Open access and open data: international trends and strategic context
Cybera - ISAC
1.
2. Mission Statement
“To spur and support innovation, for the economic
benefit of Alberta, through the provision of
cyberinfrastructure”
“To spur and support innovation, for the economic
benefit of Alberta, through the use of
cyberinfrastructure”
13. The Internet
Google $$ $$ Facebook
Large
ISP
$$ $$
Large Large
ISP ISP
$$
$$
U of A
14. The Internet
Google $$ $$ Facebook
Large
ISP
$$ $$
Large Large
ISP ISP
$$
$$
Cybera
U of A U of C etc,…
15. What is Peering?
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peering
“Peering is a voluntary interconnection of
administratively separate Internet networks for the
purpose of exchanging traffic between the
customers of each network “
Also known as settlement-free peering
04-05-2010 BCNET Peering in Seattle Slide 15
16. The Internet + Internet Exchanges
Google $$ $$ Facebook
Large
Microsoft
ISP
$$ $$
Large
IX Switch ISP Large
ISP
$$
$$
Akamai
Cybera
U of A U of C etc,…
17. Private peering Google
• Google is the single largest content provider
• Many Google services, incl Youtube.com
• 1Gb/s private connection between BCNET and
Google
• IPv6 and IPv4
04-05-2010 BCNET Peering in Seattle Slide 17
24. Almost
four
in
five
people
around
the
world
believe
that
access
to
the
internet
is
a
fundamental
right,
a
poll
for
the
BBC
World
Service
suggests.
25. “Governments
must
regard
the
internet
as
basic
infrastructure
-‐
just
like
roads,
waste
and
water”
-‐
Dr
Hamadoun
Toure,
Secretary-‐general
of
the
InternaLonal
TelecommunicaLon
Union
“…study
ranks
Canada
19th
worldwide
in
overall
Internet
access.”
Harvard
University
Berkman
Center
Feb
2010
“If
we
do
not
act
with
haste,
the
innova=ons
that
could
employ
our
future
work
force
could
well
pass
us
by”
Globe
and
Mail
editorial
Feb
2010
27. Federal Initiatives
• Canada’s Economic Action Plan
– $225M
• Broadband Canada – Connecting Rural Canadians
• $76.9M for first 52 projects
16
14
12
10
8
6
4
2
0
28. Federal Initiatives
Company Region Homes
Corridor Taber, Pincher Creek, Ranchland and Counties of
Communica Cypress, Forty Mile, Warner, Lethbridge and
tions Inc. Cardston 5,577
Bighorn and Counties of Clearwater and
CCI Yellowhead 2,465
CCI Counties of Red Deer, Lacombe, and Ponoka 1,867
CCI Athabasca Region, Peace River Region 11,335
Wood Buffalo, Bonnyville and counties of
CCI Lakeland, St. Paul, and Smoky Lake 1,488
PCC
Communica Forty Mile, Warner, Cypress, and extended
tions Inc. regions of Willow Creek 1,516
PCC Regions of Crowfoot, Vegreville, and Wainwright 8,134
PCC Foothills, Rocky View, and Mountain View 2,475
Jasper, Kananakis, Bighorn and Counties of
PCC Clearwater and Yellowhead 436
PCC North Central Region / Stony Plain District 1,817
Peace Region / Peace River & Grande Prairie
PCC Districts 1,905
Total 39,015
29. Olds, Alberta
4,000,000 • 7,200 residents
• 3,200 Homes & Businesses
• College
# of users
Community
Lab
$ / User
30. “The
Olds
Ins=tute
for
Community
and
Regional
Development
Technology
CommiIee
has
a
vision
to
make
Olds
the
small
and
medium
enterprise
capital
of
Alberta
built
on
superior
cyberinfrastructure.
The
OICRD
is
currently
building
a
private
fiber
network
that
will
connect
every
home
and
business
in
the
community.”
-‐
Norman
McInnis,
Chief
AdministraLve
Officer
for
Olds
36. Homes Businesses
Homes Businesses
Homes Businesses
Homes
Distribution
SuperNet Point
Content Satellite
Co. Farm
Cybera Pilot SuperNet
Cloud Commercial
Cloud
37.
38. Projects
• Water & Environment Hub
– New hire – Alex Joseph
– Excellent working relationship with WaterSmart
– Bow River basin first module
39. Current Projects
• GreenStar Network • Sensor Networks
• MoboVivo • Earth Observation
• Water Hub • Space Weather
• ESRI / CSPG • Radio Astronomy
• Medical Research • Westgrid
• Data Gardens
40. Cloud Services for Water Management
Explore use of cloud
services to store,
manipulate and expose
data related to water
management
Link and correlate a wide
variety of data from a
large number of sources
Cloud-based analysis and
visualization tools
