1. Regional
Developments
In
Advanced
Networks
What’s
Happening
In
Alberta
Robin
Winsor
Cybera

2. Demand
For
Service
• Academic
• Public
– Urban
– Rural

4. Provincial
Cloud
IniDaDve
Cybera
March
2010

18. Almost
four
in
five
people
around
the
world
believe
that
access
to
the
internet
is
a
fundamental
right,
a
poll
for
the
BBC
World
Service
suggests.

19. “Governments
must
regard
the
internet
as
basic
infrastructure
-­‐
just
like
roads,
waste
and
water”
-­‐
Dr
Hamadoun
Toure,
Secretary-­‐general
of
the
InternaDonal
TelecommunicaDon
Union

20. “If
we
do
not
act
with
haste,
the
innovaDons
that
could
employ
our
future
work
force
could
well
pass
us
by”
Globe
and
Mail
editorial
Feb
2010
“…study
ranks
Canada
19th
worldwide
in
overall
Internet
access.”
Harvard
University
Berkman
Center
Feb
2010

21. “The
Olds
InsDtute
for
Community
and
Regional
Development
Technology
CommiUee
has
a
vision
to
make
Olds
the
small
and
medium
enterprise
capital
of
Alberta
built
on
superior
cyberinfrastructure.
The
OICRD
is
currently
building
a
private
fiber
network
that
will
connect
every
home
and
business
in
the
community.
There
has
been
considerable
work
done
on
content
and
applicaDons
once
the
network
is
lit
up.
The
Dming
of
this
invitaDon
is
good.”
-­‐
Norman
McInnis,
Chief
AdministraDve
Officer
for
Olds

22. Next
GeneraDon
Needs
• Exascale
compuDng

23. Next
GeneraDon
Needs
• Genomics

26. Next
GeneraDon
Needs
• DIYBio

29. Cloud
Services
• Google-­‐like
apps:
– Mail
– Office
tools
• Amazon-­‐like
services:
– VirtualizaDon
• Open
Source
accessibility

30. Export
ConsideraDons
• Supernet
/
Axia
• Singapore
• Uraguay
• Israel

31. Cost
to
Connect
($/month)
Rural
Urban
Speed
(Mbps)
Satellite
Wireless
Cable
1.0
70
1.5
100
49
3.0
65
5.0
89
10
47
26
70
50
100