TF-NOC

Today's NOC (Network Operation Centre) functions are essential, costly, and critical in respect of NRENs' main business, as well as of regional, metropolitan and campus network providers and infrastructure development projects. However, there is extreme diversity in terms of NOC organisation, structure, and roles across various domains. It is also hard to find information about common practices related to day-to-day NOC operations. This has created a situation where NOCs usually cope with similar issues, but in very different ways (i.e., various tools, procedures, workflows, etc.).

The Task Force on Network Operation Centres (TF-NOC) brings together NOC managers, engineers, developers, operators, controllers and project managers interested in NOC functions in order to share experiences and knowledge as well as to investigate the possibility of creating best common practices.

Secretarial support for this task force is provided by TERENA with funding from the GN3 project.

A task force is established under the auspices of the TERENA Technical Programme with the primary aim to offer a forum for leading staff members of Network Operation Centres (NOCs). It is facilitating knowledge exchange and collaboration in order to foster the development and improvement of NOCs, primarily within the research and education community.

The aims of this Task Force are:

  • to provide a forum for exchanging and promoting ideas, experience and knowledge related to Network Operation Centres;
  • to explore and get an understanding of the taxonomy of Network Operation Centres (i.e., NOC types, models and structures);
  • to exchange ideas, experience and knowledge on NOC tools, functions, workflows, procedures and best practices;
  • to facilitate inter-NOC communication and collaboration;
  • to foster collaboration on various NOC service improvements and (open source) tool developments;
  • to work together with related TERENA task forces such as TF-MSP and also liaise with other communities such as GN3-APM, GN3-JRA2, and EGI.

The chair of the task force is Stefan Liström (NORDUnet).
Task Force Secretary is Peter Szegedi (TERENA).

Running period: September 2010 - August 2013

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