1. GÉANT
The Network, the Services, the Community
Dr John Chevers
Services Manager
DANTE
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2. What is GÉANT?
! Total cost ca 182 M€ over 4 years
! Approximately 51% EC funding
! 34 project partners (NRENs +
DANTE + TERENA)
! A project and a network
! Circa 500 person years over 4 years
for service development, research,
and networking
! Began in April 2009
! Challenges:
! Building a distributed virtual
team
! Flexibility and efficiency
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3. Where is GÉANT?
A ubiquitous European
academic network:
 34 European countries
 Every EU member state
 An expanding consortium
with most recent
members from Serbia,
Macedonia and
Montenegro
GEANT
members
Associate
members
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4. Why GÉANT?
 GÉANT forms an important part of EC research and education strategy
and is fundamental to the EU's vision of a European Research Area
(ERA): a border-free zone for research
 GÉANT connects together ALL EU member states and many other
countries –its value is universally recognised
 GÉANT connects countries to the world of research- opening
opportunities to participate in international projects and access
international research facilities
"The power and scope of GÉANT ensure that Europe is a central hub for research and education, bringing
together the brightest minds in the world. GÉANT not only benefits Europe's competitiveness, but is
also boosting collaboration between researchers on a global scale. Through GÉANT the European
Commission is committed to enable worldwide research collaboration that tackles some of the biggest
challenges that society faces and to get Every European Digital."
Neelie Kroes, Vice-President of the European Commission for the Digital Agenda
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5. About GÉANT: The GÉANT
Partnership
Geographic Organisation
location
size
Customer
Funding base
model
Technical
skills
National
communication Service
infrastructure remit
development
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6. About GÉANT: Backbone Network
 Data transfer speeds of up to
20 Gbps across 50,000 km
of network infrastructure
 25 Points of Presence, 44
routes and 18 dark fibre
routes
 Hybrid network
 GÉANT IP: packet
routed
 GÉANT Plus: switched
point-to-point circuits
 GÉANT Lambda:
dedicated wavelengths
 Over 40 million users across
connected NRENs
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7. About GÉANT: Global Connectivity
GEANT coverage
TEIN3
Canarie, Internet2, Esnet
RedCLARA-ALICE2
EUMEDCONNECT2
Africa Connect – WACREN
Africa Connect – UbuntuNet
SARInet
BSI
SILK-Afghanistan
CAREN
GEANT is linked to 59 research and education networks around the world with activity
underway to connect to Caribbean and Sub Saharan Africa
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8. GÉANT Benefits: Facilitating
International Collaboration
! Research and Education users from diverse disciplines:
! Astronomy
! Medicine
! Bioscience
! Arts
! …and many more
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9. About GÉANT: Services
Backbone Services Multi-Domain Services
GÉANT
END USER
NREN
CAMPUS
End User Services
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10. About GÉANT: Network Research
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11. GÉANT Benefits: In the East
New interconnections
! AzRENA (Azerbeijan)
! NAS RA (Armenia)
! KazRENA (Kazakhstan) –due in early 2012 via CAREN
Upgrades
! eARENA (Russia) –new Moscow PoP, 10Gbps access and circuit capable
! ‘South-Eastern Ring’ – Budapest – Bucharest - Sofia - being upgraded to
20Gbps
! AMRES (Serbia) –10Gbps due end 2011/early 2012
! Planned access upgrades for MARNET (Macedonia), GRNET (Greece)
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12. Finally….just to remind you!
! GÉANT is an essential
infrastructure for research
collaboration
! GÉANT provides innovative
network services
! Eastern Europe is developing fast
Thank you!
john@dante.net
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