations,

serving 1 million users- Not for profit, 86 employees- In business since 1988

25th Anniversary!

About SURFnet...

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Dutch Academic and Research Landscape• 14 Research Universities (250k students)• 42 Universities of applied sciences (425k students)• 8 University hospitals and tertiary medical teaching

hospitals (STZs)• Research institutes and comparable institutions

(NWO, KNAW, TNO, Novay)• Company R&D departments• National Library of the Netherlands• Other institutions financed by the Dutch Ministry of

Education, Culture and Science

180+ connected organizations, serving 1 million users {

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Under the SURF umbrella...

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All ICT activities for Higher Education and Research in the Netherlands are brought under one umbrella

Shared Professional and Educational Services

Scientific Computing & Storage

Commercial ICT Products & Services

National Research & Education Network

ICT & Education policy making

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What SURF can do

• National Research and Education Network. Ensures that researchers, instructors, and students can work together simply and effectively with the aid of ICT.

• Aims to provide the higher education and research sector with quality ICT products and services on highly favorable conditions, for an attractive price.

• Provides an organisational setting for SURF innovation projects that now operate independently by combining expertise, contacts, and resources.

• High performance computing and visualization for research.

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Channel to Market

SURFmarket: two business channels for its services:

1) B2B: aimed at educational institutions - SURFmarket.nl

2) B2C: aimed at students, researchers and staff - SURFspot.nl

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B2B & B2C

CloudService Providers

Billing & metering

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On topic now...

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B2B & B2C

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It started with a vision...

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SURFnet. We make innovation work1 SURFconext @ 5th TF-Media WorkshopPorto, October 26, 2011 - SURFnet. We make innovation work

How to connect users and teams

CHALLENGES

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How to connect users and teams

CHALLENGES

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Community Development Projects

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How to connect Services

CHALLENGES

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Community Development Projects

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How to connect Services

CHALLENGES

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CHALLENGES

Increase of available online tools

Tools evolve quickly

Users become more demanding

THE MARKET PERSPECTIVE

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From Users to Choosers

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The challenge of Consumer Choice

Let users choose between multiple cloud vendors and

cloud services.

The multi vendor approach.

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Multi Vendor Approach. Not...

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Cloud Service brokerage

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"A cloud services brokerage is a business model in which a company or other entity adds value to one or more (generally public or hybrid, but possibly private) cloud services on behalf of one or more consumers of those services." Gartner

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Cloud Service brokerage

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Provide added value by means of an

infrastructure, which interconnects cloud services and users

"A cloud services brokerage is a business model in which a company or other entity adds value to one or more (generally public or hybrid, but possibly private) cloud services on behalf of one or more consumers of those services." Gartner

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Cloud Service Broker: an ‘Aggregator’ role

Authen'ca'onSURFconext

SAML

Authoriza'onCloud  Asset  Management

Billing Provisioning  /  De-­‐provisioning

Catalogue  management

Monitoring  Repor'ng

Cloud  Service  Broker

University Students

Shop

CloudService  3

CloudService  4

ContentCloudService  1

CloudService  2

End-­‐user  self  service  portalIT  as  a  service

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The Solution....

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SURFconext: fundaments

1. Federation (SAML2)

2. SURFteams (grouper)

3. OpenSocial

4. Collaboration tools

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Use open and international standards

Use open and international standards

Use open and international standards

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SURFconext as an aggregator

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Under the hood

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An impression: WAYF

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An impression: My Conext

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dashboard.surfconext.nl(IdP)

profile.surfconext.nl(Developer)

showroom.surfconext.nl(User)

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Selection of identity providers (IdP’s) 225:137p+88t

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Selection of Service Providers (SP’s) 510: 297p+213t

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OpenConext

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Collaboration made easy

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www.openconext.org

✓ OpenConext Provides the glue and lubrication middleware to make campus, cloud based services and resources usable for collaboration

✓ OpenConext offers the Identity and Group Infrastructure

✓ OpenConext offers the platform software for large, virtual collaboration-type collaboration to run-you-own

OpenConext allows you to create your own collaboration environment that organizes your (online) applications, services and resources

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Directions and Q&A

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SURFconext

SURFconext

OpenConext

SURFconext.nlAlgemene informatie SURFconext

overzicht clouddiensten

Get Connexted Wiki - wiki.surfnetlabs.nlTechnische informatie SURFconext

Aansluiten IDP’s en SP’s

Support WikiSupport informatie voor eindgebruikers

Hoe werkt SSO & teams etc.

SURFmarket.nlOverzicht clouddiensten

aansluiten clouddiensten (contract en licenties)

SURFnet.nlSURFconext dienst en innovatie beschrijving

Blog.surfnet.nlInnovatie blog SURFconext

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Frans.Ward@surfnet.nl

For a sustainable future...

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