1. 09BCE035 Arpan Patel Internet 2

2. Contents: What is Internet2 ? History of Internet2 Important dates Timeline Why Internet2 ? Internet2 Mission The Goal of Internet2 ? Why is it important ? Security in Internet2 Future of Internet2 ?

5. Provides a high-performance network environment for the US research and education community. Optimized to meet the needs of research, teaching, learning, clinical and outreach missions of that community.

6. An organization that serves academic and technology needs at all levels of education

7. A venue that brings together academics and scientists from all over the world.

8. Develops high speed data transfer applications

9. Enables the development and deployment of new network, middleware and applications technologies, services and protocols

10. Close collaborations with government: NIH, NSF, NLM, NASA, to name only a few.

12. Timeline October 1, 1996 – Internet2 is launched 1997- Inernet2 goes international when Canada joins, and cooperate when Cisco joins. 2000- Internet2 member achieve 831 Mbps of data from Redmond, Washington to Arlington, Virginia in under 82 seconds. 2006 – internet2 celebrates its 10 years with 200 U.S. universities ,70 leading corporations, 45 govt. agencies, 50 international partners.

13. Why Internet2? Real-time access to remote resources Large-scale multi-site computation and data mining Interactive collaboration Rich, multi-media digital libraries Shared virtual reality Accelerating the creation of tomorrow's Internet 7

15. Accelerate the creation of tomorrows internet

16. Enable new generation of applications

17. Re-create leading edge R&E network capability

19. Industry

21. Applications Innovation & Demonstration

22. Reliable, Broadband Desktop to Desktop Connectivity

23. Intercampus

24. Intracampus

25. Higher Education Control

26. Transparent Interface to the Commodity Internet

30. Develop Standards, Policies and Procedures

31. Design Security Architecture and Tools

33. Integrate the present internet into internet2

34. Rebuild / Retrofit the current internet around the architecture developed for the internet2

35. Bring down the partnership cost of being involved in the project so more novel companies can participate, contribute, and benefit

36. Connectivity: Reliable, Scalable, High performance

37. Ease of use, privacy, and security

39. Internet2 International Partners

40. Internet2 Universities209 University Members as of August 2007

41. Internet2 vs Web2.0 Not The Same