NET+ Viewme Webcast
UMBC, eZuce, Internet2
On today’s web meeting….
Ben Fineman
Program Mgr, Voice, Video, Collaboration
Cloud Services Program Management
Internet2
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On today’s web meeting….
Jack Suess
VP of Information Technology, CIO
University of Maryland, Baltimore County
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On today’s web meeting….
Mike Picher
VP, Product Innovation
eZuce, Inc.
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INTERNET2
Founded
In 1996 by research universities to take self-responsibility for
an advanced technology environment that would not
otherwise exist—and exist when and how the research and
education (R&E) community needs it
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INTERNET2
Goals
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Realize the power of collaborative scale to create
capabilities no single institution could produce on its own
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Create advanced technology capabilities to extend
leading edge scholarship and research
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Enable new generation of applications and core
supporting infrastructure and technologies
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Achieve durable measure of control over the
community's operating environment
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Transfer technology and experience to drive innovation
and advance the global internet
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INTERNET2
Community
• R&E member institutions, affiliates, agencies industry
• Rich and complex regional network community
• Global NREN community
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Internet2 Members and Partners
"The idea of being
able to collaborate
with anybody,
anywhere, without
constraint…"
—Jim Bottum, CIO,
Clemson University
279 Higher Education members
67 Affiliate members
42 R&E Network members
83 Industry members
65+ Int’l partners reaching 100+ Nations
93,000+ Community anchor institutions
Focused on advanced
technology needs of
members since 1996
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Internet2 100G Advanced Network
15,717 miles of newly acquired
dark fiber
8.8 Tbps of optical capacity
2,400 miles partnered capacity
with Zayo Communications in
support of the Northern Tier
region
100 Gbps of hybrid Layer 2 and
Layer 3 capacity
17 Juniper MX960 routers
supporting Layer 3 service
31 Brocade and Juniper switches
supporting Layer 2 service
49 custom colocation facilities
250+ amplification racks
300+ Ciena ActiveFlex 6500
network elements
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ADVANCING HIGHER
EDUCATION
AND BEYOND
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What is Internet2 NET+ Cloud?
Tailored Cloud service portfolios
to:
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Enhance academic & research user
mobility in the Cloud
Accelerate trusted Cloud application
deployment for the enterprise
Ensure standards-based Cloud
security, accessibility, reliability and
performance with enterprise
scalability
Trust & Identity
Software as a Service
Infrastructure, Platform,
Security
Video, Voice & Collaboration
Digital Content for
Research & Education
Enables trusted and responsive user mobility in the
cloud, while delivering efficiencies to the enterprise.
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How? Peer Driven Service Validation & Provider
Partnerships!
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Internet2/Jocelyn Augustino
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Peer-owned, governed and directed
Cloud application portfolio
Strategic Cloud provider partnerships
who invest in the R&E community’s
needs
Cloud services specially-tuned with
federated access and network delivery
Standard business agreements,
simplified terms and pricing models
vetted by 250 CIOs, general counsel
and procurement officers
2014 Internet2 Global Summit (Denver, CO)
Inquiry
Evaluation
Service
Validation
Early
Adopter
General
Availability
Sunset
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Growing Ecosystem of Cloud Services & Providers
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Why Internet2 NET+ Cloud?
Over $200,000,000
3,500+
In operating benefit for R&E
institutions adopting NET+ services
R&E Institutions across the US that
can utilize most NET+ cloud services
300+
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Member institutions participating to
optimize the peer-directed Cloud
application portfolio
Average number of campuses
collaborating on a service validation
effort before it is generally available
50
Services proposed for
validation by Internet2
member campuses for
inclusion in generally
available Internet2 NET+
portfolio
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Transition
Implementation Summary
• University of Maryland, Baltimore County (14,000+ students,
2,500 faculty/staff).
• UMBC has been highlighted by U.S. News for the last five
years as one of the most innovative universities.
• UMBC has been very active in Internet2 NET+ and
InCommon activities and requires both for SaaS.
• Goal: Find a low-cost, easy to use, simple to deploy
video system that integrated with InCommon and our
enterprise video environment.
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Transition
What we wanted in a solution:
• Highly cost effective video collaboration platform.
• It must be as easy to use for people to use as skype or
hangouts
• It must not require IT support to deploy.
• Reviewed under NET+ for contract and security and use
InCommon for access.
• Support all devices, have mobile apps, and support for SIP and
WebRTC.
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Transition
Windows
Mac
Linux
iPhone / iPad
WebRTC
Android
Android Tablet
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Transition
Where are we headed?
Voice + Video + Persistent Mash-up
Voice – Tied into campus SIP
systems
Video – Always available, not just a
point application
Persistent – Chat like interface with
presence, persistent room history,
and image/file sharing
A good time to get Involved!
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Visual Collaboration for your entire campus
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Transition
Reactions and Best Practices
• It was really that easy!
Refreshing!
• Feedback has been very good
• Adoption expanding
• Pushing to mobile device support
• Individual meeting rooms well received
• Room alias makes it much easier on users
• Scheduling “be there” webinar educational series on campus
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Transition
NET+ Portfolio / Service Validation
• Service Validation completed at UMBC
• Amended standard business and legal terms for all of higher
education
• UMBC Service Validation Participation & Experience ongoing
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Transition
Implementation
• Pilot run in eZuce cloud over past few months
• Simple software upgrade to existing server in the UMBC data
center for production u.
• Administrator portal allows meeting room setup for each user or
group
• User assigned room id alias using UMBC phone extensions
• UMBC branded meeting rooms
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UMBC- eZuce Transition
Affordability campus wide:
• Simple campus wide annual subscription plans, no
setup or installation* fees
• Easy to expand to meet growth
• Multiple instance deployments to meet performance
and application demand
• Unlimited meeting rooms and clients
• University branding at no charge
• Free installation support and training
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*Up to 3 instances at no charge
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What’s Next…
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https://viewme.ezuce.com
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Q&A + Resources
NET+ Viewme: http://www.internet2.edu/products-services/cloud-servicesapplications/viewme/
Jack Suess UMBC video: https://youu.be/3mIosW1sVIk
Resources: eZuce SRN White Paper
Case Studies: UMBC Case Study
Questions: info@ezuce.com
Get a free trial here: https://viewme.ezuce.com/i2-trial/
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