Amber Rasche arasche@internet2.edu Senior Communications Specialist, Internet2 Amber Rasche contributes to Internet2’s strategic communications and public relations efforts. She has 10 years of experience with the research and education community, serving previous roles in both higher education information technology and government high-performance network environments. 10 Dec 2024 Community News Internet2 Community News Spotlight – December 2024 Edition This monthly feature spotlights timely community stories from Internet2 members, celebrating their achievements and sharing important announcements around their efforts to fulfill their research, education, and scholarship missions. This Week Virginia Tech National Security Institute Spearheads Project to Strengthen Wireless Security Notre Dame Stadium Becomes… Read More 02 Dec 2024 Events From the Community My Week at TechEX24: Mary Bull From William & Mary Estimated reading time: 5 minutes Embracing ‘Go With the Flow’ with First-Time Attendee Mary Bull at the 2024 Technology Exchange In this My Week at TechEX24 series, we spotlight research and education (R&E) community members as they count down the final… Read More 27 Nov 2024 Community News Internet2 Community News Spotlight – November 2024 Edition This monthly feature spotlights timely community stories from Internet2 members, celebrating their achievements and sharing important announcements around their efforts to fulfill their research, education, and scholarship missions. Community News Recap – November 24-30 N-Wave Newsletter, November 2024 – Celebrating Successes: N-Wave in the Spotlight OARnet 2023-24… Read More 19 Nov 2024 Events From the Community My Week at TechEX24: Kapil Agrawal From ESnet Estimated reading time: 4 minutes In this My Week at TechEX24 series, we spotlight research and education (R&E) community members as they gear up for the Internet2 Technology Exchange, Dec. 9-13, in Boston, MA. Kapil Agrawal, security engineer… Read More 13 Nov 2024 Events From the Community My Week at TechEX24: Andrew Buker From the University of Nebraska System Estimated reading time: 4 minutes How Track Hopping Unlocks New Insights at the 2024 Internet2 Technology Exchange In this My Week at TechEX24 series, we spotlight research and education (R&E) community members as they gear up for the… Read More 28 Oct 2024 Community News Events SC24 Arrives in Atlanta This November – See What Internet2 Has in Store Estimated reading time: 5 minutes Mark your calendars. SC24 is just around the corner, taking place Nov. 17-22 at the Georgia World Congress Center in the heart of downtown Atlanta. The International Conference for High Performance Computing, Networking, Storage,… Read More 23 Oct 2024 Community News Internet2 Community News Spotlight – October 2024 Edition This monthly feature spotlights timely community stories from Internet2 members, celebrating their achievements and sharing important announcements around their efforts to fulfill their research, education, and scholarship missions. Community News Recap – October 20-31 CENIC AIR and Your Campus: From Concept to Connection… Read More 27 Sep 2024 Community News Internet2 Community News Spotlight – September 2024 Edition This monthly feature spotlights timely community stories from Internet2 members, celebrating their achievements and sharing important announcements around their efforts to fulfill their research, education, and scholarship missions. This Week CCC Q&A: A Look Into A Pilot Project to Enhance Data Access (Computing Community Consortium)… Read More 11 Sep 2024 Advanced Networking Cloud Internet2 Insight Console Offers Increased Flexibility and Ease in Managing Multicloud Environments Estimated reading time: 2 minutes Visualize, manage, and troubleshoot network services with Internet2 Insight Console Internet2 Insight Console now offers fully automated, self-service capabilities for managing connectivity to all four major cloud providers supported by Cloud Connect: Amazon Web Services (AWS),… Read More 31 Aug 2024 Community News Internet2 Community News Spotlight – August 2024 Edition This monthly feature spotlights timely community stories from Internet2 members, celebrating their achievements and sharing important announcements around their efforts to fulfill their research, education, and scholarship missions. Community News Recap – August 25-31 NSF-Funded Data Fabric Takes Flight (Datanami) How AI Is… Read More 29 Jul 2024 Community News Internet2 Community News Spotlight – July 2024 Edition This monthly feature spotlights timely community stories from Internet2 members, celebrating their achievements and sharing important announcements around their efforts to fulfill their research, education, and scholarship missions. This Week OneNet Intern Program Promotes Career Confidence Community News Recap – July 21-27 NSF… Read More 15 Jul 2024 Advanced Networking Network Automation Transforming R&E Networks Through Automation: Q&A with Network to Code and Internet2 Estimated reading time: 11 minutes Network automation is transforming how research and education (R&E) institutions manage their infrastructures, enhancing efficiency, resiliency, and scalability. However, the path to automation can be complex, riddled with institution-specific and shared roadblocks and detours. With progress comes new… Read More 25 Jun 2024 Community News Internet2 Community News Spotlight – June 2024 Edition This monthly feature spotlights timely community stories from Internet2 members, celebrating their achievements and sharing important announcements around their efforts to fulfill their research, education, and scholarship missions. Community News Recap – June 23-30 Leveling Up Cybersecurity Through AI Games (Virginia Tech)… Read More 23 May 2024 Community News Internet2 Community News Spotlight – May 2024 Edition This monthly feature spotlights timely community stories from Internet2 members, celebrating their achievements and sharing important announcements around their efforts to fulfill their research, education, and scholarship missions. Community News Recap – May 19-25 Heath Tuttle Named University at Buffalo’s Vice President and Chief Information Officer… Read More 30 Apr 2024 Community News Internet2 Community News Spotlight – April 2024 Edition This monthly feature spotlights timely community stories from Internet2 members, celebrating their achievements and sharing important announcements around their efforts to fulfill their research, education, and scholarship missions. Community News Recap – April 21-30 Grant-Funded Project Expands Oklahoma’s Research Network to Four Additional Campuses (OneNet)… Read More 22 Apr 2024 Community Exchange InCommon Embracing New Technology for Student Success: Takeaways from a Design-Thinking Workshop at CommEX24 Estimated reading time: 8 minutes During the 2024 Internet2 Community Exchange, participants in the Embracing New Tech for Student Success workshop applied a human-centered design framework in a set of exercises to align the student journey with the current technological and… Read More 27 Mar 2024 Community News Internet2 Community News Spotlight – March 2024 Edition This monthly feature spotlights timely community stories from Internet2 members, celebrating their achievements and sharing important announcements around their efforts to fulfill their research, education, and scholarship missions. Community News Recap – March 24-31 Indiana University Researchers Using High-Performance Computing to Improve Cancer Treatment… Read More 05 Mar 2024 Cloud Internet2 Expands NET+ AWS Offering With New Agreement Tailored to Latest Community Requirements Estimated reading time: 4 minutes Community-Led Effort Adds New Service Agreement in Collaboration With Four Points Technology, an AWS Public Sector Partner Internet2 announced today the availability of a new NET+ Amazon Web Services (AWS) agreement offered in collaboration with Four Points… Read More 26 Feb 2024 Community News Internet2 Community News Spotlight – February 2024 Edition This monthly feature spotlights timely community stories from Internet2 members, celebrating their achievements and sharing important announcements around their efforts to fulfill their research, education, and scholarship missions. Community News Recap – February 25-29 Congratulations to the ARIN 53 Selected Fellows (See also:… Read More 20 Feb 2024 Community Exchange Cloud Countdown to Community Exchange 2024: 5 Internet2 Insights You’ll Hear in Chicago (Part 5) Estimated reading time: 3 minutes In this Countdown to Community Exchange 2024 series, we’re sharing five Internet2 insights you’ll hear from Internet2 staff and community collaborators in Chicago, March 4-7. In part five, we’re showcasing new tools and services to help you… Read More 