SURFconext

SURFconext is a next generation collaboration infrastructure that creates new opportunities to collaborate online, based on a combination of open sourceapplications from different providers.
 
SURFnet developed this infrastructure in 2009 and 2010, within the Collaboration Infrastructure innovation project, in participation with higher education and research and various (inter)national partners.

What is it?

SURFconext is a collaboration infrastructure which connects a number of building blocks for online collaboration. These building blocks are federated authentication (SURFfederatie), group management (SURFteams), socal networks (e.g. LinkedIn) and cloud applications from various providers (e.g. Alfresco Share en Liferay Social Office). This infrastructure has been developed based on open standards.

Who is it for?

SURFconext has been developed for and in collaboration with the higher education and research sector in The Netherlands. For institutions, the launch of SURFconext offers an occasion to join forces and to draw a common strategy for online collaboration. At the same time it facilitates lightweight integration of self-hosted institutional services with (commercial) cloud services.

Contact

Connecting to SURFconext is a simple and logical next step. During a beta phase of six months, from January-August 2011, a fixed number of organizations will be invited to participate in a SURFconext pilot. From August 2011 onwards all institutions participating in the SURFfederatie will automatically be connected to SURFconext and SURFnet will release a service level specification (SLS) for SURFconext.

If you have any questions, please contact Paul van Dijk (+31 (0)30 230 5305 or paul.vandijk [at] surfnet.nl).

SURFconext is part of the SURFworks innovation program.