OUR MISSION IS:

TO IMPROVE HIGHER EDUCATION AND

RESEARCH BY PROMOTING, DEVELOPING,

AND OPERATING SHARED ICT FACILITIES

THAT ARE NOT OFFERED BY THE MARKET

OF ITS OWN ACCORD.

SURFNET

MicrosoftOffice365

Interoperability?

SERVICES FROM MULTIPLE VENDORS

CiscoWebEx

Alfresco

Confluence

LiferayBox.net

AdobeConnect

IBMLotusLive Google

Apps

Sakai

Fragmentation!

VIRTUAL ORGANISATIONS

Inter-organisational collaboration?

HOW DO WE INTERCONNECT

Users and teams from different organisations

MicrosoftOffice365

CiscoWebEx

Alfresco

Confluence

LiferayBox.net

AdobeConnect

IBMLotusLive Google

Apps

Sakai

Services from multiple vendors

HOW DO WE INTERCONNECT

Cloudservices

Internalservices

OpeninteractionThere is a need for a connector;

a middleware layer, which

interconnects internal and external services,

enables open data transfer and interaction,between a large number of online collaboration services,

through as many different devices and interfaces as possible.

Safe and secure

This middleware layer offers

secure, federated user authentication and single sign-on

unified group management

Connected services are

safe and secure (privacy guaranteed)

available via attractivelicenses and an easy to use online distribution channel

Infrastructure for

open online collaboration

within a safe educational and research environment

Middlewaretechnology

invisibleto end-users

Internal en external(cloud) services

SURFconext

Data and services

Teams

Cloudservice

Cloudservice

Internalservice

Internalservice

Usersinstitute X

Usersinstitute Y

Usersinstitute Z

Guestusers

SURFconext

Federated user access and single sign-onSAML2

Unified group managementGrouper (Internet2)

Data interaction via standardsOpen Social

Teams

Users

We’ve got the technology Now you’ve got the technology as well :-)

SURFconext is based on open standards & different open source productsCode created by SURFnet, together with other packages, is now open source

- Portal software : Apache RAVE - http://incubator.apache.org/rave/ - ‘Engine block ‘ : OpenConext - http://www.openconext.org

Cloudservices

Internalservices

Log in with yourtrusted institutional

user account

Create youronline team

Invite team members

(from different home organizations)

They log in withtheir own

institutional accounts

Use them separately in their native

interface

Or combined, as widgets on your

own portal

Cisco

Alfresc

ConfluencLiferaBox.net

AdobeConnect

IBM

Google

Sakai

Select the cloudservices of your

choice

Single sign-onwith trusted institutional account (IdM at institute)

Team structures in sync in all connected services

Choose your own services

Use components (widgets) to build your own team

workspace

Sets online collaboration in motion

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Cloud services

Internal se

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andres@surfnet.nl

@steijaert

ANDRES STEIJAERT

www.surfnet.nlwww.surfconext.nl+ 31 30 2 305 305

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