15 Feb 2024 Community Exchange Diversity Equity and Inclusion Countdown to Community Exchange 2024: 5 Internet2 Insights You’ll Hear in Chicago (Part 4) Estimated reading time: 4 minutes In this Countdown to Community Exchange 2024 series, we’re sharing five Internet2 insights you’ll hear from Internet2 staff and community collaborators in Chicago, March 4-7. In part four, we’re highlighting collective efforts to expand access and support… Read More 13 Feb 2024 Community Exchange Advanced Networking Countdown to Community Exchange 2024: 5 Internet2 Insights You’ll Hear in Chicago (Part 3) Estimated reading time: 4 minutes In this Countdown to Community Exchange 2024 series, we’re sharing five Internet2 insights you’ll hear from Internet2 staff and community collaborators in Chicago, March 4-7. In part three, we’re shining the light on how the latest developments… Read More 09 Feb 2024 Community Exchange Research Engagement Countdown to Community Exchange 2024: 5 Internet2 Insights You’ll Hear in Chicago (Part 2) Estimated reading time: 3 minutes In this Countdown to Community Exchange 2024 series, we’re sharing five Internet2 insights you’ll hear from Internet2 staff and community collaborators in Chicago, March 4-7. In part two, we’re exploring what it takes to translate research needs… Read More 07 Feb 2024 Community Exchange InCommon Countdown to Community Exchange 2024: 5 Internet2 Insights You’ll Hear in Chicago Estimated reading time: 4 minutes It’s an event that evolves each year to reflect the latest technology trends, big questions, and emerging challenges across research and higher education. But one common thread underlies every Community Exchange: by the community, for the community. Read More 30 Jan 2024 Community News Internet2 Community News Spotlight – January 2024 Edition This monthly feature spotlights timely community stories from Internet2 members, celebrating their achievements and sharing important announcements around their efforts to fulfill their research, education, and scholarship missions. Community News Recap – January 28-31 NSF Research Security Training Modules Now Available NSF… Read More 17 Jan 2024 InCommon 18 Members Selected for InCommon Steering and Advisory Committees in 2024 Estimated reading time: 5 minutes Internet2 and InCommon are pleased to welcome 18 members to the InCommon Steering Committee and InCommon Advisory Committees. Led by volunteers who offer insight and expertise in identity and access management (IAM), these committees… Read More 30 Dec 2023 Community News Internet2 Community News Spotlight – December 2023 Edition This monthly feature spotlights timely community stories from Internet2 members, celebrating their achievements and sharing important announcements around their efforts to fulfill their research, education, and scholarship missions. Community News Recap – December 24-31 2023 In Review: Laying The Groundwork For Broadband & Digital Equity For All… Read More 28 Nov 2023 Community News Internet2 Community News Spotlight – November 2023 Edition This monthly feature spotlights timely community stories from Internet2 members, celebrating their achievements and sharing important announcements around their efforts to fulfill their research, education, and scholarship missions. Community News Recap – November 26-30 The Annual SCinet Mandala Sharon P. Pitt Named Vice… Read More 06 Nov 2023 Events Community News SC23 is Back in the Mile High City – Internet2 Will Meet You There! Estimated reading time: 4 minutes SC23 kicks off next week, Nov. 12-17 at the Colorado Convention Center in Denver. Internet2 looks forward to participating each year in SC, otherwise known as the International Conference for High Performance Computing, Networking, Storage,… Read More 02 Nov 2023 InCommon Community News Q&A With Mary McKee: Building IAM Bridges for Inclusion and Collaboration Estimated reading time: 11 minutes Recent Microsoft Announcement Signals a Win for Multilateral Federation in the Research and Education Community Ask Mary McKee, senior director of engineering at Cirrus Identity, about the role of vendor-neutral standards and solutions for… Read More 24 Oct 2023 Community News Internet2 Community News Spotlight – October 2023 Edition This monthly feature spotlights timely community stories from Internet2 members, celebrating their achievements and sharing important announcements around their efforts to fulfill their research, education, and scholarship missions. Community News Recap – October 22-31 ESnet Turns On 400G Circuits to Four DOE National Labs, Supercharging Multi-Site Scientific Research Doing… Read More 29 Sep 2023 Community News Internet2 Community News Spotlight – September 2023 Edition This monthly feature spotlights timely community stories from Internet2 members, celebrating their achievements and sharing important announcements around their efforts to fulfill their research, education, and scholarship missions. Community News Recap – September 24-30 OARnet Holds Fall 2023 Member Meeting in Conjunction with National Meetings of The Quilt, National Science… Read More 11 Sep 2023 Events Community News First Time at TechEX? 5 Tips to Maximize Your Experience in Minneapolis Estimated reading time: 4 minutes Note: This blog has been updated and reposted as a reminder for the community leading up to our annual fall event, the Internet2 Technology Exchange. Start the countdown. Just one week remains until the 2023 Internet2 Technology… Read More 31 Aug 2023 Community News Internet2 Community News Spotlight – August 2023 Edition This monthly feature spotlights timely community stories from Internet2 members, celebrating their achievements and sharing important announcements around their efforts to fulfill their research, education, and scholarship missions. Community News Recap – August 27-31 ‘Broadband Prairie’ Rural Wireless Project Moves to Public Phase of Researching, Testing (Iowa State University)… Read More 24 Aug 2023 Network Automation Advanced Networking 5 Questions for Scott Richmond and Jon-Paul Herron on Embracing Network Automation at ESnet Estimated reading time: 10 minutes Let’s make network automation a priority in 2023. We’ve heard the community loud and clear: It’s time to move the conversation from “if” to “when and how” the research and education (R&E) community can embrace automation for the… Read More 24 Jul 2023 Community News Internet2 Community News Spotlight – July 2023 Edition This monthly feature spotlights timely community stories from Internet2 members, celebrating their achievements and sharing important announcements around their efforts to fulfill their research, education, and scholarship missions. Community News Recap – July 23-31 Inclusive All of Us Data Poised to Transform Research on LGBTQ Health… Read More 28 Jun 2023 Community News Internet2 Community News Spotlight – June 2023 Edition Estimated reading time: 2 minutes This monthly feature spotlights timely community stories from Internet2 members, celebrating their achievements and sharing important announcements around their efforts to fulfill their research, education, and scholarship missions. Community News Recap – June 25-30… Read More 23 May 2023 Community News Internet2 Community News Spotlight – May 2023 Edition Estimated reading time: 3 minutes This monthly feature spotlights timely community stories from Internet2 members, celebrating their achievements and sharing important announcements around their efforts to fulfill their research, education, and scholarship missions. Community News Recap – May 21-31… Read More 02 May 2023 Network Automation Advanced Networking 5 Questions for Luke Fowler on Embracing Network Automation at Indiana University’s GlobalNOC Estimated reading time: 7 minutes “The best advice I can give is to just get started somewhere. You don’t have to have everything figured out to begin your automation journey and to begin reaping benefits from automation.”