[mat-wg] Future of RIPE NCC technical services

Dear colleagues,

In June of this year, I took on a new role at the RIPE NCC and joined the Senior Management team as Chief Information Officer (a role formerly called Head of Science Division). Since that time, I've had a chance to review the technical services we provide to the community, and I’d like to share with you some of my ideas about the planned future direction of these services.

To summarise, these plans include:

- Focusing on RIPE Atlas as the RIPE NCC’s data collection system
- Developing RIPEstat as the RIPE NCC's consolidated point for data retrieval
- Service agreements and other plans for hosted services like K-root, authoritative DNS servers and RIS data collectors
- A greater focus on data analysis

We believe the plans we have in place will allow you to access our services more easily and efficiently, and make better use of the data we collect. You can read the full details on RIPE Labs:
 
https://labs.ripe.net/Members/kranjbar/future-of-ripe-ncc-technical-services

I hope you'll take the time to read the full article and learn more about the planned future direction of our services. As always, we invite your comments and suggestions, which you can leave in the comments field of the article, or by contacting me directly at kranjbar at ripe.net. Our top priority is ensuring we provide you with the most useful services and data possible, and I look forward to hearing your thoughts. 

Best regards,

Kaveh Ranjbar
Chief Information Officer
RIPE NCC