Connecticut Education Network

1. Connecticut Education Network Statenets CEN Project Update Robert P. Vietzke, Network Architect & Program Director February 4, 2004

2. Agenda Connecticut Demographics Zero to Giga in 3 years Regional Collaborations Staying up at night

3. Connecticut Education Network • Connecticut Demographics • 4.2 M residents • 550,000 K12 students • 170,000 Higher Ed Students • No State Education Network prior to ’01/’02 • PA 00-187 : A state of the Art “Network” by 2005 to connect every school, campus and library with one another and the Internet

4. About the CEN • First 24 months organizing and surveying every school • Next 18 months building & “budgeting” • Today, we connect to 91+ locations • 182,000 K-12 Students (43%) • 80,000 Higher Ed Students (45%) • 15 libraries

5. Architecture & Funding Approach • All optical to K12 and Higher Ed • Typically redundant Gigabit Ethernet on dark fiber • Long Term Investments • Nothing less than optical to K-20 • Intra-Municipal connectivity a local responsibility

6. CEN Funding Sources • $25,000,000 in State capital funding • Year 6 Erate approved January 20, ‘04 • Installation to sites fully state funded • All other services at “no cost” to users • K12/Library ISP, filtering, security, etc. • Only user fees are for higher-ed ISP

7. CEN Advanced Services Support • Dept of IT MOU with UConn to provide: • Technical Staffing for K-20 “advanced services” • Network Architect & Program Director • Senior Security Analyst • Network Technician • Open Search, Senior Network Engineer (CCIE level) • Internet2 Sponsorship and SEGP Connection • Quilt ISP services access • Leadership in regional advanced R&E networking

8. K-20 CEN Services Internet Access Central Filtering / Distributed Admin Central Firewall / Distributed Access Lists Internet2 SEGP connectivity Peer-to-Peer Control *New Security Consulting *New Network Design Consulting *New H.323 Video Conference Support *Soon

9. Current Activities (Phase IV) • Construction underway to add: • 92 new optically connected sites • 360+ miles of new backbone • 14 Higher Education & Hub sites • 23 new libraries

10. By end of 2004, CEN will extend to: • 82% of K-12 students (464,000+) • 88% of higher education students (150,000+) • Connect to at least 58 library systems • And, by July 2005: • Network complete to 100% of K12, Libraries and Higher Education

11. Connecticut (CEN) • Rhode Island (OSHEAN) • New York (NYSERnet) • Massachusetts (UMass & NOX) • Vermont • Maine • New Hampshire

12. NEREN Opportunities • Unite the Northeast region • Leverage bottom of long-haul market • Level playing field within the region • Attain long-term cost-controlled access to next generation services in New York & Boston

13. Progress brings challenge Likely to complete one of the first comprehensive next generation optical K-20 R&E infrastructures in ‘05 “What is success”? Content. Moving from aggressive growth to sustainable operations.

14. Contact CEN http://www.ct.gov/cen Rob.Vietzke@uconn.edu CEN Network Architect, Dept. of Information Technology Director, CEN Advanced Services Center, University of Connecticut John.Vittner@po.state.ct.us Co program manager, Dept. of Information Technology Robin.Brown@uconn.edu Senior Security Analyst Doug.Gregory@po.state.ct.us Network Technician Sheri.Devaux@po.state.ct.us Internet Services Consultant (Filtering, DNS)