… Read More 27 Apr 2023 Community News Internet2 Community News Spotlight – April 2023 Edition Estimated reading time: 2 minutes This monthly feature spotlights timely community stories from Internet2 members, celebrating their achievements and sharing important announcements around their efforts to fulfill their research, education, and scholarship missions. Community News Recap – April 23-30… Read More 13 Apr 2023 Network Automation Advanced Networking 5 Questions for Karl Newell and Chris Wilkinson on Embracing Network Automation at Internet2 Estimated reading time: 9 minutes Let’s make network automation a priority in 2023. We’ve heard the community loud and clear: It’s time to move the conversation from “if” to “when and how” the research and education (R&E) community can embrace automation for the… Read More 30 Mar 2023 Community News Internet2 Community News Spotlight – March 2023 Edition Estimated reading time: 3 minutes This monthly feature spotlights timely community stories from Internet2 members, celebrating their achievements and sharing important announcements around their efforts to fulfill their research, education, and scholarship missions. Community News Recap – March 26-31 MANRS… Read More 28 Feb 2023 Community News Internet2 Community News Spotlight – February 2023 Edition This monthly feature spotlights timely community stories from Internet2 members, celebrating their achievements and sharing important announcements around their efforts to fulfill their research, education, and scholarship missions. Community News Recap – February 19-28 CENIC Validates Coherent Pluggables with Integrated Amplifier over Production Network… Read More 15 Feb 2023 InCommon 18 New Members Join InCommon Steering and Advisory Committees in 2023 Internet2 and InCommon are pleased to welcome 18 new members to the InCommon Steering Committee and InCommon Advisory Committees. By volunteering with these committees, community members contribute their insights, expertise, and talents within identity and access management (IAM) to advance the research and education (R&E) community. Read More 31 Jan 2023 Advanced Networking Q&A with Robert Sears: N-Wave Reaches New Milestones as an Innovative Mission Enabler in the Science Community Robert Sears Robert Sears is the director of N-Wave, the advanced, high-speed, and highly scalable network service provider operating from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration’s (NOAA) Office of the Chief Information Officer. While it’s known as “NOAA’s Network,” N-Wave has expanded… Read More 30 Jan 2023 Community News Internet2 Community News Spotlight – January 2023 Edition This monthly feature spotlights timely community stories from Internet2 members, celebrating their achievements and sharing important announcements around their efforts to fulfill their research, education, and scholarship missions. 47 Undergraduate Students Earn Their Place at Leading Aerospace Organizations in the Brooke Owens Fellowship Class of 2023… Read More 17 Jan 2023 Advanced Networking Security NYSERNet Moves the Needle on Routing Integrity: Implementing Peer-Facing RPKI Route Origin Validation Estimated reading time: 7 minutes A Q&A with Bill Owens, NYSERNet We’ve said it before, but it bears repeating: Routing integrity is an end-to-end challenge that requires the participation of the entire Internet2-networked community and beyond. So, what does that mean? It’s in… Read More 22 Dec 2022 Community News Internet2 Community News Spotlight – December 2022 Edition This monthly feature spotlights timely community stories from Internet2 members, celebrating their achievements and sharing important announcements around their efforts to fulfill their research, education, and scholarship missions. Higher Ed IT Leaders Discuss 2023 Tech Trends (EdTech) UChicago and Argonne Computer Scientist… Read More 30 Nov 2022 Community News Internet2 Community News Spotlight – November 2022 Edition Estimated reading time: 3 minutes This monthly feature spotlights timely community stories from Internet2 members, celebrating their achievements and sharing important announcements around their efforts to fulfill their research, education, and scholarship missions. Community News Recap – November 27-30… Read More 09 Nov 2022 Events Community News Internet2 at SC22 – We’ll See You in Dallas! Estimated reading time: 6 minutes For over two decades, Internet2 has been an active participant in the International Conference for High Performance Computing, Networking, Storage, and Analysis, otherwise known as SC, and a proud contributor to SCinet—the… Read More 07 Nov 2022 Events Community News Congratulations to SCinet Chair Matt Zekauskas and the 175+ Volunteers Building SCinet for SC22 Estimated reading time: 3 minutes Matt Zekauskas (Photo courtesy of Hans Addleman, SC22 SCinet Deputy Chair and Principal Network Systems Engineer at Indiana University.) Internet2’s own Matt Zekauskas, senior engineer, is the 2022 chair of SCinet – the… Read More 31 Oct 2022 Events Community News First Time at TechEX? 5 Tips to Maximize Your Experience Estimated reading time: 5 minutes Start the countdown. Just 35 days remain until the 2022 Internet2 Technology Exchange, and we can’t wait to see you in Denver, Colo., Dec. 5-9! With expert advice from Internet2 staff, we put together five tips to… Read More 28 Oct 2022 Community News Internet2 Community News Spotlight – October 2022 Edition Estimated reading time: 3 minutes This monthly feature spotlights timely community stories from Internet2 members, celebrating their achievements and sharing important announcements around their efforts to fulfill their research, education, and scholarship missions. Community News Recap – October 23-31 Happy… Read More 24 Oct 2022 Advanced Networking Community Is at the Center of ‘Getting It Right’ for the Internet2 Insight Console Estimated reading time: 6 minutes Part 2 of a Q&A with Mike Simpson, Internet2 Director of Network Systems and Software When we’re doing more, more quickly, and at higher levels of complexity than ever before, software-enabled automation and orchestration are key components of… Read More 18 Oct 2022 Advanced Networking Security Front Range GigaPoP Moves the Needle on Routing Integrity: Boosting Member Participation in RPKI Estimated reading time: 5 minutes Q&A with John Hernandez, Front Range GigaPoP We’ve said it before, but it bears repeating: Routing integrity is an end-to-end challenge that requires the participation of the entire Internet2-networked community and beyond. So, what does that mean? It’s… Read More 11 Oct 2022 Advanced Networking How Big a Deal is the Internet2 Insight Console? Estimated reading time: 6 minutes Part 1 of a Q&A with Mike Simpson, Internet2 Director of Network Systems and Software Mike Simpson, Internet2 Director of Network Systems and Software As the Internet2 community embarked on the Next Generation Infrastructure (NGI) initiative years ago,… Read More 10 Oct 2022 Security See Yourself in Cyber – Internet2 Staff Celebrate Cybersecurity Awareness Month Estimated reading time: 9 minutes Cybersecurity Awareness Month is underway, offering plentiful opportunities to share resources and coalesce around efforts to support secure infrastructure, reliable solutions, and safe communities. This year’s theme, which is collaboratively set by the Cybersecurity… Read More 30 Sep 2022 Community News Internet2 Community News Spotlight – September 2022 Edition Estimated reading time: 4 minutes This monthly feature spotlights timely community stories from Internet2 members, celebrating their achievements and sharing important announcements around their efforts to fulfill their research, education, and scholarship missions. Community News Recap – September 25-30… Read More 26 Sep 2022 Cloud How to Deploy Cloud Services Faster, Save Cost, and Manage Risk – Together Estimated reading time: 2 minutes Key Perspectives From Community Cloud Experts Despite the growing prevalence of new cloud services at higher ed institutions large and small, opportunities remain to smooth out the path for procuring and deploying them. In reality, many obstacles persist… Read More 20 Sep 2022 Advanced Networking Security I-Light and Indiana GigaPOP Move the Needle on Routing Integrity: Maintaining Proxy IRR Data for Members Estimated reading time: 5 minutes Q&A with Tom Johnson and Sean Carver, I-Light and the Indiana GigaPOP We’ve said it before, but it bears repeating: Routing integrity is an end-to-end challenge that requires the participation of the entire Internet2-networked community and beyond. So,… Read More 09 Sep 2022 Community News Coming Full Circle: Past Scholarship Recipients Now at the Helm of Internet2’s Inclusivity Initiative Estimated reading time: 9 minutes Q&A with Deidre Mitchell and Sarvani Chadalapaka, I2I Steering Committee Co-Chairs At the start of 2022, Internet2 selected Deidre Mitchell, enterprise information security engineer at the University of Alabama-Birmingham, and… Read More 31 Aug 2022 Community News Internet2 Community News Spotlight – August 2022 Edition Estimated reading time: 4 minutes This monthly feature spotlights timely community stories from Internet2 members, celebrating their achievements and sharing important announcements around their efforts to fulfill their research, education, and scholarship missions. Community News Recap – August 28-31… Read More 22 Aug 2022 Cloud Advanced Networking What You Should Know About Multicloud Estimated reading time: 9 minutes 6 Questions for Matt Zekauskas, Internet2 Senior Engineer Matt Zekauskas Matt Zekauskas is well known in