NC Educa)on Cloud Internet2 Member Mee)ng October 4, 2011

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1 NC Educa)on Cloud Internet2 Member Mee)ng October 4,

2 Agenda History/Background about NC Educa8on Cloud Cloud Projects Overview and Status Updates General Q&A 2

3 About the NC Educa)on Cloud The NC Educa8on Cloud is a service delivery plajorm for modern instruc8onal and administra8ve support systems. It will: Establish PK- 12 educa8on technology cloud infrastructure to provide cost- effec8ve and robust networking infrastructure for LEAs Provide digital tools and resources to support all RUT ini8a8ves 3

4 A Pla>orm for All RAT Ini)a)ves Instructional Improvement System State Data Use Standards & Assessment Online Professional Development NC Virtual Public School Transformation Support System Learning Management System Identity Management Collaborative Tools Learning Objects Repository 4

5 The RAT Technology Project Team DPI Peter Asmar Adam Levinson Cloud Team The Friday Institute Sammie Carter, Systems Architect James Robinson, Systems Architect Larry Creglow, Project Facilitator Lee Sartain, Policy Specialist Cloud Services Ed Chase Data Systems Julien AlHour Program Director Phil Emer Instructional Tech Neill Kimrey PM Office Jerry Bunn MCNC Dave Furiness, Director CNE Steve Thorpe, Systems Analyst NCSU ITng Lab NC ITS Bob Giannuzzi, Project Management NCVPS Chanin Rivenbark, CTO Nathan Thanos, LMS Admin 5

6 NC RAT Technology Snapshot System Admin & Configuration End Users (Students, Teachers, Staff) NCVPS $6M IIS $24M Admin Apps User Devices $25.5M LEA Network $48.5M LMS/CMS $10.8M Learning Objects Repository $1.7M Collaborative Tools $4.4M Identity Management $1.2M Shared Infrastructure $11.2M Hosting Provider Data Centers Cloud Infrastructure Cloud Platform LEA Infrastructure 6

7 Organiza)on & Collabora)on DPI Leadership Team Program Director advises NC State Board of Education & Governor s Education Transformation Commission RttT Education Cloud Advisory Committee Project Management Application workload testing LEA Working Groups Identity and Access Management Site surveys and inventory RFP - vendor specifications Content Management E-rate and CIPA Planning & Design Infrastructure Services Blueprint 7

8 LEA IT Pla>orms PlaJorms and Services Data and Content Shared Infrastructure HR BI Finance AP/AR Child Nutri8on $$ Staff Content and Learning Management Business Opera)ons Iden8ty and Access Management VoIP Filtering & Firewall Iden8ty Messages Docs Enterprise LOR & Collec8on Management SIS IIS PD System Learning Student Data Class Common Core Data Management

9 Cloud Plan Development Process Industry Best Practices LEA Webinars LEA Region Meetings LEA Working Groups LEA Site Interviews Plan Development NC Education Cloud Proposed Plan 9

10 NC Educa)on Cloud Work Plan Updated 9/15 Version veued/approved/recommended SSAC- LEA Shared Services Advisory CommiUee SBE GETC- Gov. Educa8on Transforma8on CommiUee Five primary strategies 10

11 NC Educa)on Cloud Work Plan Strategies 1. Transi8on LEA infrastructure to a cloud- centric IT Enterprise service model 2. Deploy an NC shared learning infrastructure 3. Modernize statewide business opera)ons systems 4. Form a dedicated NCEdCloud support organiza)on 5. Ini8ate a digital inclusion model 11

12 NCEdCloud IT Enterprise Strategy Goal: Provide service- based alterna8ves to local hos8ng & admin of server and network appliance infrastructure. Survey shows: The work: , VoIP, AS- 400/iSeries, content filtering Learning applica8ons and content licensing Data analysis- complete in October K12 enterprise in the cloud blueprint- October Consor8um buying process- ongoing LEA WG 12

13 NCEdCloud Shared Learning Infrastructure Strategy Goal: provide content learning and iden8ty management plajorms in support of planned instruc8onal and professional development systems Survey shows: The work: Complementary data management plajorm Assist IIS to a Plan and system requirements Align with na8onal SLI efforts of Gates & Carnegie & CCSSO IAM and LOR plan and service scope Develop near and long term plan 13

