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Advancing research and discovery Collaborating with the eScience Institute to deliver new cloud-based services, such as SQLShare, and represent UW interests with vendors. SQLShare manages data for researchers and attracts users and external funding for research and development. New partnerships with Amazon Web Services, Microsoft Research, and Google led to discounts and grants for UW researchers and are fostering collaboration with other universities. Partnering on a national level to explore cyberinfrastructure for science by co-hosting workshops—with UC Berkeley, Internet2, the eScience Institute, and Microsoft—that identify special data management needs and how to acquire tools and resources. Expanding research capabilities with new high-speed Ethernet from Seattle to Chicago. Northern Wave, a shared, 10G Ethernet facility funded by NSF and run by the Pacific Northwest Gigapop, enables participants to exchange traffic at high speeds with each other and international networks. What's next • Seek funding to implement and support a dedicated 40G Research and Science Network, with 10G bandwidth to research locations, including Hyak (UW high-performance computing cluster) and data storage. Taking advantage of flexible architecture, software-defined network protocols, and utilizing high-performance computing and storage, the campus 40G network will connect to the 100G Pacific Northwest Gigapop and Internet2 fabric. • Continue to work with the eScience Institute to provide cloud-based computing resources, and explore solutions with Amazon, Microsoft, and other vendors. • Collaborate with national peers on Internet2 NET+ program, a portfolio of cloud services offered by Internet2, a consortium of universities focused on advanced networking. UW-IT is part of a working group introducing vendor products into the NET+ service catalog. Internet2's purchasing power provides cost-effective, scalable services. • Expand capabilities of the UW's Hyak high-performance computing cluster to meet UW researchers' demands for technical consultation services, computation speed, storage space, and software. • Build regional partnerships to share cyberinfrastructure for collaborative research with organizations such as the NW Climate Center, NW Transportation Center, and the Coalition for Academic Scientific Computation. Promoting a culture of security. The Office of the Chief Information Security Officer (CISO) promoted awareness of information security and privacy risks, including developing online training. CISO also provided consultation, tools, and resources, and it published a new UW Policy for Information Security and Operational Practices. Helping UW researchers manage survey responses better with enhancements to the WebQ online survey tool. New features include ability to track who has started, viewed, or submitted a survey. More info Helping scholars tackle computational challenges by providing access to and management of IT resources and expert consultation. UW-IT continues to enhance its cyberinfrastructure services, Hyak and lolo, to efficiently meet research needs through standardized tools and shared infrastructure. These services operate in partnership with the eScience Institute, with oversight by the Hyak Governance Board. The UW eScience Institute escience.uw.edu Office of the Chief Information Security Officer (CISO) ciso.uw.edu Hyak Governance Board sig.washington.edu/itsigs/ WIKI_for_Hyak_Governance_ Board • Pilot an OpenFlow-enabled testbed among a subset of UW Seattle buildings to improve network traffic management. Funded by NSF and implemented with UW Computer Science & Engineering. • Continue UW data center consolidation to reduce sites from five to three, saving about $1 million per year in operating costs, reducing UW's environmental footprint, and increasing efficiencies. 2012 ANNUAL REPORT 7

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