the research and education (R&E) community as a wearer of many hats – Internet2 senior engineer, research scientist, perfSONAR contributor, and this… Read More 19 Aug 2022 From the Community InCommon Federated Identity Management Cookbook: New Community Resource Offers Primer, Time-Tested Recipes for IdM Estimated reading time: 3 minutes Eric Scott and Josh Drake CI Compass and its Identity Management (IdM) Working Group recently published The Federated Identity Management Cookbook, a new resource that provides time-tested recipes for building… Read More 09 Aug 2022 Events Community News We’re Shaking Things Up for the 2022 Internet2 Technology Exchange Estimated reading time: 3 minutes Opting Out of a Keynote and Opting In for More Cross-Audience Exchanges, Reduced Registration Rates, and Increased Scholarships to Support Diversity and Inclusion We’ve all seen it. Some of us have done it. With the conference keynote only… Read More 29 Jul 2022 Community News Internet2 Community News Spotlight – July 2022 Edition Estimated reading time: 3 minutes This monthly feature spotlights timely community stories from Internet2 members, celebrating their achievements and sharing important announcements around their efforts to fulfill their research, education, and scholarship missions. Community News Recap – July 24-31… Read More 30 Jun 2022 Community News Internet2 Community News Spotlight – June 2022 Edition Estimated reading time: 4 minutes This monthly feature spotlights timely community stories from Internet2 members, celebrating their achievements and sharing important announcements around their efforts to fulfill their research, education, and scholarship missions. Community News Recap – June 26-30… Read More 31 May 2022 Community News Internet2 Community News Spotlight – May 2022 Edition Estimated reading time: 5 minutes This monthly feature spotlights timely community stories from Internet2 members, celebrating their achievements and sharing important announcements around their efforts to fulfill their research, education, and scholarship missions. Community News Recap – May 22-31… Read More 23 May 2022 Advanced Networking Q&A with Jim Stewart: UETN Among the ‘First to 400G’ on Internet2’s Network Estimated reading time: 8 minutes Internet2 recently unveiled its fifth-generation backbone, known as the Next Generation Infrastructure (NGI). NGI interconnects with 37 state and regional networks and serves every state in the U.S. Among these 37 are the first five to upgrade… Read More 29 Apr 2022 Community News Internet2 Community News Spotlight – April 2022 Edition Estimated reading time: 4 minutes This monthly feature spotlights timely community stories from Internet2 members, celebrating their achievements and sharing important announcements around their efforts to fulfill their research, education, and scholarship missions. Community News Recap – April 24-30… Read More 25 Apr 2022 Advanced Networking Q&A with Marianne Chitwood: Indiana GigaPOP Among the ‘First to 400G’ on Internet2’s Network Estimated reading time: 5 minutes Marianne Chitwood, Executive Director of I-Light and Indiana GigaPOP Internet2 recently unveiled its fifth-generation backbone, known as the Next Generation Infrastructure (NGI). NGI interconnects with 37 state and regional networks and serves every state in the U.S. Read More 31 Mar 2022 Community News Internet2 Community News Spotlight – March 2022 Edition Estimated reading time: 5 minutes This monthly feature spotlights timely community stories from Internet2 members, celebrating their achievements and sharing important announcements around their efforts to fulfill their research, education, and scholarship missions. Community News Recap – March 27-31… Read More 28 Mar 2022 Advanced Networking Q&A with Tripti Sinha: MAX Among the ‘First to 400G’ on Internet2’s Network Estimated reading time: 6 minutes Tripti Sinha, Executive Director of Mid-Atlantic Crossroads (MAX) Internet2 recently unveiled its fifth-generation backbone, known as the Next Generation Infrastructure (NGI). NGI interconnects with 37 state and regional networks and serves every state in the U.S. Read More 01 Mar 2022 Advanced Networking Q&A with Pankaj Shah: OARnet Among the ‘First to 400G’ on Internet2’s Network Estimated reading time: 8 minutes Internet2 recently unveiled its fifth-generation backbone, known as the Next Generation Infrastructure (NGI). NGI interconnects with 37 state and regional networks and serves every state in the U.S. Among these 37 are the first five to upgrade… Read More 28 Feb 2022 Community News Internet2 Community News Spotlight – February 2022 Edition Estimated reading time: 4 minutes This monthly feature spotlights timely community stories from Internet2 members, celebrating their achievements and sharing important announcements around their efforts to fulfill their research, education, and scholarship missions. Community News Recap – February 20-28… Read More 14 Feb 2022 Advanced Networking Q&A with Robert Grillo: FLR Among the ‘First to 400G’ on Internet2’s Network Estimated reading time: 7 minutes Internet2 recently unveiled its fifth-generation backbone, known as the Next Generation Infrastructure (NGI). NGI interconnects with 37 state and regional networks and serves every state in the U.S. Among these 37 are the first five to upgrade… Read More 31 Jan 2022 Community News Internet2 Community News Spotlight – January 2022 Edition Estimated reading time: 4 minutes This monthly feature spotlights timely community stories from Internet2 members, celebrating their achievements and sharing important announcements around their efforts to fulfill their research, education, and scholarship missions. Community News Recap – January 23-31… Read More 28 Jan 2022 Internet2 Announcements Community News New Co-Chairs Selected for Internet2 Inclusivity Initiative Steering Committee Estimated reading time: 2 minutes Internet2 welcomes Sarvani Chadalapaka, director of Cyberinfrastructure and Research Technologies (CIRT) at the University of California Merced, and Deidre Mitchell, enterprise information security engineer at the University of Alabama-Birmingham, as… Read More 19 Jan 2022 Community News Ready. Set. Get Involved! Join an Internet2 Community Group Estimated reading time: 7 minutes Robust engagement in Internet2’s Community Groups is the linchpin for moving our community forward. From chartering working groups, advisory groups, and communities of interest, to developing best practices and guiding new solutions – thought leaders from institutions… Read More 30 Dec 2021 Community News Internet2 Community News Spotlight – December 2021 Edition Estimated reading time: 4 minutes This monthly feature spotlights timely community stories from Internet2 members, celebrating their achievements and sharing important announcements around their efforts to fulfill their research, education, and scholarship missions. Community News Recap – December 26-31… Read More 03 Dec 2021 Industry InCommon Catalysts Offer Unique Expertise, Meaningful Contributions to the InCommon Community Estimated reading time: 7 minutes Just six months have passed since the InCommon Catalyst community partner program launched in June 2021. And evidence of the Catalysts’ deep, ongoing commitment to the InCommon community is already stacking up. Catalysts are… Read More 30 Nov 2021 Community News Internet2 Community News Spotlight – November 2021 Edition Estimated reading time: 4 minutes This monthly feature spotlights timely community stories from Internet2 members, celebrating their achievements and sharing important announcements around their efforts to fulfill their research, education, and scholarship missions. Community News Recap – November 28-30… Read More 19 Nov 2021 Advanced Networking Automation and Orchestration No Longer a ‘Nice to Have’ for Internet2’s Next Generation Infrastructure Estimated reading time: 11 minutes Chris Wilkinson and Karl Newell Chris Wilkinson is the network services director of planning and architecture at Internet2, and Karl Newell is the network software architect at Internet2. In this Q&A, Chris and Karl discuss how software-driven automation… Read More 04 Nov 2021 InCommon Seriously Scalable, Resilient, Accessible, and Fun! West Arete’s Scott Woods on Developing the CAMPfire Social App Estimated reading time: 7 minutes Scott Woods is the CEO of West Arete, a custom software development company for the higher education community, InCommon Catalyst, and sponsor of the… Read More 29 Oct 2021 Community News Internet2 Community News Spotlight – October 2021 Edition Estimated reading time: 4 minutes This monthly feature spotlights timely community stories from Internet2 members, celebrating their achievements and sharing important announcements around their