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Southeastern UniversitiesResearch Association
• SURA is comprised of 53 colleges & universities SURA is comprised of 53 colleges & universities from 15 states and the District of Columbiafrom 15 states and the District of Columbia
• Primarily leading research universitiesPrimarily leading research universities
• SURA region makes up 35% of US populationSURA region makes up 35% of US population
SURA Regional Infrastructure Initiative
Gary Crane
Director, SURA IT Initiatives
www.sura.org
Jefferson Lab: SURA’s Crown JewelJefferson Lab: SURA’s Crown Jewel
• $100M/yr (600-staff) DOE facility ($1M/yr from VA)
• User community of 1,600
• Primary mission: nuclear physics
JLab - CEBAF Center
JeffersonLab
Regional Gigapops
SURA Members NON-SURA Members
Video Working Group
Leadership
Help Desk
DirectoryServices
Abilene/vBNS
TelemedicineCoastal Zone
Sciences
SURA IT Model
IP Telephony WGHigh PerformanceFile Transfer WG
Legal501(c)3
UmbrellaMarketingLicensingContractsProj. Mgmt
Region CERTFunction
Monitoring-Reporting
Acct/BillingProvisioningEngineering
Regional Fiber BroadbandOff-campus
Access
Commodity ISP
DisasterRecovery
Dist.Storage
CacheingNNTPViDENetCert/AuthPKI
CollaborativeProjects
OrganizationalSupport
Support Services
Middleware
TransportServices
Aggregation
Research &Education
Community
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SURA Regional Infrastructure Initiative
Basic goal is to gain control of the underlying network transport through:– Partnerships with new and existing fiber owners and
equipment vendors– Creative relationships with carrier hotels– Leveraging SURA regional gigapop facilities, SURA seed
money, SURA member institutions and Presidents and links to Southern Governors Association, Southern Technology Council and everything we can think of.
– Additional information on SURA web site:http://www.sura.org/info_tech/infrastructure/infrastructure.html
Timing Is Everything
• The demand for access outstripping ability to pay• Convergence of aggressive fiber deployment, DWDM,
IP in the WAN changes existing economic models • Shrinking capital markets forcing sound revenue models
and clearly defined markets.• State and local government awareness of the role
networks play in education and economic development.• State and local government awareness of the value
represented by their control of the physical ROW.• Resurgence of the SURA community’s desire to get
involved in a region-wide IT initiative.
Regional Infrastructure InitiativeStatus
• The SURA RII was conceptualized by the SURA CIO community and launched in April, 2000
• RFP for consulting services released June 23, 2000
• October 27 SURA executed a consulting contract with Geo/Matrix LLC for a 5 Phase RII planning effort
• Phase 1 completed December 30
• Phase 1 resulted in creation of a set of initial maps to facilitate discussions with potential partners
Dec Jan Feb March April May June July August
Phase 1
Phase 2
Phase 3
Phase 4
Phase 5
SURA Regional Infrastructure Initiative Projected Timeline
January 5, 2001
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Regional Infrastructure InitiativeStatus
• Notice to proceed with Phase 2 issued December 30• Completed Phase 2 survey to SURA members and
gigapops regarding current network services and institutional demographics on February 25
• Geo/Matrix proceeding to explore potential partnerships with owners of fiber infrastructure
• Initial response from potential partners is very positive with the promise of some early opportunities for vendor partnerships