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IaaS Framework Agreements Pan-European Cloud Services ready for adoption Dr. Jakob Tendel GANT Cloud Service Delivery Team German Research Network DFN Belnet Networking Conference, Brussels 18 th Oct. 2018 Networks Services People


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  • Dr. Jakob Tendel

Belnet Networking Conference, Brussels Pan-European Cloud Services ready for adoption

IaaS Framework Agreements

18th Oct. 2018

GÉANT Cloud Service Delivery Team German Research Network DFN

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  • National Research Networks and GÉANT
  • Cloud Services
  • The GÉANT cloud computing tender
  • Available services from the tender
  • Use cases
  • Outlook

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Outline

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German Research Network - DFN

X-WiN Fibre-Network

  • >10 000km
  • Longest PoP to PoP: 900km 25ms RTT

Networking Services:

  • Optical

wavelengths

  • Layer-2 Circuits
  • IP networking
  • VPN
  • DDoS protection

Additional Services:

  • PKI / AAI
  • Videoconferencing, VoIP
  • DFN-Cloud Services
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GÉANT

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GÉANT

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The promise of Cloud Services

Flexible

  • Scalable
  • Elastic

Diverse Hardware Capabilities Always Up-to-date Payas-youGo vs Hardware Investment

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Infrastructure-as-a-Service IaaS

  • Cloud-hosted Virtual Machines
  • Network Virtualization
  • Simple VMs to whole clusters
  • Tools to build scalable / elastic
  • OS selection, software stack
  • Own licenses possible

Platform-as-a-Service PaaS

  • “Server-less”
  • Selection of Data services:
  • Database
  • Compute
  • Analytics
  • Machine Learning
  • Scaling/elasticity built in
  • No VM/OS maintenance

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Categories of Cloud Services Software-as-a-Service SaaS

  • Specialized applications
  • End-user-oriented
  • Data synchronisation
  • Continuous updates
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Opportunities

  • Better serve end users with modern services
  • Quicker, more flexible procurement
  • Potential money saving or achieving more
  • Institutional IT can increase role

as solution enabler

  • Central procurement and management
  • De-central usage

Challenges

  • New way of operating
  • Different budgeting
  • Resource forecast
  • Cost monitoring
  • Account management/Quotas
  • Cost comparison OnPrem – Cloud (TCO)
  • Procurement hurdles
  • Data protection, legal aspects
  • Change management, personnel re-training

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Opportunities and Challenges of Cloud Services

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Unique innovation project

  • Pioneering Cloud Delivery in Europe – first digital

single market

  • 36 participating NRENs through GÉANT
  • Using EC Procurement Directive (2014/24/EU)
  • 10 000 R&E institutions

as a Digital Single Market

  • 11 different IaaS solutions
  • 21 providers,
  • incl. Amazon & Microsoft resellers
  • Open procurement

– not winner takes all

  • 4 year framework agreements

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Pan-European tender - Infrastructure as a Service (IaaS)

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Added value: Key areas

TENDER REQUIREMENT FULFILLED PRICE DISCOUNTS TERMS & CONDITIONS GDPR COMPLIANT PROCUREMENT FEDERATED IDENTITY MANAGEMENT & SINGLE SIGN-ON NETWORK PEERINGS DATA EGRESS WAIVER

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Connectivity Options

Direct-Connect ExpressRoute

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NREN INSTITUTION SUPPLIER GEANT

The NREN is an intermediary, making the Framework Agreements available in its country and helping connected institutions in purchasing from Suppliers.

National deployments

GÉANT provides a Framework Agreement with each provider, under which institutions can buy the cloud services using a Call-off Agreement.

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  • 1. Direct call off – if happy with GÉANT requirements and ranking
  • 2. Mini-competition – for tailor-made solutions;
  • Technical
  • Operational (reporting requirements, etc.)
  • Legal (e.g. specific legal terms needed in the service agreement)
  • Financial (e.g. NREN cost recovery)

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Call off options

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IaaS Framework Agreements (Belgium)

Original Infrastructure Provider

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IaaS Service Matrix

catalogue.geant.org/reports/

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IaaS Framework Use Cases

clouds.geant.org/user-stories/

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Quality & Qualifications institute (QQI) in Ireland

achieves substantial savings with GÉANT Cloud Framework Average daily spend Nov 2016 – Oct 2017

33% cost reduction after QQI worked with the Irish NREN, HEAnet, to transfer their Microsoft Azure workloads to the GÉANT framework agreement, from July 2017 onwards

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80% 85% 90% 95% 100% 105% 110% 115%

AZURE AVERAGE SPEND DAILY NOV 16- OCT 17

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  • Full migration of datacentre to the clouds
  • Hybrid cloud management portal -

SURFcumulus

  • Staff involvement and training
  • From physical to virtual server

administration

  • Reduced hardware and maintenance costs
  • Resources for educational innovation

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InHolland University of Applied Sciences

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Cloud adoption support - clouds@geant.org clouds.geant.org

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InAcademia is a simple

  • nline validation service in

a privacy preserving way. It allows online retailers to validate if a customer is a student or has any other affiliation to an education institute. AWS Educate provides an academic gateway for the next generation of IT and cloud professionals. AWS Educate is Amazon’s global initiative to provide students and educators with the resources needed to accelerate cloud-related learning endeavors.

AWS and GÉANT are bringing the AWS Educate program to the European Research and Education community. AWS will make available free AWS credits (vouchers) to students and educators, for hands-on experience of AWS cloud, access to AWS technology, open content for courses, training resources, and a community of cloud evangelists. Access to AWS Educate takes place through the GÉANT InAcademia service.

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Real-Time Communications Framework Preferential Cloud Service Conditions

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Additional Online Services

MVC is a provider and integrator of complete Unified Communication and Collaboration (UCC) solutions. Kinly is a Dutch-based provider of Pexip and Qumu solutions. Kinly

  • ffers a suite of end-

to-end video conferencing services

clouds.geant.org/video-real-time/ clouds.geant.org/geant-cloud-catalogue/

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Better cloud service delivery

  • Hybrid cloud

delivery platforms

  • Cloud security
  • Connectivity and easy access

Provide more services

  • Community

cloud services

  • Learning management,

educational tools

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Where do we go from here? Explore new areas

  • Machine learning
  • Artificial intelligence
  • Container-based

virtualization

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clouds@geant.org clouds.geant.org

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Thank you! Any feedback, any questions?

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  • Various direct discounts
  • Aggregate usage discounts
  • Procurement and legal compliance
  • Invoice billing, no credit card needed
  • Mandatory SAML support

(some eduGAIN)

  • Direct peering with GÉANT network
  • no extra data transport charges
  • Get in – get out support
  • Full flexibility – to buy or not to buy

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Benefits

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  • Call-Off is made under UK regulation – guides available
  • EU/EEA countries: if Directive 2014/24/EU on public

procurement is properly adopted, NRENs who are subject to public procurement are free to use GÉANT as a centralised purchasing body

  • EU/EEA countries: if Directive 2014/24/EU on public

procurement is not properly adopted, NRENs can use centralised purchasing activities of GEANT by invoking direct application of the Directive

  • BREXIT-proof: The framework remains legal even when

the UK leaves the EU. Follow-on frameworks will remain under EU law from a new host country.

  • GDPR: All provider frameworks now comply with GDPR.

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Legal and procurement issues