efforts to fulfill their research, education, and scholarship missions. Community News Recap – October 24-31… Read More 21 Oct 2021 Advanced Networking Next-Generation Performance Assurance: Internet2’s Mike Simpson on Expanding perfSONAR Capabilities to Support the New Network Estimated reading time: 4 minutes Mike Simpson is the director of infrastructure systems and software in the network services division of Internet2. In this Q&A, Mike talks about expanding and upgrading Internet2’s perfSONAR capabilities to support the Next Generation Infrastructure. One of… Read More 20 Oct 2021 Advanced Networking A Pipeline of Input for Better Network Performance Measurement: Internet2’s Mark Feit on the perfSONAR Collaboration Estimated reading time: 5 minutes Mark Feit is a principal software engineer at Internet2, one of the core developers on the perfSONAR team, and a presenter at the upcoming Internet2 TechEXtra: perfSONAR Day, which is being held virtually… Read More 30 Sep 2021 Community News Internet2 Community News Spotlight – September 2021 Edition Estimated reading time: 5 minutes This monthly feature spotlights timely community stories from Internet2 members, celebrating their achievements and sharing important announcements around their efforts to fulfill their research, education, and scholarship missions. This Week US Closes in on… Read More 28 Sep 2021 InCommon How InCommon Academy is Supporting IAM Infrastructure Modernization at Illinois State University Estimated reading time: 5 minutes Majeed Abu-Qulbain, Senior Enterprise Architect at Illinois State University Majeed Abu-Qulbain, Senior Enterprise Architect at Illinois State University, is an alumnus of the InCommon Academy’s Collaboration Success Program and Trusted Access Platform training. Read More 01 Sep 2021 Cloud It’s About More Than Storage: Tailoring Google Workspace for the Higher Ed Community Estimated reading time: 6 minutes Internet2 NET+ Service Evaluation Participants Share Their Story What’s the special sauce of NET+, you ask? To find the answer, take a closer look at the recent launch of the NET+ Google Workspace for Education (GWE)… Read More 31 Aug 2021 Community News Internet2 Community News Spotlight – August 2021 Edition Estimated reading time: 3 minutes This monthly feature spotlights timely community stories from Internet2 members, celebrating their achievements and sharing important announcements around their efforts to fulfill their research, education, and scholarship missions. Community News Recap – August 29-31… Read More 20 Aug 2021 Cloud Community News Q&A with UW–Madison CIO Lois Brooks and Research CI Director Jan Cheetham Discuss Upskilling IT to Support Cloud Computing for Research Estimated reading time: 6 minutes Lois Brooks and Jan Cheetham Lois Brooks, chief information officer and vice provost for information technology at the University of Wisconsin–Madison, is active nationally in the higher education community, having served in leadership and governance roles with the… Read More 02 Aug 2021 Cloud CLASS Panel Shares Opportunities and Obstacles to Facilitating Cloud Computing for Research Estimated reading time: 3 minutes Remember returning home from class excited to share what you learned that day? That’s a fresh feeling among participants from the first cohort of CLASS, Internet2’s Cloud Learning and Skills Sessions, who shared about the unique challenges… Read More 30 Jul 2021 Community News Internet2 Community News Spotlight – July 2021 Edition Estimated reading time: 4 minutes This monthly feature spotlights timely community stories from Internet2 members, celebrating their achievements and sharing important announcements around their efforts to fulfill their research, education, and scholarship missions. High Capacity Fiber Internet Service Expedites… Read More 15 Jul 2021 InCommon Let’s Build Some IAM Momentum: Internet2’s Paul Caskey on a Community-Based Approach Estimated reading time: 5 minutes Paul Caskey is one of several instructors and subject matter experts who facilitate the InCommon Collaboration Success Program (CSP). Offering a modular professional development approach with just-in-time help from just-the-right people, the program helps higher education and research… Read More 13 Jul 2021 Research Engagement Internet2’s John Hicks Reflects on Expanding Access and Bridging the Gap for Research Estimated reading time: 4 minutes John Hicks, network research engineer with Internet2, has spent most of his career supporting scientists, researchers, and research computing and data professionals in their use of high performance research and education (R&E) networks. His role with Internet2’s Research… Read More 02 Jul 2021 Community News Advanced Networking White Paper: New Community Resource Unpacks Misconceptions and Touts Benefits of Network Automation for Any Organization Estimated reading time: 2 minutes Karl Newell Why the hesitation on network automation? 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10 Dec 2024 Community News Internet2 Community News Spotlight – December 2024 Edition This monthly feature spotlights timely community stories from Internet2 members, celebrating their achievements and sharing important announcements around their efforts to fulfill their research, education, and scholarship missions. This Week Virginia Tech National Security Institute Spearheads Project to Strengthen Wireless Security Notre Dame Stadium Becomes… Read More
02 Dec 2024 Events From the Community My Week at TechEX24: Mary Bull From William & Mary Estimated reading time: 5 minutes Embracing ‘Go With the Flow’ with First-Time Attendee Mary Bull at the 2024 Technology Exchange In this My Week at TechEX24 series, we spotlight research and education (R&E) community members as they count down the final… Read More
27 Nov 2024 Community News Internet2 Community News Spotlight – November 2024 Edition This monthly feature spotlights timely community stories from Internet2 members, celebrating their achievements and sharing important announcements around their efforts to fulfill their research, education, and scholarship missions. Community News Recap – November 24-30 N-Wave Newsletter, November 2024 – Celebrating Successes: N-Wave in the Spotlight OARnet 2023-24… Read More
19 Nov 2024 Events From the Community My Week at TechEX24: Kapil Agrawal From ESnet Estimated reading time: 4 minutes In this My Week at TechEX24 series, we spotlight research and education (R&E) community members as they gear up for the Internet2 Technology Exchange, Dec. 9-13, in Boston, MA. Kapil Agrawal, security engineer… Read More
13 Nov 2024 Events From the Community My Week at TechEX24: Andrew Buker From the University of Nebraska System Estimated reading time: 4 minutes How Track Hopping Unlocks New Insights at the 2024 Internet2 Technology Exchange In this My Week at TechEX24 series, we spotlight research and education (R&E) community members as they gear up for the… Read More
28 Oct 2024 Community News Events SC24 Arrives in Atlanta This November – See What Internet2 Has in Store Estimated reading time: 5 minutes Mark your calendars. SC24 is just around the corner, taking place Nov. 17-22 at the Georgia World Congress Center in the heart of downtown Atlanta. The International Conference for High Performance Computing, Networking, Storage,… Read More
23 Oct 2024 Community News Internet2 Community News Spotlight – October 2024 Edition This monthly feature spotlights timely community stories from Internet2 members, celebrating their achievements and sharing important announcements around their efforts to fulfill their research, education, and scholarship missions. Community News Recap – October 20-31 CENIC AIR and Your Campus: From Concept to Connection… Read More
27 Sep 2024 Community News Internet2 Community News Spotlight – September 2024 Edition This monthly feature spotlights timely community stories from Internet2 members, celebrating their achievements and sharing important announcements around their efforts to fulfill their research, education, and scholarship missions. This Week CCC Q&A: A Look Into A Pilot Project to Enhance Data Access (Computing Community Consortium)… Read More
11 Sep 2024 Advanced Networking Cloud Internet2 Insight Console Offers Increased Flexibility and Ease in Managing Multicloud Environments Estimated reading time: 2 minutes Visualize, manage, and troubleshoot network services with Internet2 Insight Console Internet2 Insight Console now offers fully automated, self-service capabilities for managing connectivity to all four major cloud providers supported by Cloud Connect: Amazon Web Services (AWS),… Read More
