Connect. Communicate. Collaborate

Portfolio and Operations Issues

Dai Davies, DANTE

CCIRN Meeting

Bruges, Sunday 18th May 2008

Connect. Communicate. CollaborateWhy are they issues

• Connectivity replaced Nothing

• Global Capacity is “relatively” cheap

• Not just a technical user base

• End-to-end service provision is not easy

• Put it together and it doesn’t work • Relationship with GRIDS

Connect. Communicate. CollaborateGÉANT 2 Service Initiatives

• Monitoring (PerfSONAR) –professional tool set

• Resource allocation (Autobahn)

• Mobility (Eduroam)

• Performance

– PERT

– Performance Management

Connect. Communicate. CollaborateWhat are the challenges

• Expectations are rising

• Making it work across boundaries

• How to generalise the initiatives

• Involve the operations teams

• Where are the business models