IBM Cloud Computing in Education Andy Rindos, Head, RTP CAS & WW CAS Strategist
What is Cloud Computing? NIST Definition: Cloud computing is a model for enabling convenient, on-demand network access to a shared pool of configurable computing resources (such as networks, servers, storage, applications and services) that can be rapidly provisioned and released with minimal management effort or service provider interaction. More simply, for our purposes here A cloud can be considered to be a collection of hardware, software and other resources that can be accessed over the Internet, and used to assemble a solution on demand (that is, at the time of the request) to provide a set of services back to the requester. 2011 IBM Corporation
Services Hardware as a Service (HaaS) On demand access to a explicit (specific) computational, storage and networking product and/or equipment configuration possibly at a particular site Infrastructure as a service (IaaS) On demand access to user specified hardware, interconnects, and storage capabilities, performance and services which may run on a variety of hardware products Platform as a Service (PaaS) - On-demand access to user specified combination hypervisors, operating system, and middleware that enables user required applications and services that are running on either Haas and/or IaaS Application as a Service (AaaS) - On-demand access to user specified application(s) Software as a Service (SaaS) - may encompass anything from PaaS through AaaS Business Processes as a Service (BPaaS) Cloud as a Service, Security as a Service 2011 IBM Corporation
Dynamic Infrastructure: Designed for a smarter planet NC State Cloud Computing is powered by its Virtual Computing Laboratory technology A partnership with IBM and others, to develop a new generation of IT resources VCL project development started in 2002 NCSU production use started in 2004 Support for both HPC & non-hpc workloads Awards incl. Computerworld Honors Prog. Laureate Currently NCSU VCL - is open to 30,000+ NCSU student and faculty, and res250,000 plus in NC - has 2,000 plus Blades in production - delivers over 460,000 CPU hours to general reservations (desktops, sub-clouds, classroom, etc.) annually, and over 7,000,000 HPC CPU hours. Number of user sites in and outside NC, e.g., NC Community College System, UNC System Universities, Virginia VCL consortium (GMU just won a significant award for its VCL), GSU, UMBC, GSU, TTP, UofSC, Southern, Cal State System, Montana, NYU, etc. Students The applications you need when you need them Faculty Go from days to hours a month of management University IT Increase efficiency by reducing redundancy Dr. Mladen Vouk, the father of VCL Professor and Head of Computer Science Department, and Associate Vice-Provost for Information Technology North Carolina State University, Raleigh, NC
Smarter Classroom through Cloud Computing: The Virtual Computing Lab (VCL) in North Carolina + NC Community College System + NC K-12 school districts OC12 (622 Mbps Circuit) OC48 (2.4 Gbps Circuit) DWDM (10 Gbps Enet) vcl.ncsu.edu VCL is a true education cloud computing (open source) solution developed by NC State & in production for 6 years. 2011 IBM Corporation
North Carolina Education Cloud Representing the opportunity for a seamless integration of resources from the state of NC and the IBM Leadership Data Center facilities through cloud computing Powered by VCL NC STATE UNIVERSITY The University of North Carolina System IBM Leadership Data Center MCNC Public Schools of North Carolina K-12 North Carolina Community College System Infrastructure that enables Race to the Top Cost-effective, secure and green statewide on-demand delivery and sharing of educational content and state-of-the-art information technology resources and support.
