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Leveraging strategic UW partnerships Advancing research and learning through collaboration between UW-IT and the UW eScience Institute: • Developed Hyak, a shared highperformance, cost-effective research computer cluster that saves faculty, students and staff from purchasing and maintaining high-end equipment. Hyak supports research in areas such as molecular dynamics and bioinformatics. Up next: Hyak will deploy additional storage space in the UW Tower Data Center by the end of 2011. • Database service expedites dataintensive science. Improvements by UW-IT to SQLShare, an eScience database service, let researchers focus on analysis and collaboration rather than database administration and programming. Up next: Explore SQLShare as a tool for direct student interaction with complex research data. • Offered two new, cost-effective data storage services to researchers: – Shared File Service combines general-purpose file storage with high-speed capability for sharing large datasets. – Archive Storage Service provides a redundant, tape-based repository for rarely accessed data. Working with external partners to deliver nextgeneration networking Supporting global research by designing, managing and operating two research data networks: • Pacific Northwest Gigapop (PNWGP) delivers robust, highest-speed access to current and next-generation Internet services, technology, fiber and testbeds. PNWGP provides resources that support UW's global research. • Pacific Wave connects Pacific Rim research and education networks and staff. Joining Gig.U, a national coalition of over 30 research universities working to provide ultra-high-speed networking to local communities, attract startup companies, bolster the economy and stimulate innovation. Collaborating with Internet2, K-20 Education Network, Northern Tier and other state, national and international networks. Making high-priority improvements Bringing 21st century capabilities to UW's network. A multi-year initiative will provide 10 gigabit virtual networks and other improvements to meet highcapacity research needs and growing demand for network bandwidth. The cost-effective and reliable network will be easier to maintain while meeting UW's future teaching, learning and research needs. Operating a reliable, scalable and secure data center in the UW Tower that is environmentally controlled, energy efficient and cost effective. Promoting a culture of security. The Office of the Chief Information Security Officer (CISO) promotes understanding of information assurance risks through analysis, research, education and consulting, and strategic solutions to protecting UW confidential information. This risk-based approach supports data integrity and availability and helps maintain the UW's reputation by safeguarding information assets. What's next • Data center consolidation to reduce the number of UW sites, providing significant cost savings. Explore strategies to continue to increase energy efficiency and reduce the overall data center footprint. FY 2014. • OpenFlow pilot to improve and enable advanced research in network flow control and protocol development. UW-IT is partnering with Computer Science & Engineering, proposing to use NSF funds to implement an OpenFlow-enabled testbed among a subset of buildings at UW Seattle. If funded, will implement late 2012. • Ongoing eScience collaboration to explore Windows Azure and Amazon EC2 & S3, cloud platforms for building and hosting Web applications to support research. • Meet growing demand for Internet addresses and provide next-generation connectivity by moving to IPv6 internetworking protocol. Spring 2012. • A Pacific Northwest Gigapop partnership to build NSF-funded Northern Wave from Seattle to Chicago. This shared 10 gigabit Ethernet facility architected and operated by UW-IT allows participating institutions to exchange network traffic with each other and with national and international networks. Completing in 2012. More info The eScience Institute (Hyak, SQLShare) escience.uw.edu/ Networks, Data Centers & Telecommunications uw.edu/uwit/ndt.html Office of the Chief Information Security Officer (CISO) ciso.uw.edu/ 2011 ANNUAL REPORT 9

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