Description
Quite a few NRENs have introduced Campus Network as a Service (CNaaS) in their service portfolio and others are considering. At TNC 2024, we organized a well visited BoF for knowledge exchange on CNaaS. In this 2025 BoF, we want to spotlight the new GÉANT CNaaS Special Interest Group (SIG) and invite NRENs to collaborate on developing and running CNaaS services, from a practical perspective and producing tangible results.
We invite BoF participants to share their thoughts about the different components a CNaaS service portfolio should contain, explore opportunities for collaboration on those components and what to prioritise. This could be items such as business models, technology, architecture, procurement, product management principles and software development. Everybody interested in campus network services is very welcome to join the BoF as well as the SIG.
If you’re interested to briefly present your NREN’s CNaaS effort, please contact the BoF organisers Maurice van den Akker or Jan Meijer.
The draft BoF agenda (90 min):
- Introduction to CNaaS and the SIG (Maurice van den Akker) (10 mins)
- Good practices for NRENs collaborating producing tangible results (Jan Meijer) (5 mins)
- Share & discuss: different CNaaS at different NRENs (60 min): Shorter or longer talks from NRENs with CNaaS offerings or plans, with plenty of time for discussion.
- SIG way forward (15 mins):Longer and shorter term aims to produce tangible results, Plan (a) SIG meeting(s)