HBCU UMBC MC MD DEducation Cloud Southern U NCCU, NCA&T Morgan State (TTP) HBCU Cloud NC CEducation Cloud SC Education Cloud HBCU GSU HBCU GMU VA Education Cloud HBCU NC State U of SC HBCU Clemson An ICA Community: Southern State Education Cloud Consortium (1) Lead institutions in each state establishing VCL pilots for a state education cloud goal is to follow the trajectory of the NC Cloud, adding other state universities, community colleges and K-12 (2) Cloudlets from each cloud and/or member pilots will be combined to create the HBCU Cloud (led by the Technology Transfer Program or TTP) (3) Individual institutions partner with IBM to seek state (stimulus and other) funds for their respective state clouds; and partner with IBM, SURA and TTP to seek federal funds for TTP Cloud (4) VCL workshops for consortium on establishing set-up assets, POCs (for CastIron, V7000, etc.), strong Apache open source community around VCL, etc. GA AEducation Cloud IBM Confidential 2009 IBM Corporation
Tennessee Education & Government The Tennessee Board of Regents Other TN education and government partners Cloud Powered by VCL Leadership by OIR & TBR Representing the opportunity for a seamless integration of resources from the state of TN universities, community colleges etc. together with state government - through cloud computing Software Applications can be distributed from multiple data facilities located anywhere in TN to Public Schools of Tennessee K-12 Infrastructure that enables Race to the Top Delivered through Cost-effective, secure and green state-wide ondemand delivery and sharing of educational content and state-of-the-art information technology resources and support.
Apache Incubator Virtual Computing Lab Virtual Computing Laboratory is Open Source http://incubator.apache.org/projects/vcl.html NC State U donated VCL to Apache Foundation in November 2008 Initial committers from NC State, Duke, UNC, Virginia Tech now many new contributors Rules of the Road Community oriented rather than technology oriented Bottoms up not top down No permission necessary simply get involved Mailing list vcl-dev@incubator.apache.org Also vcl-user, vcl-commits Web Site http://cwiki.apache.org/vcl http://vcl.ncsu.edu
Collaborating on transformative models & approaches IBM Cloud Academy The mission of the IBM Cloud Academy is to provide an organization for K-12 schools and higher education institutions who are actively integrating cloud technologies into their infrastructures to share best practices in the use of clouds and to collaborate with partners to create innovative cloud technologies and models. From IBM Cloud Academy Charter as developed by initial member institutions, 1Q 2010
NEW: 1 st International IBM Cloud Academy Conference (ICA CON 2012) Live as of today at EDUCAUSE http://www.ibm.com/solutions/education/cloudacademy/us/en/cloud_academy_conference.html
Education for a Smarter Planet As part of the IBM Education Cloud development effort, we have created a plug-in that allows VCL users to seamlessly access resources in the IBM Smart Cloud, 12
Apache has been successfully replaced by IBM HTTP Server (IHS) Other Areas for Integration: Service Desk (SRM) Virtualization Analytics (ITM) Virtualization Dashboard (ITM) Backup/Restore (TSM) Integrate TPM 7.2 Image Library (IL) MySQL has been successfully replaced by IBM DB2 &/or Derby Integrate ITUAM (IBM Tivoli Usage and Accounting Manager IBM TCR (Tivoli Common Reporting) has been running within the VCL for nearly 2 years ITM 6.2 agents are already installed on many images in the VCL Image Library, with planned pilot for ESX agent Provide TPMfImages7.1.as an option for xcat (current deployment module) Available soon IBM Director (with Virtual Systems Pools) has already been integrated Into VCL as a successful POC IBM Mirage technology (from IBM Research) has been running within the VCL for nearly 2 years 13 Integrate HSLT as a Provisioning Node Integrate IBM Cloud as a Provisioning Node Already Integrated Integration to be done VCL-IBM SWG Integrated Cloud Architecture An image of the VCL code above has been successfully installed in a WebSphere CloudBurst Appliance and deployed WebSphere Cloudburst Appliance can provision WAS patterns in VCL 2009 IBM Corporation