14 NCEdCloud Business Opera)ons Strategy Goal: Align state and local financial and human resource systems with instruc8onal and analy8cs backed systems. Survey shows: The work: Recommend moderniza8on of business opera8on process and systems; BAFO on i- Series RFP; SOW; ODS tech specs 14

15 NCEdCloud Dedicated Support Organiza)on Strategy Goal: Effec8vely manage collabora8ve procurement, shared governance, coopera8ve funding, service delivery Survey shows: need an Educa&on Service Agency to serve as technology advisor and service provider The work: determine how to meet FCC(USAC) requirements; how to be accountable, inclusive, transparent; opera8onal by 6/30/

16 NCEdCloud Digital Inclusion Strategy Goal: S8mulate debate to fund a study/plan, and deploy a statewide digital inclusion model Survey shows: almost universally held expecta8on that student and teacher access to an individual, mobile and connected device is becoming mandatory The work: provide the founda8on (Cloud) on which can set a sustainable, fully connected, mobile, and always available digital enterprise 16

17 Projects to inform the Cloud Plan Goals, Summary & Status LEA & Charter site interviews Data Collec8on & Analysis Iden8ty & Access Management Instruc8onal Content Services Consor8um Buying Enterprise Infrastructure & Applica8ons iseries RFP Content Filtering and Firewall 17

18 LEA & Charter Site Interviews Thank you for your 8me and effort!! 113 LEA and 10 charter school site interviews completed (2 LEA site interviews pending/rescheduled) Reviewing data some LEA and charter school follow- up required to clarify survey data or obtain missing data Site interviews/surveys informing the NC Educa8on Cloud Plan Sec8on 1: General >>>>>>>> Service Considera8ons and Financial Modeling Comprehensive IAM, recognizing the high cost of change (funding, resources, PD), consistency/stability/con8nuity of funding Sec8on 2: Informa8on Technology >>>>>>>> Enterprise Services Strategy Security services, hosted integra8on, mobile device management, prac8ces/ infrastructure to support personal devices, consor8um buying Sec8on 3: Instruc8onal Sooware and PlaJorms >>>>>>>> Learning PlaJorms and Services Strategy LMS/CMS/web hos8ng, instruc8onal content, consor8um buying, IIS alignment 18

19 Data Collec)on & Analysis Goals: To inves8gate and deploy contemporary analy8cs and business intelligence tools Modify State TCO formulas to include cloud services Streamline and automate data flows between LEAs, DPI, and technology systems Key ac8ons to date Formed Working Group Ini8al Inves8ga8on of Business Intelligence Offerings Inves8ga8ng technology solu8ons for DPI to LEA data return Begin deep analysis of Site Interview & AMTR Data (Final Data Captured September 1) Key ac8ons next Key Policy Revisions to Support Cloud Project Sustainability Begin work on Total Cost of Ownership Modeling 19

20 Iden)ty and Access Management Big Picture Vision: "Every student, teacher/staff member, parent/guardian, and school community member has a single unique username/password to access learning resources in North Carolina" NCWISE# Coordinator# NC#Education#Cloud#Services Central#Data#Respository Central#Directory#Service Federation#Software Challenges (Problem Statement): 1. Too many accounts for current services 2. Cumbersome manual process of updating account information from NCWISE to disparate local systems and services 3. Need solid foundation for K-12 cloud solutions growth HRMS# Coordinator# Authoritative#Data# Sources IAM#System Local#LEA Directory#Service Local#LEA Directory#Service Local#LEA Directory#Service Local#LEA Directory#Service Local#LEA Directory#Service Local#LEA Directory#Service Local#LEA Directory#Service Local#LEA Directory#Service 20

21 User Experience 1 User%logs%into%a%cloud%service%once 2 Cloud%service%passes%user%request%to% IAM%for%authentication 4 User%granted%access%to%all %relevant%cloud%services 3 IAM%passes%user%authorization%information% back%to%cloud%service Image%Sources: Google%Apps:%% Microsoft%Live@EDU:%% NC%Public%Libraries:%% Moodle:%% Blackboard:%% NC%DPI:%% 21

22 Iden)ty and Access Management Current Accomplishments Con8nued Vendor and Stakeholder Mee8ngs The IAM team has con8nued having numerous mee8ngs and discussions with vendors and stakeholders to inform the IAM planning process. The team has also established key rela8onships with other state en88es/agencies that will be collabora8ng with the IAM system. IAM Proof of Concept Summer 2011 The IAM team met with vendors for mul8- day proof of concept sessions to demonstrate capabili8es of products against the IAM requirements. IAM Planning / Architecture Document 2.0 Version Public drao whitepaper of IAM architecture model with requirements and specifica8ons defined. ITS IT Procurement RFP Process Training IAM and other Cloud Team members auended an ITS IT Procurement RFP Process Training Class to beuer understand RFP Process. 22

