Next Generation Infrastructure Project From 30,000 Feet

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By Rob Vietzke, Internet2 Vice President, Network Services

This is an incredibly busy and exciting time at Internet2 and we are delighted to share updates with you on many of the activities that are underway. I say “busy” because the shift from NGI planning to NGI implementation is now underway and includes not only updating infrastructure for the community but also rethinking the way it can be adopted to solve important community problems in science, cloud, automation, collaboration, and operating efficiency. Here are the latest updates:

• Ciena Selected as NGI Optical Platform Partner
• NGI Packet RFP to be Released in October 2019
• Next Generation Infrastructure Service Model Update
• Community Architects’ Workshop Attendees Support Leveraging Segment Routing and EVPN
• Recommendations, Next Steps Discussed at Summer NGI Community Architects’ Workshop
• Internet2 Network Upgrades Support Research and Education and Cloud Traffic
• Google Routing Policy/IRR Updates, Office Hours for Internet2 Community Network Operators
• Internet2 Network Adds Support for IPv6 RTBH Signaling and Filtering

The “exciting” part is the enormous opportunity we believe this presents and the growing engagement we have seen across the community in working on the business, technical and integration issues these opportunities present for all of us. Updating the infrastructure, the service models, and increasing cross-organization collaboration is an incredibly complex puzzle, but the feedback seems to be that we are on the right track and making progress.

It goes without saying that all of this is happening because of an incredible team of talented and productive folks at Internet2 and in the community who are working very hard to deliver on these promises. We are eager to hear your feedback on these updates and to talk more with each of you about what this means to each one of you as R&E networking partners.

Related articles and blog posts:

• Next Generation Infrastructure Packet Implementation Underway!
• Now More Than Ever, Leverage Your Advanced Network Infrastructure–Built to Anticipate the Unexpected
• NGI Program Progress
• Internet2 IP Backbone Capacity Augment Practice