Education for a Smarter Planet Introducing: IBM BladeCenter Foundation for Clouds An integrated platform with network, servers, storage, management and services that enables the fastest virtualized platform deployment today Customer Benefits Quick time to value- Rapidly deliver a virtualized platform that is preloaded and integrated Improved innovation- Dramatically improve business value and ITs effect on time-tomarket by faster deployment Decrease IT cost Maximize current capital usage and reduce need for future capital with built-in virtualization Reduce complexity and risk- Pre-loaded and integrated means the human error factor is minimized. Allows for evolution migrate to cloud when ready without rip and replace Start-up Services Virtualization & Systems Management SW Virtualized Servers & Storage Networking Single product, single delivery, single installation, single invoice, single support structure 14
Education for a Smarter Planet IBM BladeCenter Foundation for Clouds Major Components BNT 10Gb Virtual Fabric Switch BladeCenter H Cloud Infrastructure DS3400 & EXP3000 Qlogic 20 Port 8Gb SAN Switch HS22V Capacity Servers Intel Xeon 5660 2.8 GHz 2P (12 cores) 72 GB memory VMware vsphere Enterprise 4.1 ESXi USB Key VMware 4.1 3550 M3 Management Server Windows 2008 Standard Edition R2 IBM Systems Director 6.2 VMware vsphere Client HS22V Virtualization Management Server Intel Xeon 5660 2.8 GHz 2P (12 cores) 72 GB memory VMware vsphere Enterprise 4.1 ESXi USB Key VMware 4.1 Windows 2008 Standard Edition R2 In addition to VMware managed environment, IBM will be supporting the VCL standard deployments for VMware and KVM through Lab Services QuickStart
Global Business Services IBM Approach to VCL Quickstart Services IBM Deliver Installed & Configured VCL Environment Technical Team Lead and PM IBM Technical Staff Via Remote Collaboration and Access to Servers Installation & Configuration: Linux, Apache, Database, VCL Code, etc. Creation of Prototype Virtual Images Verification of Installation, Configuration, Virtual Images Instruction & Training: VCL Administration Creation & Management of Virtual Images Level 1 & Level 2 Trouble Shooting Techniques Additional Support Available: Creation & Management of Virtual Images Upgrades to base VCL code Problem Reporting, Tracking, and Resolution Level II Client Project Team Works with Technical Lead and PM to define Scope & Schedule Provides for remote access to hosting servers Assures required SW Licenses are provided as needed Accepts VCL Environment Assists in transition to Support
IBM CAS IBM Worldwide University Programs: moving towards a seamless virtual organization Ctrs. for Advanced Studies Global University Programs Academic Initiative RTP Cairo India 25 centers total worldwide PhD. Faculty Awards Uni. PEP Program S U R Uni. Segmentation AI Relationship Managers On site enablement training Technical briefings & Curriculum consulting Online services enablement training software downloads, course material HR Talent Programs AI Brand Reps PS S&D Teams Communications Corp Community Relations W3.ibm.com/university Government Programs Worldwide University Programs CAS is an official corporate university relations program, representing the high-touch local UR mission, with an overall goal of integrating the 4 pillars of UR activities research (a CAS specialization), recruiting, skills (AI) and sales. 17 A. Rindos RTP CAS Review
IBM CAS IBM Centers for Advanced Studies Victoria Tucson Alberta Ottawa taw Dublin Boeblingen n en Toronto o BENELUX E ELU X Russia Rochester o t er Barcelona Heritage Corr. Budapest Chicago o HQ QRegion Portugal Rome Istanbul RTP Austin Cairo Software Group Services S&D / government-funded STG Japan India Brazil WW CAS Leader: Hisham El-Shishiny (CAS Cairo leader) WW CAS Strategist: Andy Rindos (RTP CAS leader) UDS team lead: Alex Harvilchuck (Heritage Corr. CAS leader) Invitation to create the next CAS: CAS Cairo will assist in its creation RTP CAS will help develop the partnership with NC State U UDS works closely with CAS to train and employ students Australia 18 A. Rindos RTP CAS Review
Information about IBMs Global University Programs: www.ibm.com/university IBM University Programs (IBM UP)
