1/NA1 Management provided a coherent management framework, enabling GN4-2 to deliver results efficiently and effectively, applying quality control, and optimising costs, time and effort. 1/NA1 also covered the project’s planning, organisation and staffing, and directed its execution.
2/NA2 provided a professional, integrated marketing communications and events service to the project for outreach and promotion at European, international and national level. It also supported other Activities and project partners in their own communications with project stakeholders and partners.
3/NA3 provided the interface between GÉANT and the communities the GN4-2 project serves. It provided account management to ensure NRENs and users get the most from GÉANT services, and interfaces with global NRENs to enable international collaborations. NA3 managed the relationship with international user groups and parallel e-infrastructure projects, and aligned GÉANT’s service portfolio with NREN offerings and other initiatives to provide a more unified user experience.
4/SA1 operated the GÉANT backbone network and provided its optimisation in terms of cost and complementarity with the requirements of each NREN. SA1 worked with JRA1 and industry to investigate future networking technologies and different potential network architectures. Five regional connectivity studies were completed and fed into a high-level plan for connectivity procurement across Europe.
5/SA2 provided the operation and delivery of Trust and Identity (T&I) and multi-domain services and products. It defined the processes and stages to be followed for the transition into production of services and any subsequent enhancements, ensuring that services in production are of acceptable quality that they are operated efficiently with correct procedures and processes in place, and that all relevant documentation is available.
6/SA3 provided core underlying support services such as the GÉANT Operations Centre (GOC), Procurement and Service Assurance. It also provided support for servers and systems in the backbone, and the performance management and verification work of eduPERT. SA3 delivered a central point of first-level support to GÉANT services, managed GÉANT procurement and suppliers, ensured GÉANT services were fit for purpose and secured GÉANT infrastructure and services.
7/JRA1 evolved the capabilities of the network infrastructure and delivered production-level solutions to drive the next-generation service and operational capabilities. This included the evolution of the shared optical infrastructure, as well as the delivery of advanced functionalities based on software-defined networking (SDN), while improving cost-effectiveness.
8/JRA2 Network Services Development delivered enterprise quality services and tools for use within the GÉANT project and community.
9/JRA3 developed, enhanced and expanded the GÉANT Trust and Identity service portfolio. JRA3 designed, piloted and matured platform-driven innovation and enhancements for trust and identity services including eduGAIN, Federation as a Service (FaaS), and eduroam and federated identity services.
10/JRA4 supported NRENs’ delivery of application services to their communities to help R&E users with their computation and communication needs and allow them to collaborate across different organisations and countries, through services that are safe, easy to use, accessible, affordable and interoperable.
