Working As One
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NRENs are built on the power of collaboration, and true impact comes when we align technical expertise with shared purpose, global cooperation, and collective action. This session highlights three unique ways NRENs are working as one to deliver more than the sum of their parts. We’ll see how AARNet and Cybera leverage time zones for seamless security operations, how SURF’s shared vision strengthens strategy and community, and how 39 NRENs simplify cloud adoption through OCRE2024. Join us to see collaboration at scale in action!
Chair: Joost Gadellaa (SURF)
From the beach to the snow: delivering a collaborative SOC which spans the globe
AARNet (Australia) and Cybera (Alberta, Canada) are in close collaboration, taking the AARNet recipe of building and operating a Managed Security Operations Centre (SOC) Service and implementing it in Alberta. The benefits are multiple: Cybera have been able to stand up this complex service more quickly than if they had started from scratch, benefitting from AARNet’s hard-won experience over the preceding years. And in return, AARNet have been able to rapidly launch 24x7 operation, with Cybera analysts taking over the night-shift thanks to the favourable timezones. This presentation will describe the challenges and successes of this unique NREN collaboration.
Speakers: Barb Carra (Cybera), Chris Hancock (AARNet)
AARNet (Australia) and Cybera (Alberta, Canada) are in close collaboration, taking the AARNet recipe of building and operating a Managed Security Operations Centre (SOC) Service and implementing it in Alberta. The benefits are multiple: Cybera have been able to stand up this complex service more quickly than if they had started from scratch, benefitting from AARNet’s hard-won experience over the preceding years. And in return, AARNet have been able to rapidly launch 24x7 operation, with Cybera analysts taking over the night-shift thanks to the favourable timezones. This presentation will describe the challenges and successes of this unique NREN collaboration.
Speakers: Barb Carra (Cybera), Chris Hancock (AARNet)
How a shared heartbeat ignites a purposeful Service Portfolio
The NREN community excels in technical innovation. True impact requires more than technical expertise though. Safeguarding autonomy, fostering public values, and embracing the benefits of collaboration must be part of a NREN’s DNA.
In this talk, we explore SURF’s journey to develop a shared story and common purpose as key drivers for growth and resilience. We show how this process became the foundation for long-term decision-making, focus, and prioritization.
By combining insights from both service portfolio management and corporate communications, we demonstrate how this approach can empower NREN’s to align their values, streamline their processes, and prepare for future challenges. This while ensuring everyone feels part of a shared heartbeat driving innovation in research and education.
Speakers: Mariël Oolthuis (SURF), Lonneke Walk (SURF)
The NREN community excels in technical innovation. True impact requires more than technical expertise though. Safeguarding autonomy, fostering public values, and embracing the benefits of collaboration must be part of a NREN’s DNA.
In this talk, we explore SURF’s journey to develop a shared story and common purpose as key drivers for growth and resilience. We show how this process became the foundation for long-term decision-making, focus, and prioritization.
By combining insights from both service portfolio management and corporate communications, we demonstrate how this approach can empower NREN’s to align their values, streamline their processes, and prepare for future challenges. This while ensuring everyone feels part of a shared heartbeat driving innovation in research and education.
Speakers: Mariël Oolthuis (SURF), Lonneke Walk (SURF)
A Bright Future in the Cloud – Unique Collaboration on Cloud Procurement
The presentation "A Bright Future in the Cloud – Unique Collaboration on Cloud Procurement" at TNC25 will showcase GÉANT’s OCRE2024 initiative, a pan-European cloud procurement framework. Launched in February 2025, it unites 39 NRENs and approximately 25,000 institutions, securing cloud services worth up to €1.7 billion. With 416 framework agreements, it simplifies procurement, ensuring compliance, security, sustainability, and AI readiness. The session will cover outcomes, key benefits, tender goals, the working processes, and adoption insights, aiming to empower R&E institutions to leverage this innovative, large-scale collaboration. Presenters include experts from HEAnet and GÉANT.
Speakers: Monique Pellinkhof (GÉANT), Garvan McFeeley (HEAnet)
The presentation "A Bright Future in the Cloud – Unique Collaboration on Cloud Procurement" at TNC25 will showcase GÉANT’s OCRE2024 initiative, a pan-European cloud procurement framework. Launched in February 2025, it unites 39 NRENs and approximately 25,000 institutions, securing cloud services worth up to €1.7 billion. With 416 framework agreements, it simplifies procurement, ensuring compliance, security, sustainability, and AI readiness. The session will cover outcomes, key benefits, tender goals, the working processes, and adoption insights, aiming to empower R&E institutions to leverage this innovative, large-scale collaboration. Presenters include experts from HEAnet and GÉANT.
Speakers: Monique Pellinkhof (GÉANT), Garvan McFeeley (HEAnet)
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