23 Iden)ty and Access Management Next Steps IAM Planning/Architecture Document (Oct 1) Version Public drao whitepaper of IAM architecture model with MORE requirements and specifica8ons defined. Also IAM SERVICE descrip8on. Final IAM Plan Reviews by Stakeholders IAM Version 3.0 of IAM Plan will be presented for approval to IAM Stakeholders for approval before moving on to RFPs. RFP(s) for IAM PlaJorm Provider(s) The IAM Team has gather enough requirements and specifica8ons from the vendor and stakeholder community to create a defini8ve solicita8on proposal for the IAM PlaJorm. Once the IAM Plan has been veued and approved by the stakeholders, we plan to start the RFP(s) process later this Fall. 23

24 Instruc)onal Content Services Goals: Support any8me and anywhere learning opportuni8es with a 24/7 service accessible from any device with a web browser Provide educators and students with tools to create content, private and public, and facilitate conversa8ons around the content Provide educators tools for cura8ng exis8ng web content 24

25 Instruc)onal Content Services Key ac8ons to date Met with some vendors and some exis8ng clients to get some background informa8on Working on Learning Object Repository (LOR) pilot with NCLOR and DPI Mee8ng with Instruc8onal Improvement System (IIS) and Professional Development System (PDS) project directors to create a content management/learning management system plan 25

26 Instruc)onal Content Systems Key ac8ons next Con8nue LOR pilot Calling first Instruc8onal Content Systems LEA working group mee8ng 26

27 Instruc)onal Content Services NC Shared Infrastructure Vendor PlaJorms LEA PlaJorms Instruc8onal Improvement System Learning Management ThinkGate Pearson Bb Haiku Content Management Moodlerooms Microsoo SharePoint Content Repository NC FALCON TOPS LEA Teachers Instruc8onal Designers NC LIVE 27

28 Shared Learning Infrastructure Network Data/Report templates Data management tools US- SLI Common- core aligned content LOR & collec8on management Content distribu8on node LEA1 NC- SLI Opera8onal Data Store LEAn Content cache LEA- SLI Teachers Administrators Students Parents 28

29 Consor)um Buying Goal: Revise NC educa8on services and equipment procurement Op8mal purchasing model Aggregate purchases Efficient cycle Op8mal Use of E- rate when applicable Benefit from economies of scale and effort 29

30 Consor)um Buying Working Group Presently working the working group to establish business models on Consor8um opportuni8es that leverage E- rate in order to have guidance before the upcoming E- rate filing season. Hosted VOIP Hosted Will next work with several groups to look at an instruc8onal content opportunity and how that could be procured with greater scale. 30

31 iseries RFP Goals: Migrate 20 LEAs from local infrastructure to cloud hosted infrastructure in FY12 Migrate all LEAs to cloud infrastructure in 3 years Currently reviewing vendor proposals- vendors have DPI ques8ons Next Key Ac8ons: Nego8ate & Award Contract Iden8fy 20 pilot LEAs DPI & Pilot LEAs validate vendor migra8on, test, and schedule plans 31

32 Managed Firewall & Content Filtering Services Service Summary E- Rate filed for bundled service offering (Internet access, firewall, content filtering/malware protec8on) security services op8onal Premise- based firewall solu8on Op)on 1 Fully managed Op)on 2 - Unmanaged Mul8- tenant cloud- based content filtering/malware protec8on Ac8ve Pilots Op)on 1 - Replacement of exis)ng LEA/charter school solu)on Op)on 2 Complimentary service, e.g. enhanced malware protec)on or remote client filtering/malware protec)on Mooresville Graded School District Transylvania County Schools Mount Airy County Schools Cherokee County Schools General Availability October 1, 2011 Service Inquires dfuriness@mcnc.org 32

33 Enterprise Infrastructure & Applica)ons Goals and Ac8ons: Begin Oct. 1 33

34 More Cloud Informa)on Web site place for FAQ, Guidelines, Presenta8ons, Organiza8on, Team members, news, links to NCDPI & others: hup://cloud.fi.ncsu.edu Ques8ons/comments: 34