31 Aug 2024 Community News Internet2 Community News Spotlight – August 2024 Edition This monthly feature spotlights timely community stories from Internet2 members, celebrating their achievements and sharing important announcements around their efforts to fulfill their research, education, and scholarship missions. Community News Recap – August 25-31 NSF-Funded Data Fabric Takes Flight (Datanami) How AI Is… Read More
29 Jul 2024 Community News Internet2 Community News Spotlight – July 2024 Edition This monthly feature spotlights timely community stories from Internet2 members, celebrating their achievements and sharing important announcements around their efforts to fulfill their research, education, and scholarship missions. This Week OneNet Intern Program Promotes Career Confidence Community News Recap – July 21-27 NSF… Read More
15 Jul 2024 Advanced Networking Network Automation Transforming R&E Networks Through Automation: Q&A with Network to Code and Internet2 Estimated reading time: 11 minutes Network automation is transforming how research and education (R&E) institutions manage their infrastructures, enhancing efficiency, resiliency, and scalability. However, the path to automation can be complex, riddled with institution-specific and shared roadblocks and detours. With progress comes new… Read More
25 Jun 2024 Community News Internet2 Community News Spotlight – June 2024 Edition This monthly feature spotlights timely community stories from Internet2 members, celebrating their achievements and sharing important announcements around their efforts to fulfill their research, education, and scholarship missions. Community News Recap – June 23-30 Leveling Up Cybersecurity Through AI Games (Virginia Tech)… Read More
23 May 2024 Community News Internet2 Community News Spotlight – May 2024 Edition This monthly feature spotlights timely community stories from Internet2 members, celebrating their achievements and sharing important announcements around their efforts to fulfill their research, education, and scholarship missions. Community News Recap – May 19-25 Heath Tuttle Named University at Buffalo’s Vice President and Chief Information Officer… Read More
30 Apr 2024 Community News Internet2 Community News Spotlight – April 2024 Edition This monthly feature spotlights timely community stories from Internet2 members, celebrating their achievements and sharing important announcements around their efforts to fulfill their research, education, and scholarship missions. Community News Recap – April 21-30 Grant-Funded Project Expands Oklahoma’s Research Network to Four Additional Campuses (OneNet)… Read More
22 Apr 2024 Community Exchange InCommon Embracing New Technology for Student Success: Takeaways from a Design-Thinking Workshop at CommEX24 Estimated reading time: 8 minutes During the 2024 Internet2 Community Exchange, participants in the Embracing New Tech for Student Success workshop applied a human-centered design framework in a set of exercises to align the student journey with the current technological and… Read More
27 Mar 2024 Community News Internet2 Community News Spotlight – March 2024 Edition This monthly feature spotlights timely community stories from Internet2 members, celebrating their achievements and sharing important announcements around their efforts to fulfill their research, education, and scholarship missions. Community News Recap – March 24-31 Indiana University Researchers Using High-Performance Computing to Improve Cancer Treatment… Read More
05 Mar 2024 Cloud Internet2 Expands NET+ AWS Offering With New Agreement Tailored to Latest Community Requirements Estimated reading time: 4 minutes Community-Led Effort Adds New Service Agreement in Collaboration With Four Points Technology, an AWS Public Sector Partner Internet2 announced today the availability of a new NET+ Amazon Web Services (AWS) agreement offered in collaboration with Four Points… Read More
26 Feb 2024 Community News Internet2 Community News Spotlight – February 2024 Edition This monthly feature spotlights timely community stories from Internet2 members, celebrating their achievements and sharing important announcements around their efforts to fulfill their research, education, and scholarship missions. Community News Recap – February 25-29 Congratulations to the ARIN 53 Selected Fellows (See also:… Read More
20 Feb 2024 Community Exchange Cloud Countdown to Community Exchange 2024: 5 Internet2 Insights You’ll Hear in Chicago (Part 5) Estimated reading time: 3 minutes In this Countdown to Community Exchange 2024 series, we’re sharing five Internet2 insights you’ll hear from Internet2 staff and community collaborators in Chicago, March 4-7. In part five, we’re showcasing new tools and services to help you… Read More
15 Feb 2024 Community Exchange Diversity Equity and Inclusion Countdown to Community Exchange 2024: 5 Internet2 Insights You’ll Hear in Chicago (Part 4) Estimated reading time: 4 minutes In this Countdown to Community Exchange 2024 series, we’re sharing five Internet2 insights you’ll hear from Internet2 staff and community collaborators in Chicago, March 4-7. In part four, we’re highlighting collective efforts to expand access and support… Read More
13 Feb 2024 Community Exchange Advanced Networking Countdown to Community Exchange 2024: 5 Internet2 Insights You’ll Hear in Chicago (Part 3) Estimated reading time: 4 minutes In this Countdown to Community Exchange 2024 series, we’re sharing five Internet2 insights you’ll hear from Internet2 staff and community collaborators in Chicago, March 4-7. In part three, we’re shining the light on how the latest developments… Read More
09 Feb 2024 Community Exchange Research Engagement Countdown to Community Exchange 2024: 5 Internet2 Insights You’ll Hear in Chicago (Part 2) Estimated reading time: 3 minutes In this Countdown to Community Exchange 2024 series, we’re sharing five Internet2 insights you’ll hear from Internet2 staff and community collaborators in Chicago, March 4-7. In part two, we’re exploring what it takes to translate research needs… Read More
07 Feb 2024 Community Exchange InCommon Countdown to Community Exchange 2024: 5 Internet2 Insights You’ll Hear in Chicago Estimated reading time: 4 minutes It’s an event that evolves each year to reflect the latest technology trends, big questions, and emerging challenges across research and higher education. But one common thread underlies every Community Exchange: by the community, for the community. Read More
30 Jan 2024 Community News Internet2 Community News Spotlight – January 2024 Edition This monthly feature spotlights timely community stories from Internet2 members, celebrating their achievements and sharing important announcements around their efforts to fulfill their research, education, and scholarship missions. Community News Recap – January 28-31 NSF Research Security Training Modules Now Available NSF… Read More
17 Jan 2024 InCommon 18 Members Selected for InCommon Steering and Advisory Committees in 2024 Estimated reading time: 5 minutes Internet2 and InCommon are pleased to welcome 18 members to the InCommon Steering Committee and InCommon Advisory Committees. Led by volunteers who offer insight and expertise in identity and access management (IAM), these committees… Read More
30 Dec 2023 Community News Internet2 Community News Spotlight – December 2023 Edition This monthly feature spotlights timely community stories from Internet2 members, celebrating their achievements and sharing important announcements around their efforts to fulfill their research, education, and scholarship missions. Community News Recap – December 24-31 2023 In Review: Laying The Groundwork For Broadband & Digital Equity For All… Read More
28 Nov 2023 Community News Internet2 Community News Spotlight – November 2023 Edition This monthly feature spotlights timely community stories from Internet2 members, celebrating their achievements and sharing important announcements around their efforts to fulfill their research, education, and scholarship missions. Community News Recap – November 26-30 The Annual SCinet Mandala Sharon P. Pitt Named Vice… Read More
06 Nov 2023 Events Community News SC23 is Back in the Mile High City – Internet2 Will Meet You There! Estimated reading time: 4 minutes SC23 kicks off next week, Nov. 12-17 at the Colorado Convention Center in Denver. Internet2 looks forward to participating each year in SC, otherwise known as the International Conference for High Performance Computing, Networking, Storage,… Read More
02 Nov 2023 InCommon Community News Q&A With Mary McKee: Building IAM Bridges for Inclusion and Collaboration Estimated reading time: 11 minutes Recent Microsoft Announcement Signals a Win for Multilateral Federation in the Research and Education Community Ask Mary McKee, senior director of engineering at Cirrus Identity, about the role of vendor-neutral standards and solutions for… Read More
