campus-centric nren services

Campus-centric NREN ServicesEvolution of SWITCHcast

Martin Kosmartin.kos@switch.ch

TNC, Vilnius, June 1, 2010

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SWITCHcast

• Development started in 2006• Technology-driven development• Lecture Recording System for Swiss Higher Education• Redesign with feedback from customers• “Listen to your customers”

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Overview

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Recording Cutting Embedding Delivering

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Recording Cutting Embedding Delivering

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Recording Cutting Embedding Delivering

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Recording Cutting Embedding Delivering

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“Listen to your customers”

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“Listen to your customers”

TechnicalNotification system

• Monitoring

• Alarms by SMS & e-mail

• Notifications

Administrative

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Scheduled Recordings

• Managed from a central place

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Authorization & Authentication

• Public

• SWITCHaai

– Private

– Organization

– SWITCHaai Federation

• External authority

– Token based

– Full access control by third party

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Authorization & Authentication

• Public

• SWITCHaai

– Private

– Organization

– SWITCHaai Federation

• External authority

– Token based

– Full access control by third party

• Organizational structures

• Persons involved in service usage

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Authorization & Authentication

• Public

• SWITCHaai

– Private

– Organization

– SWITCHaai Federation

• External authority

– Token based

– Full access control by third party

“Existing environment”

• Integration in Learning Management Tools (LMS)

– ILIAS

– Moodle

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Authorization & Authentication

• Public

• SWITCHaai

– Private

– Organization

– SWITCHaai Federation

• External authority

– Token based

– Full access control by third party

Nanoo.tv

• Record from TV channel

• Replace existing system

• Researcher chooses what to record

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Summary

• Video Management System• “Software as a service (SaaS)”• For content providers / producers and not for end-users

• The higher the customers influence, the higher the acceptance of the service

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Outlook

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• HTML5 & WebM (VP8)

• EduCast

• OpenSource

• Price model– Fixed vs. volume based

• New usage scenarios– New roles

• Content lifecycle– e.g. ILIAS

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