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Message: [QUOTE="Rappin'Rodney, post: 1648675, member: 4848"] You never know; the CIC's OmniPop research network (which handles BTN traffic) updated its strategic priorities in November: Five Year Technology Outlook for OmniPoP [LIST] [*]Consider eastern presence (OmniPoP East) to support Penn State, Rutgers, and Maryland—(either) [B][I]direct OmniPoP offering[/I][/B] or via agreements with network collaborations such as KINBER [/LIST] Strategic Priorities Priority #1: Facilitate improved interactions with ourselves, our partners and users. [LIST] [*]OmniPoP TAC and TTT members worked to integrate OmniPoP services into the general network infrastructure at their institutions and promote the added flexibility that OmniPoP offered when working to solve specific problems for researchers and other institutional members that require high speed network interconnections. [*]Outside of regularly scheduled OmniPoP conference calls and face to face meetings that keep the OmniPoP operations working as a cohesive unit, the OmniPoP EC has reached out to Big Ten Networks to facilitate better communication and understanding of what BTN needs from us and vice versa. [/LIST] Priority #5: Develop strategic partnerships [LIST] [*]In order to support our athletic departments’ initiative in creating the Big Ten Network (BTN), we have engaged with the BTN technical staff to create a direct interconnect in support of athletic content and have also worked to upgrade this connection to 10g speeds as traffic necessitated and are working to develop an additional redundant connection. [/LIST] [LIST] [*]The further expansion of the CIC to include institutions in the East-Coast region has renewed our interest in creating strategic partnerships with network gigapops in that area. We are working to develop these relationships and improve the ability of the OmniPoP to offer relevant services to member institutions in this region. [/LIST] The [URL='https://www.cic.net/docs/default-source/programevals/2015-omnipop-program-evaluation.pdf']CIC OmniPoP Program Evaluation [/URL]discusses several technological aspects of the CIC's OmniPoP Network, including a looming buy/build decision for its current network in 2019. Important takaways from this roadmap: [LIST=1] [*]All CIC universities except a) Nebraska in the west[URL='https://www.cic.net/docs/default-source/programevals/2015-omnipop-program-evaluation.pdf'] [/URL]and b) Penn State, Maryland and Rutgers in the east, are directly connected to the OmniPoP. [*]The BTN rides on the OmniPoP's Network. [*]OmniPop is based in Chicago, which is not cost effective to have direct, individual connections to Penn State, Maryland and Rutgers [*]CIC now refers to a) Penn State, Maryland and Rutgers as OmniPoP East [*]Penn State chairs the CIC Chief Information Officer Committee [/LIST] If the CIC decides to offer Penn State, Maryland and Rutgers a "[B][I]direct OmniPoP offering," [/I][/B]i.e., a direct connection from some central location to Chicago, where does the CIC build it? NYC? Somewhere in Pennsylvania? Bristol?!? :eek::D More importantly, if the CIC decides to build an OmniPoP East nerve center, how does this improve UConn's chances for joining the B1G, given a relatively close physical connection for tying into OmniPoP East? Anyway, it's a good read that provides a little insight into the CIC's thought process. I would expect a new report to be issued in the summer/fall. [/QUOTE]

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