24 Oct 2023 Community News Internet2 Community News Spotlight – October 2023 Edition This monthly feature spotlights timely community stories from Internet2 members, celebrating their achievements and sharing important announcements around their efforts to fulfill their research, education, and scholarship missions. Community News Recap – October 22-31 ESnet Turns On 400G Circuits to Four DOE National Labs, Supercharging Multi-Site Scientific Research Doing… Read More
29 Sep 2023 Community News Internet2 Community News Spotlight – September 2023 Edition This monthly feature spotlights timely community stories from Internet2 members, celebrating their achievements and sharing important announcements around their efforts to fulfill their research, education, and scholarship missions. Community News Recap – September 24-30 OARnet Holds Fall 2023 Member Meeting in Conjunction with National Meetings of The Quilt, National Science… Read More
11 Sep 2023 Events Community News First Time at TechEX? 5 Tips to Maximize Your Experience in Minneapolis Estimated reading time: 4 minutes Note: This blog has been updated and reposted as a reminder for the community leading up to our annual fall event, the Internet2 Technology Exchange. Start the countdown. Just one week remains until the 2023 Internet2 Technology… Read More
31 Aug 2023 Community News Internet2 Community News Spotlight – August 2023 Edition This monthly feature spotlights timely community stories from Internet2 members, celebrating their achievements and sharing important announcements around their efforts to fulfill their research, education, and scholarship missions. Community News Recap – August 27-31 ‘Broadband Prairie’ Rural Wireless Project Moves to Public Phase of Researching, Testing (Iowa State University)… Read More
24 Aug 2023 Network Automation Advanced Networking 5 Questions for Scott Richmond and Jon-Paul Herron on Embracing Network Automation at ESnet Estimated reading time: 10 minutes Let’s make network automation a priority in 2023. We’ve heard the community loud and clear: It’s time to move the conversation from “if” to “when and how” the research and education (R&E) community can embrace automation for the… Read More
24 Jul 2023 Community News Internet2 Community News Spotlight – July 2023 Edition This monthly feature spotlights timely community stories from Internet2 members, celebrating their achievements and sharing important announcements around their efforts to fulfill their research, education, and scholarship missions. Community News Recap – July 23-31 Inclusive All of Us Data Poised to Transform Research on LGBTQ Health… Read More
28 Jun 2023 Community News Internet2 Community News Spotlight – June 2023 Edition Estimated reading time: 2 minutes This monthly feature spotlights timely community stories from Internet2 members, celebrating their achievements and sharing important announcements around their efforts to fulfill their research, education, and scholarship missions. Community News Recap – June 25-30… Read More
23 May 2023 Community News Internet2 Community News Spotlight – May 2023 Edition Estimated reading time: 3 minutes This monthly feature spotlights timely community stories from Internet2 members, celebrating their achievements and sharing important announcements around their efforts to fulfill their research, education, and scholarship missions. Community News Recap – May 21-31… Read More
02 May 2023 Network Automation Advanced Networking 5 Questions for Luke Fowler on Embracing Network Automation at Indiana University’s GlobalNOC Estimated reading time: 7 minutes “The best advice I can give is to just get started somewhere. You don’t have to have everything figured out to begin your automation journey and to begin reaping benefits from automation.”… Read More
27 Apr 2023 Community News Internet2 Community News Spotlight – April 2023 Edition Estimated reading time: 2 minutes This monthly feature spotlights timely community stories from Internet2 members, celebrating their achievements and sharing important announcements around their efforts to fulfill their research, education, and scholarship missions. Community News Recap – April 23-30… Read More
13 Apr 2023 Network Automation Advanced Networking 5 Questions for Karl Newell and Chris Wilkinson on Embracing Network Automation at Internet2 Estimated reading time: 9 minutes Let’s make network automation a priority in 2023. We’ve heard the community loud and clear: It’s time to move the conversation from “if” to “when and how” the research and education (R&E) community can embrace automation for the… Read More
30 Mar 2023 Community News Internet2 Community News Spotlight – March 2023 Edition Estimated reading time: 3 minutes This monthly feature spotlights timely community stories from Internet2 members, celebrating their achievements and sharing important announcements around their efforts to fulfill their research, education, and scholarship missions. Community News Recap – March 26-31 MANRS… Read More
28 Feb 2023 Community News Internet2 Community News Spotlight – February 2023 Edition This monthly feature spotlights timely community stories from Internet2 members, celebrating their achievements and sharing important announcements around their efforts to fulfill their research, education, and scholarship missions. Community News Recap – February 19-28 CENIC Validates Coherent Pluggables with Integrated Amplifier over Production Network… Read More
15 Feb 2023 InCommon 18 New Members Join InCommon Steering and Advisory Committees in 2023 Internet2 and InCommon are pleased to welcome 18 new members to the InCommon Steering Committee and InCommon Advisory Committees. By volunteering with these committees, community members contribute their insights, expertise, and talents within identity and access management (IAM) to advance the research and education (R&E) community. Read More
31 Jan 2023 Advanced Networking Q&A with Robert Sears: N-Wave Reaches New Milestones as an Innovative Mission Enabler in the Science Community Robert Sears Robert Sears is the director of N-Wave, the advanced, high-speed, and highly scalable network service provider operating from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration’s (NOAA) Office of the Chief Information Officer. While it’s known as “NOAA’s Network,” N-Wave has expanded… Read More
30 Jan 2023 Community News Internet2 Community News Spotlight – January 2023 Edition This monthly feature spotlights timely community stories from Internet2 members, celebrating their achievements and sharing important announcements around their efforts to fulfill their research, education, and scholarship missions. 47 Undergraduate Students Earn Their Place at Leading Aerospace Organizations in the Brooke Owens Fellowship Class of 2023… Read More
17 Jan 2023 Advanced Networking Security NYSERNet Moves the Needle on Routing Integrity: Implementing Peer-Facing RPKI Route Origin Validation Estimated reading time: 7 minutes A Q&A with Bill Owens, NYSERNet We’ve said it before, but it bears repeating: Routing integrity is an end-to-end challenge that requires the participation of the entire Internet2-networked community and beyond. So, what does that mean? It’s in… Read More
22 Dec 2022 Community News Internet2 Community News Spotlight – December 2022 Edition This monthly feature spotlights timely community stories from Internet2 members, celebrating their achievements and sharing important announcements around their efforts to fulfill their research, education, and scholarship missions. Higher Ed IT Leaders Discuss 2023 Tech Trends (EdTech) UChicago and Argonne Computer Scientist… Read More
30 Nov 2022 Community News Internet2 Community News Spotlight – November 2022 Edition Estimated reading time: 3 minutes This monthly feature spotlights timely community stories from Internet2 members, celebrating their achievements and sharing important announcements around their efforts to fulfill their research, education, and scholarship missions. Community News Recap – November 27-30… Read More
09 Nov 2022 Events Community News Internet2 at SC22 – We’ll See You in Dallas! Estimated reading time: 6 minutes For over two decades, Internet2 has been an active participant in the International Conference for High Performance Computing, Networking, Storage, and Analysis, otherwise known as SC, and a proud contributor to SCinet—the… Read More
07 Nov 2022 Events Community News Congratulations to SCinet Chair Matt Zekauskas and the 175+ Volunteers Building SCinet for SC22 Estimated reading time: 3 minutes Matt Zekauskas (Photo courtesy of Hans Addleman, SC22 SCinet Deputy Chair and Principal Network Systems Engineer at Indiana University.) Internet2’s own Matt Zekauskas, senior engineer, is the 2022 chair of SCinet – the… Read More