Shared University Research Awards (SUR) Awards of equipment, software, services or cash to promote research in areas of mutual interest to universities and IBM. Part of IBMs investment portfolio to seed multi-party collaborations that include IBM, universities, governments, and other for-profit and non-profit organizations and support a strong ongoing relationship between the university and IBM. Example: IBM-Rice-MD Anderson Cancer Center alliance Seeds a large strategic initiative with Rice University and MD Anderson Cancer Center by donating compute nodes and a master node of POWER 7 hardware Beginning of a collaborative medical research partnership with the two world class organizations, both members of the Texas Cure Cancer Initiative. State of Texas allowed Cancer Prevention and Research Institute of Texas (CPRIT) to issue $3 billion in general obligation bonds over ten years to fund grants for cancer research and prevention. Partnership aligns with IBM's Smarter Healthcare strategy through collaboration with the IBM Deep Computing teams, IBM Life Sciences, and IBM Research. Focus on developing critical biomedical applications IBM University Programs (IBM UP)
Faculty Awards Cash awards to support research collaboration with key faculty to stimulate growth in strategic and exploratory topics and to support curriculum innovation in strategic disciplines and geographies Example Smart Water Management Curriculum University of Connecticut (UConn) and Addis Ababa, Mekelle and Hawassa Universities in Ethiopia -- Goal is a long-term partnership between the IBM and the universities to address water resources problems. Develop two distance learning courses, one faculty development workshop and one major outreach activity cooperatively between UConn and the Ethiopian Universities Will integrate traditional content with case studies drawn from African examples. Faculty development workshop will focus on water resources curriculum and pedagogy as a prerequisite to launching the new water resources program. Goal is integration of IBM smart water management technology within the Ethiopian water sector. IBM University Programs (IBM UP)
PhD Fellowship Program Goals: Build a continuous pipeline to attract and hire exceptional technical talent Build long-term collaborative relationships with premier universities and technical faculty Promote IBM's image of Technical Leadership Audience: Ph.D. candidates at leading research institutions via the faculty sponsors who nominate them Applicants are typically 1-2 years into their Ph.D. program Content: Tuition, variable stipend by Geo, IBM mentor, and optional internship Awarded for 9 months; can compete/win each year for up to 3 years Operation: Faculty nominates student nomination period for 6 weeks Sept/Oct IBM review committees assess and rank nominations Final slate reviewed and approved by Corporate University Relations IBM University Programs (IBM UP)
IBMs Open Collaborative Research (OCR) Program OCR Program Overview Globally supports topics where open innovation benefits our partners, IBM and the world Implements 2005 Open Collaboration Principles established by the University-Industry Innovation Summit IP openly published or available in royalty-free public commons, software available as open source OCR Program Fundamentals Multi-year so faculty can take on new students and obligations Challenging research requiring significant innovation Open provide maximum opportunity for others to build on the results Collaborative allow IBM and university PIs to forge deep relationships OCR Program Topics Software Quality Privacy & Security Management Mathematical Optimization Accessibility for a Maturing Workforce Medical Image Analysis 3D Modeling in a Virtual World Managing Business Integrity Multicore Computing Patient Centered Care Clinical Decision Support Carbon Supply Chain Simulation Service Delivery and many others additional information at: ibm.com/university/collaborativeresearch IBM University Programs (IBM UP)
The IBM Academic Initiative Our mission Partner with academic institutions to better educate millions of students for a smarter planet and more competitive IT workforce Our offerings No-charge access to IBM technology & tools (thousands of software titles) No-charge access to course materials and curriculum (hundreds of modules) Skills enhancement supported by a worldwide community of IBM volunteers A SMARTER PLANET WILL BE INSTRUMENTED, INTERCONNECTED, INTELLIGENT PEOPLE WANT IT. WE CAN DO IT. www.ibm.com/academicinitiative IBM University Programs (IBM UP)
