MANTICORE II: IP Network as a Service Pilots at HEAnet, NORDUnet and RedIRIS
Isidro Cabello, Dimitra E. Simeonidou, Chris Lonvich, Jean-Marc Uzé, Tomás P. de Miguel, Lars Fischer, Dave Wilson, Victor Reijs, Eduard Grasa Gras, Sergi Figuerola, Xavier Barrera, Laia Ferrao, Carlos Ariel Baez, Pau Minoves, Xavier Hesselbach, Juan Felipe Botero · RECERCAT (Consorci de Serveis Universitaris de Catalunya) · 2010
MANTICORE II follows the Infrastructure as a Service (IaaS) paradigm to enable National Research and Education Networks (NRENs) and other e-infrastructure providers to enhance their service portfolio by building and piloting the deployment of tools to provide infrastructure resources and IP networks as a service to virtual research communities. MANTICORE II is carrying out the following activities: * Robust and modular implementation of IaaS management tools. * Pilot software deployment and evaluation at HEAnet, NORDUnet and RedIRIS. * Design and implement a simple yet powerful graphical interface for the IP Network Service. * Study and simulate mechanisms to implement an infrastructure marketplace. * Study business models and use cases for commercial services based on MANTICORE II principles.