The Illini Cloud

State of the art computing resources for K-12

 Overview
• Introductions
• Historical Perspective of Shared Network
Computing for IL School Districts
• Status Quo
• IlliniCloud Solutions
• Technical Overview
• Q&A
• Getting Involved
 History
• LincOn
• Networking and Services for K12
• Issues for Success
• network latency
• technology of the time
• opt ALL-in
 History Continued
• Illinois Century Network / Learning Technology
Centers
• District IT Scramble
• 870+ Districts
• Similar services / varying levels of
implementation and success
• Continuing Demand on IT resources to keep
up with the Joneses.
Issues Facing School District IT

• Lack of funds to provide reliable computing

infrastructure.

• Keeping up with rapid demand for computing,

storage, and networking infrastructure.

• Protecting existing district assets for continuity

and disaster recovery.

• Staff retention and development to keep pace

with training and onsite technologies.

• Limited bargaining power with vendors.

What can Cloud Computing do to Help?

• Creates a model of computing where districts do

not rely on capex but opex expenditures.

• Through economy of scale provides state of the

art computing, storage, and networking resources
to all districts regardless of size

• Enables districts the ability to provide existing

resources more efficiently with little overhead and
expense for expansion of additional computing
resources.
 What is the Illini Cloud ?

• Massive scalable computing resources

spread across 3 data centers in the state
• Enterprise level Storage
• Next Generation Networking
Infrastructure
• Stateless Computing Hardware
 What is the Illini Cloud ?

• Standards based / vendor neutral

• On-NET Services
• Content Delivery
• Discovery/Learn 360 ...
 What is the Illini Cloud?

• a new model for bargaining with hardware and

software vendors.

• Districts control the cloud

• Pay to Play / Wal-Mart Model

• Opportunities for Integration on the backend

• Provide Computing Mobility

• Opt-in / Opt-Out Anytime

Who is the Illini Cloud?

• Evolving Cast of Characters in K12

• Datacenter Management Team
• Autonomous Advisory/Governing boards
• Technology Trailblazers from large and small
• ICN and Non-ICN Districts
 Why should I get
involved?
• It is THE time
• Computing Resources managed by application
and cloud specialists
• Cost Savings
• Changing the way District IT relates to
computing demand
• Changing the way District IT relates to vendor
negotiations
 Technical Preview

• Design Overview
• Implementation Plan
How can I get involved /
more information?

• www.illinicloud.org
• info@illinicloud.org