New Cloud Offering for Academic Initiative Members IBM Academic Skills Cloud Goal IBM has announced an Academic Skills Cloud project to dynamically deliver provisioned virtual server images of some of its leading software for use by College/University Faculty to more easily teach IT related skills via cloud computing services. Academic Skills Cloud is designed to augment and enhance software delivery capabilities. Unlike traditional environments, member faculty will be able to log on to IBM Cloud and get access to customizable virtual machines in minutes. With this new pilot program, Academic Initiative is offering choices to deploy workloads that will assist faculty in teaching with IBM software with greater efficiency, productivity and control to benefit students. This new environment provides compute and storage as a service, IBM Rational Software Delivery Services, Rational, WebSphere and Information Management software to help speed the delivery of software applications for teaching purposes. To expedite the delivery of key IBM software for teaching purposes via a highly automated, highly virtualized, very dynamic, and flexible self service cloud environment. Accelerate the teaching of IT skills of the future, and build skills for a smarter planet IBM University Programs (IBM UP)
IBM Cloud Academy
What are the Goals of the IBM Cloud Academy? Provide a forum for the exchange of best practices to accelerate the successful deployment of cloud computing models that enhance education. Gain early insight of and access to emerging cloud computing technologies development and research from IBM and partners. Develop repositories for cloud computing curriculum, tools and resources for teaching, skills development and implementation. Foster pilot projects and collaborative programs by members to evaluate technical, financial and service qualities of cloud computing. Disseminate our insights, performance metrics, benefits and understanding of cloud computing through reports, white papers, presentations and other scholarly and technical communications. IBM Cloud Academy Charter, 1Q 2010
Membership Qualifications Criteria and Responsibilities Membership Participation Qualifications Active integration of IBM cloud computing technologies and solutions into their institutional infrastructure Ability to make an institutional-level commitment to participle in the IBM Cloud Academy over a multi-year timeframe Commitment of participation in collaborative projects and initiatives of the IBM Cloud Academy Member Responsibilities Engage. Use cloud computing technologies and solutions for a pilot or production service or infrastructure. Participate. Share insights, lessons learned and experiences through the collaboratory, events, presentations and publications with IBM Academy members and the broader education community. Advance: Contribute to or lead strategic projects as defined by the IBM Cloud Academy Feedback: Provide IBM with feedback on newer solutions and cloud computing models and approaches, and their applicability in education. IBM Cloud Academy Charter, 1Q 2010
Membership Benefits Community Access. Access to a support community that is changing local IT culture by embracing cloud computing. Knowledge Sharing. Thought leaders and technical experts with knowledge of proven cloud computing technologies and solutions. Project Support. Technical and business case examples, benchmarking data and access to resources that support cloud computing projects. Project Funding. Funding opportunities for cloud computing projects and research that are competitively awarded Resources. Strategies to use cloud computing to transform education and research in K-12 and higher education globally. Headlights: Trends in K-12 and higher education globally as relates to the move to cloud computing models and approaches. IBM Cloud Academy Charter, 1Q 2010
Global Business Services IBM & Universities collaborate to deliver projects to both commercial and public sector clients - emphasizing mentoring and technical expertise Cross-University Collaboration IBM Program Manager Works across universities, Identifies new/tracks projects, leads innovation & collaboration Faculty IBM Technical/Business Experts Work across universities and on projects, provide deep Industry and technology guidance & education IBM Technical Project Lead Directs project(s) to completion, provides mentoring, implements UDS & project improvements Graduate/Sr. Specialist Undergraduate/Specialist Commercial & Public Sector Projects Faculty Graduate/Sr. ate/s Specialist Undergraduate/Specialist e/ Faculty Graduate/ Sr. Specialist Undergraduate /Specialist University Faculty Develop future curriculums, facilitate project and UDS innovations, identify students Graduate Student/Sr. Specialist Provide deep project- specific knowledge and technical skills and project innovation Undergraduate Student/Specialist Source of majority of project personnel with specific/emergent technical skills