SURFconext / OpenConext - De Cloudservice Integrator voor Hoger Onderwijs en Onderzoek

SURFconext / OpenConext
Frans Ward
SURFnet Advanced Services
De Cloudservice Integrator voor Hoger Onderwijs en Onderzoek
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Wednesday, September 4, 13

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About me...
Nederland ICT - ‘De kansen van Marketplaces en Appstores’ - 4 September 2013, Woerden, Netherlands
Hello,
my name is
Frans Ward

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About me...
,
...I work
at
SURFnet

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About me...
,
nl.linkedin.com/in/fransward/
...I work
at
SURFnet

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MediaMosa
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...

Nederland ICT - ‘De kansen van Marketplaces en Appstores’ - 4 September 2013, Woerden, Netherlands 6
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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

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
Cloud
Service
Providers
Billing & metering

On topic now...
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B2B & B2C

It started with a vision...
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SURFnet. We make innovation work1 SURFconext @ 5th TF-Media Workshop
Porto, October 26, 2011 - SURFnet.We make innovation work
How to connect users and teams
CHALLENGES

SURFnet. We make innovation work1 SURFconext @ 5th TF-Media Workshop
How to connect users and teams
CHALLENGES
from different organizations?

SURFnet. We make innovation work1
Community Development Projects
SURFconext @ 5th TF-Media Workshop
How to connect Services
CHALLENGES

Community Development Projects
SURFconext @ 5th TF-Media Workshop
How to connect Services
CHALLENGES
from different Service Providers?

CHALLENGES
Increase of available online tools
Tools evolve quickly
Users become more demanding
THE MARKET PERSPECTIVE

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.

Multi Vendor Approach. Not...
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...But
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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

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

Cloud Service Broker: an ‘Aggregator’ role
Authen'ca'on
SURFconext
SAML
Authoriza'on
Cloud
Asset

Management
Billing
Provisioning
/

De-‐provisioning
Catalogue

management
Monitoring

Repor'ng
Cloud

Service
Broker
University Students
Shop
Cloud
Service
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Cloud
Service
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ContentCloud
Service
1
Cloud
Service
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End-‐user
self
service
portal
IT
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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+
+
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Use open and international standards

SURFconext as an aggregator
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Under the hood

An impression: WAYF

An impression: My Conext
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dashboard.surfconext.nl
(IdP)
proﬁle.surfconext.nl
(Developer)
showroom.surfconext.nl
(User)

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

Directions and Q&A
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Thanks for your
attention!
SURFconext
SURFconext
OpenConext
SURFconext.nl
Algemene informatie SURFconext
overzicht clouddiensten
Get Connexted Wiki - wiki.surfnetlabs.nl
Technische informatie SURFconext
Aansluiten IDP’s en SP’s
Support Wiki
Support informatie voor eindgebruikers
Hoe werkt SSO & teams etc.
SURFmarket.nl
Overzicht clouddiensten
aansluiten clouddiensten (contract en licenties)
SURFnet.nl
SURFconext dienst en innovatie beschrijving
Blog.surfnet.nl
Innovatie blog SURFconext

Frans.Ward@surfnet.nl
For a
sustainable future...

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