Janet Brokerage. February Ged Powell

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1 Janet Brokerage February 2012 Ged Powell

2 Ged Powell, Janet Brokerage Background in EE Research Management DSP, Semiconductors and Cellular technology Two successful start-ups

3 Briefing Format Context and Historical Perspective Brokerage Purpose and Aims Fit within Janet Strategic positioning Where have we got to? Building a roadmap The future

4 Interesting times?

5 History of the Brokerage Data centre initiatives and strategy for HEFCE Universities Modernisation Fund Pump prime funding Creation of the JANET Brokerage

6 Brokerage Purpose and Aims Work with the sector and suppliers to provide solutions based on IT as a service, facilitating the uptake of data centre, hosted and cloud services.

7 Brokerage Purpose and Aims Efficiencies and savings Accelerate and improve services Reduce risk Technical and business questions Create a competitive market Add value

8 Where we fit University Janet Partner supplier University Brokerage Supplier University <50% public funded Other NRENs Supplier Supplier

9 Strategic Positioning Institutions Suppliers

10 Suppliers and Institutions

11 SUPPLIERS

12 SUPPLIERS We ll provide Advocacy Feedback Aggregation Tools to buy products Best practice from the sector Suppliers provide Great products Preferential usage models and pricing Suitable licensing Results Demonstrable benefits to the sector Enhanced reputation Products that work Lower cost of sale Increased efficiency

13 Institutions Aggregating sector requirements Massive reduction in procurement overhead Relationships with key suppliers A focal point for cloud expertise Janet s trusted, impartial status Build Janet s product portfolio

14 POSITIONING

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16 The Brokerage Team Dan Perry Project Lead Ged Powell Brokerage Manager Tim Kidd ED Sponsor Shan Rahulan Technical Lead Olivia Bucknall Communications Amanda Druce Project Co-ordinator Alex Gibson Project Manager Tony Lewis Advisor John Milner Advisor

17 COMMON MISCONCEPTIONS Not building our own data centre No one-size-fits-all We re not just about frameworks We re not in it for the money

18 THINK OF US AS THE PILOT

19 Obstacles

20 THE CLOUD STACK SaaS Google Apps SalesForce Blackboard PaaS MS Azure Amazon Web Services Cloud Foundry IaaS Amazon EC2 Rackspace Brokerage framework suppliers

21 Current Status Initially focus on: Co-location IaaS UMF projects Looking into: SaaS PaaS Value add services No one model fits all

22 Product Map High revenue Commodity products Bespoke sector products Less sector benefits More sector benefits Brokerage positioning Sector advocacy Low revenue

23 Initial Services Initial procurements Launched framework for data centre and cloud services» Colocation and IaaS» Working with sector institutions and their needs Developing Dynamic Purchasing System (DPS)» New use of DPS, proving the concept and making efficiencies» Aimed at commodity provision (storage, compute, HPC)

24 The most valuable product

25 FIRST OFFERINGS

26 Other Services Published white paper on for research students and staff» Continuing leading reports by UCISA and JISC Legal» Working with sector and suppliers directly Security work with CSIRT and industry to clarify risks TCO, VfM studies, case studies, etc. Other stuff - watch this space...

27 Actually Watch this space...

28 Elephant in the Room The Brokerage is designed for the benefit of the sector... But needs to be self sustaining... So priorities need to be balanced. courtesy of

29 Priorities and roadmap Establish Brokerage as one stop shop Develop coherent offerings, IaaS, PaaS, & SaaS Develop Financial Sustainability Model Pilot new technologies e.g. Moonshot Legal / SLA Model Support sector projects First major brokered deal(s) executed early this year Establish pipeline of brokered deals

30 HOW YOU CAN (AND HAVE) HELPED Share your expertise and requirements Point customers to us or the website Talk to us we might be able to help!

31 THANK YOU Janet, Lumen House, Library Avenue, Harwell Oxford, Didcot, Oxfordshire t: +44 (0) f: +44 (0) e: