OARnet Client Services12.10.08

Client Services Focus

Bandwidth Statistics

Growth in 60 days= 281Mbs

5,923 Mbs total Current I1

5% growth since last OARtech

Client Services FocusHistorical Bandwidth Statistics

2002 OARnet had 623 Mbs. of Internet 1

2006 OARnet had 2,556Mbs. of Internet 1

Today @ 5,642 Mbs.8 times the Commodity Internet of 2002Double the Commodity Internet of 2006

Client Services FocusLast Mile Connections

Looking at upgrading 2 T-1 Connections to Ethernet

Working on getting two of OSU remote campuses DS-3 to ethernet at lower costs through connections through ITC’s.

Lorain, Oberlin and Bluffton upgrading current DS-3’s to ethernet.

Client Services Initiatives20 College Visits (Since last OARtech).New Co-location Facility has 20

current customer commitments (Full)!Looking for new co location space

New OARnet Academic members: Ohio Christian University (newest member)Currently working with Campus EAIOSTN

Client Services InitiativesVMWare!!!!!!All Member Meeting to be

scheduled in January and March.Tele-presence Room at OARnet in

testing phaseWebsite- To include Netflow, links to

University System of Ohio, Board of Regents, Broadband Ohio. Suggestions?

Client Services Focus

• New GIG Opteman to Rio Grande in process to replace GIGAMAN to service University of Rio Grande, Rio Grande Community College and hospitals and local government in process.

• Marietta GIG Opteman in process to service Community in process.

Client Services Focus

Internet 2- Ann and TJ Remote Instrumentation presentation and demonstration at Fall Member Meeting.

Internet2 full member meeting Dec. 4- Reviewed 6 year budget. University of Dayton and Miami will be upgraded to full I2 members over 3 years.

Internet2 will raise full member/SEGP rates slightly to cover upgrades to network and keep reserves.

Working with K-12 on Internet 2 programsResearch Initiatives

Client Services Focus

• Increased Collaboration efforts- combining efforts with OLN, OhioLink, eTECH, and BOR on all software, hardware and services.

• Video Collaboration OIT, eTech, OARnet-New Pricing and automated schedulerMigrating video conferencing customers to eTech

beginning Jan. 1

Emergency Web Hosting

This is a hosted service on the OSCnet State-of-the-art backbone.

OARnet provides all software and hardware for basic service.

Use secure FTP access to upload simple html pages to a web site with 1 GB of allotted storage space to access and maintain files.

This emergency site can provide as little or as much information as you wish your viewers to have in the event of an emergency.

Finally, switching to and from the emergency web site will be as easy as calling the OARnet Support Center and your web presence will available within 2 hours of your call.

Client Services FocusEmergency Web HostingNotify your constituency of an emergency

situation affecting your campus or facility! Basic emergency web presence in the

event that your primary web presence becomes unreachable.Oberlin College Pilot

Pricing: $250.00 one time $250.00 a year

Client Services Focus

New FTE pricing model: Unlimited IntraOhio bandwidth

Continue to support numerous higher education in Research Initiatives and Community Development.

Video conference Initiatives. Vendor meetings and initiatives

AT&T, Qwest, Time Warner Cable, Time Warner Telecom,Verizon, Buckeye Telesystems, XO

Remote Campus Connectivity

Client Services – Dana Rogers with Connie Martin

Client Services – Maryann Zbydnowskiwith Nancy Drugan-Koehler

Client Services – TJ Sandor with Nancy Drugan-Koehler