1. Dr. Darin PW Graham
President, CEO
www.orion.on.ca

2. As one of the
world’s fastest
Research and
Innovation
networks, we can
support infinite
possibilities

4. By the numbers
• Self-sustaining not-for-profit
• Nearly 6000km of optical fibre connecting over
30 PoPs
• Over 2 million researchers, scientists, faculty,
teachers, students and innovative organizations every
day
• Contribute over $140M annually to Ontario’s GDP
• 100Gb/second and testing for 400
equivalent to 100,000 iTunes downloaded in 1
minute
• > 50% annual growth in network usage
with < 5% cost increase passed on to our
members

5. Collaboration
Collaborate with major Telco's and suppliers
Including Bell, Hydro One, Rogers, Cogent, Cisco,
Alcatel-Lucent. We support Canadian industry
Working
Collaborate with leading IT vendors to build
together ORION Nebula – cloud sharing model driven by
for members for members
Ontario’s Over 100 member institutions across Ontario
future universities, colleges, research hospitals, K-12
school boards, innovation centres & cultural
institutions
Over 2 million users daily
restricted to research, education and innovation
users

6. Connecting BIG data…
Vineyard
monitoring
High-Def
streaming
International
Consortium on
Anti-Virals
Atlas project: Higgs boson discovery

7. … and BIG ideas The God Particle
ORION handled
upwards of 10% of data
for Higgs boson discovery
High school student Consistent, reliable
Marshall Zhang sound and video
conducts groundbreaking quality reduces power
research in cystic fibrosis consumption by 50%
Experiential Media Dominican
research program Republic’s national
at Y ork relies on O3 power provider
learns from ORION’s
infrastructure, business
model and member base

8. connectivity cloud
cycles
collaboration challenges
centres
What do people
want from a
network?
everything

9. Cycles
Planning ahead to build the
infrastructure to support
anticipated plans for computing
Cloud Computing
Changing the world of Advanced Computing/HPC
Diversifying access to more users

10. Centres
Exponential growth in data
Centralized efficiencies Choosing the location
GOING GREEN – power needs
Improved data accessibility,
storage and recovery
CLOUD STORAGE

11. Connectivity
The LAST
M ILE
working with
500Gb local providers
“New”
and 1Tbps technologies
WIRELESS
> Regional Footprint
Deciding
Reliability and Redundancy base needs
with
flexibility
> 99.99% to scale

12. Collaboration
Avoid Re-inventing the Wheel
Increasing Accessibility for everyone
Technical and administrative support
Building broader partnerships
Government support
Leverage what you’ve got in novel ways

13. The world is reaching
for the cloud
• More efficient
• Shared resources
• Less cost
• Faster implementation
• Adjust resources dynamically
• Correct mistakes easier
Typical Data & Computing
Services Administrative
A fast, reliable,
Support redundant
Government
network is
critical

14. Challenges
Last M ile availability
What are the REAL user requirements
Linking Research with Commercial Innovation
Cost and timing of implementation
Legacy systems and transition to Cloud
Intra- & Inter-region connectivity

15. challenges
cycles
cloud
centres
With vision,
collaboration
and creativity,
the possibilities
are infinite.
www.orion.on.ca
@ ORIONNetwork