Digitally Connect Community: Live, Work, Play and Learn without Limits

Dr. Cynthia Temesi

Executive Education Advisor, Americas

• Overview of Cisco

• Learners’ Journey

• Behind the Scenes

• Steps for Success

Agenda

Two Cables and a Desire to Connect

Cisco Strategy and Strategic Imperatives

SWITCHING | ROUTING

MOBILITY | SP | UCS

DATA CENTER I SERVICES

Innovate and differentiate with

Application-Centric and Converged Infrastructure

SECURITY | INTERCLOUD

COLLABORATION

Drive market transitions with architectures

SOLUTIONS

DATA AND ANALYTICS

IOE ARCHITECTURE

Deliver outcomes; Lead Internet of

Everything

We create solutions built on intelligent networks that

solve our customers’ challenges

Internet and Education: The Two Great Equalizers

John Chambers,

Chairman and past-CEO, Cisco Systems

―Today in Education, things are changing…governments everywhere understand the link between strong education and a strong society, economy.‖

Bring opportunity and the world to the talent, our students, our future – CEO CENIC

Local consortia and partnerships enable institutions to connect to the high-performance NREN’s and bring the world into their classrooms—and extend schools’ reach out into the world.

The CENIC/CalRen Global Reach

Connected Fabric harnesses the human ingenuity of our communities.

• Community speaks to President Carter, never leaving backyard

• Virtual Coaches support the development of small businesses

• Improve English skills, with access to tutors in Nevada, Alameda,

and Stanislaus counties

• Discuss Oceanic trends with Scientist from Ocean floor

• Receive algebra instruction from a teacher at another district

• Extend college reach to thousands of first-generation families

• Elevate jazz music, turn 700 seats into 7 million seats

• 2.5 million students’ record flow is instantaneous and secure

• Promote a college-going culture

• Multiplier for underserved

• Experience the world without leaving your backyard

• Access for any citizen seeking a job

• Skill improvement for anyone, anytime, anywhere

• Coordinated and Improved Services across communities

• Enrich education, research and innovation

Impact: Connected Community

• Non-traditional collaborations that innovatively serve the community

• Economy of Scale - Save money, build resources/expertise

• Re-invest saving in the organization and its mission

• Reduce redundant efforts

• Increased security and trust

• Increased speed and accuracy

• Increase the effectiveness of IT infrastructure

• High speed access to Internet at no additional cost

Impact: Connected Business Value

Behind the Scenes

CalRen • 3000 Miles of high-bandwidth

fiber optic

• Higher Education

• 10 Major Nodes

• 3800 Miles of refreshed optical fiber

• HE, K12, CC, Libraries +

• 17 Major backbone nodes

• 58 counties, 10,000 sites

• 10 Gigs to 200 Gigabits/sec.

• 18 Petabytes of Traffic – 93%+ Growth YoY

+ CENIC (1997)

Digitally Connected Communities

Serving over 11 Million Californians every day.

K-12, community colleges, universities, public libraries, and

museums/performance halls and beyond.

Overcoming Limitations The power of the Internet will remain a promise, not a reality.

• Budgetary constraints with each organization

• Inadequate Local (IT) infrastructure

• Old or inadequate equipment

• Not enough IT Staff or lack of knowledge support staff

• Bandwidth bottlenecks

• Non-existent connections to high-speed statewide and global

networks from local sites

Success Factors

• Complex Journey, that is hard

• Cultural Shift with New Community Collaborations

• Rethink Funding Model – Initial and Sustained

• Trusted Technical Advisors

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• Be open to New Ways of Working

• Must have Common Vision

• Focus on Community Outcomes

• Create New Governance Models

• Identify Policy Barriers

• Leadership Utilization and demonstrates work change

Success Factors: Cultural Shift

• Educators: K12, CC, Research Institutes, Higher Ed., Offices of Education

• Libraries

• County and City agencies (Planning, Irrigation District)

• Telecommunication Companies

• Cable Companies

• Dark Fiber Providers

• Equipment Manufactures

• State-wide high-speed Research & Education Network (RENs)

* Healthcare, Public Safety

Success Factors: Culture Shift Partners, Partnering, Partnerships….

• Don’t let funding silos, silo your vision

• Extend funding beyond entity (1+1=3)

• Show initial and sustained TCO with ROI

• Consider Federal, State and Local Sources

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Success Factors: Funding Models

• Design Network to enable current and future vision – future proof

• Trusted Technical Advisors

• Leverage IT resources and Build Capacity

• Proof of Concept is crucial

• Phased Approach to Roadmap Implementation

• Demarcation of ownership with fluid responsibilities

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Success Factors: Technical Advisories

Discuss how you can work together. (formal/informal agreement)

Learn how other communities have done so and what advantages they found.

Investigate whether high-speed fiber is available locally, and how you can build

and manage a local high-speed education network.

Reach out to those individuals involved with operating a statewide research

and education network, like CENIC and UEN, and seek their advice on setting up your local network and linking to their statewide network.

Next Steps:

the world achieves genuine lifelong learning

when we harness the power of the network

to connect and engage learners and

educators and provide access to our

collective resources and knowledge.

• Identify and partner with organizations with a common mission or vision

• Share existing human and material resources

• Design initial and sustainable funding model

• Form a County-wide or regional Consortium

• Link county-wide or regional network to state-wide network

• Proof of Concept to Scale and Action

Recap: Aspiration to Action

Utah Education Network (1993)

• Serves 3M Constituents

• HE, K12, Colleges, Libraries

• 1, 400 sites

• 1 Gig to 100 Gigabits/sec.

• Purpose Built: 66% of Utah adults will have postsecondary degrees by 2020.

• Largest Long-distance Learning Program at Utah State University