GÉANT Cloud Services: An overview

Cloud services

Andres Steijaert Activity Leader connect • communicate • collaborate

Behind the cloud is the end-user push Users are choosers

Choose your own devices and services

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Cut the cord, go mobile

Cloud changes the distribution chain connect • communicate • collaborate

Traditional supply chain

Cloud + Fast deli very, Pay-per-us rapid updates, elast icity e – Data ou tside organisatio of your own n, interopera trust and control, bility and data porta bility

Cloud distribution model

Clouds in GÉANT connect • communicate • collaborate

Empower –

NRENs & Research and Education institutions to deliver: – –

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broker cloud services from commercial providers produce own community cloud services

Institutions and users to consume: –

online services they want and need

Facilitate –

the shift from traditional software distribution model to cloud delivery model

Overarching aims of SA7 connect • communicate • collaborate

1 Choice

Facilitate multiple services from different providers Commercial and community providers

2 Openness Ease of Use

Collaboration across organisations and borders;Â interoperability and data portability between services and systems

3 Safe and Secure

User and data protection

Cloud connection elements connect • communicate • collaborate

Conditions of Use

Federated Identity Management

Network Peering

Support to Clouds Topics

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1 Fulvio Galeazzi GARR

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2 Miroslav Ruda CESNET

Branko Radojevic CARNet

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4 Panos Louridas GRNET

Michel Wets SURFnet

6 Louridas & Radojevic GRNET & CARNet

Joint vendor engagement connect • communicate • collaborate

Use the value and size of our combined community to interact with cloud providers and stakeholders

Defined essential conditions of use connect • communicate • collaborate

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Set of requirements which cloud providers are expected to meet –

Intellectual property rights and ownership, legal aspects, security, continuity, confidentiality, communication, billing, technical requirements

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Should be part of all future agreements between providers and NRENs / institutions

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At least once a year, GÉANT will publicly publish a Prior Information Notice (PIN) and invite providers to respond to what extent they are able to meet the requirements

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Results are made available in the GÉANT Cloud Catalogue

Enabling informed procurement connect • communicate • collaborate

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Provide clarity –

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to cloud providers, regarding the requirements from Research and Education community to the Research and Education community, regarding capabilities of cloud providers

Provide choice

Connect providers to eduGAIN, one safe account for the cloud

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Institute U

Cloud Service A

Institute V

Cloud Service B

Institute W

Cloud Service C

Institute X

Fed IdM

Internal Service A

Institute Y

Internal Service B

Institute Z

Internal Service C

Network peering connect • communicate • collaborate

Best, most direct connection between providers and R&E community; latency, bandwidth, data protection

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Cloud catalogue Procurement Adoption

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