31 Oct 2022 Events Community News First Time at TechEX? 5 Tips to Maximize Your Experience Estimated reading time: 5 minutes Start the countdown. Just 35 days remain until the 2022 Internet2 Technology Exchange, and we can’t wait to see you in Denver, Colo., Dec. 5-9! With expert advice from Internet2 staff, we put together five tips to… Read More
28 Oct 2022 Community News Internet2 Community News Spotlight – October 2022 Edition Estimated reading time: 3 minutes This monthly feature spotlights timely community stories from Internet2 members, celebrating their achievements and sharing important announcements around their efforts to fulfill their research, education, and scholarship missions. Community News Recap – October 23-31 Happy… Read More
24 Oct 2022 Advanced Networking Community Is at the Center of ‘Getting It Right’ for the Internet2 Insight Console Estimated reading time: 6 minutes Part 2 of a Q&A with Mike Simpson, Internet2 Director of Network Systems and Software When we’re doing more, more quickly, and at higher levels of complexity than ever before, software-enabled automation and orchestration are key components of… Read More
18 Oct 2022 Advanced Networking Security Front Range GigaPoP Moves the Needle on Routing Integrity: Boosting Member Participation in RPKI Estimated reading time: 5 minutes Q&A with John Hernandez, Front Range GigaPoP We’ve said it before, but it bears repeating: Routing integrity is an end-to-end challenge that requires the participation of the entire Internet2-networked community and beyond. So, what does that mean? It’s… Read More
11 Oct 2022 Advanced Networking How Big a Deal is the Internet2 Insight Console? Estimated reading time: 6 minutes Part 1 of a Q&A with Mike Simpson, Internet2 Director of Network Systems and Software Mike Simpson, Internet2 Director of Network Systems and Software As the Internet2 community embarked on the Next Generation Infrastructure (NGI) initiative years ago,… Read More
10 Oct 2022 Security See Yourself in Cyber – Internet2 Staff Celebrate Cybersecurity Awareness Month Estimated reading time: 9 minutes Cybersecurity Awareness Month is underway, offering plentiful opportunities to share resources and coalesce around efforts to support secure infrastructure, reliable solutions, and safe communities. This year’s theme, which is collaboratively set by the Cybersecurity… Read More
30 Sep 2022 Community News Internet2 Community News Spotlight – September 2022 Edition Estimated reading time: 4 minutes This monthly feature spotlights timely community stories from Internet2 members, celebrating their achievements and sharing important announcements around their efforts to fulfill their research, education, and scholarship missions. Community News Recap – September 25-30… Read More
26 Sep 2022 Cloud How to Deploy Cloud Services Faster, Save Cost, and Manage Risk – Together Estimated reading time: 2 minutes Key Perspectives From Community Cloud Experts Despite the growing prevalence of new cloud services at higher ed institutions large and small, opportunities remain to smooth out the path for procuring and deploying them. In reality, many obstacles persist… Read More
20 Sep 2022 Advanced Networking Security I-Light and Indiana GigaPOP Move the Needle on Routing Integrity: Maintaining Proxy IRR Data for Members Estimated reading time: 5 minutes Q&A with Tom Johnson and Sean Carver, I-Light and the Indiana GigaPOP We’ve said it before, but it bears repeating: Routing integrity is an end-to-end challenge that requires the participation of the entire Internet2-networked community and beyond. So,… Read More
09 Sep 2022 Community News Coming Full Circle: Past Scholarship Recipients Now at the Helm of Internet2’s Inclusivity Initiative Estimated reading time: 9 minutes Q&A with Deidre Mitchell and Sarvani Chadalapaka, I2I Steering Committee Co-Chairs At the start of 2022, Internet2 selected Deidre Mitchell, enterprise information security engineer at the University of Alabama-Birmingham, and… Read More
31 Aug 2022 Community News Internet2 Community News Spotlight – August 2022 Edition Estimated reading time: 4 minutes This monthly feature spotlights timely community stories from Internet2 members, celebrating their achievements and sharing important announcements around their efforts to fulfill their research, education, and scholarship missions. Community News Recap – August 28-31… Read More
22 Aug 2022 Cloud Advanced Networking What You Should Know About Multicloud Estimated reading time: 9 minutes 6 Questions for Matt Zekauskas, Internet2 Senior Engineer Matt Zekauskas Matt Zekauskas is well known in the research and education (R&E) community as a wearer of many hats – Internet2 senior engineer, research scientist, perfSONAR contributor, and this… Read More
19 Aug 2022 From the Community InCommon Federated Identity Management Cookbook: New Community Resource Offers Primer, Time-Tested Recipes for IdM Estimated reading time: 3 minutes Eric Scott and Josh Drake CI Compass and its Identity Management (IdM) Working Group recently published The Federated Identity Management Cookbook, a new resource that provides time-tested recipes for building… Read More
09 Aug 2022 Events Community News We’re Shaking Things Up for the 2022 Internet2 Technology Exchange Estimated reading time: 3 minutes Opting Out of a Keynote and Opting In for More Cross-Audience Exchanges, Reduced Registration Rates, and Increased Scholarships to Support Diversity and Inclusion We’ve all seen it. Some of us have done it. With the conference keynote only… Read More
29 Jul 2022 Community News Internet2 Community News Spotlight – July 2022 Edition Estimated reading time: 3 minutes This monthly feature spotlights timely community stories from Internet2 members, celebrating their achievements and sharing important announcements around their efforts to fulfill their research, education, and scholarship missions. Community News Recap – July 24-31… Read More
30 Jun 2022 Community News Internet2 Community News Spotlight – June 2022 Edition Estimated reading time: 4 minutes This monthly feature spotlights timely community stories from Internet2 members, celebrating their achievements and sharing important announcements around their efforts to fulfill their research, education, and scholarship missions. Community News Recap – June 26-30… Read More
31 May 2022 Community News Internet2 Community News Spotlight – May 2022 Edition Estimated reading time: 5 minutes This monthly feature spotlights timely community stories from Internet2 members, celebrating their achievements and sharing important announcements around their efforts to fulfill their research, education, and scholarship missions. Community News Recap – May 22-31… Read More
23 May 2022 Advanced Networking Q&A with Jim Stewart: UETN Among the ‘First to 400G’ on Internet2’s Network Estimated reading time: 8 minutes Internet2 recently unveiled its fifth-generation backbone, known as the Next Generation Infrastructure (NGI). NGI interconnects with 37 state and regional networks and serves every state in the U.S. Among these 37 are the first five to upgrade… Read More
29 Apr 2022 Community News Internet2 Community News Spotlight – April 2022 Edition Estimated reading time: 4 minutes This monthly feature spotlights timely community stories from Internet2 members, celebrating their achievements and sharing important announcements around their efforts to fulfill their research, education, and scholarship missions. Community News Recap – April 24-30… Read More
25 Apr 2022 Advanced Networking Q&A with Marianne Chitwood: Indiana GigaPOP Among the ‘First to 400G’ on Internet2’s Network Estimated reading time: 5 minutes Marianne Chitwood, Executive Director of I-Light and Indiana GigaPOP Internet2 recently unveiled its fifth-generation backbone, known as the Next Generation Infrastructure (NGI). NGI interconnects with 37 state and regional networks and serves every state in the U.S. Read More
31 Mar 2022 Community News Internet2 Community News Spotlight – March 2022 Edition Estimated reading time: 5 minutes This monthly feature spotlights timely community stories from Internet2 members, celebrating their achievements and sharing important announcements around their efforts to fulfill their research, education, and scholarship missions. Community News Recap – March 27-31… Read More
28 Mar 2022 Advanced Networking Q&A with Tripti Sinha: MAX Among the ‘First to 400G’ on Internet2’s Network Estimated reading time: 6 minutes Tripti Sinha, Executive Director of Mid-Atlantic Crossroads (MAX) Internet2 recently unveiled its fifth-generation backbone, known as the Next Generation Infrastructure (NGI). NGI interconnects with 37 state and regional networks and serves every state in the U.S. Read More
01 Mar 2022 Advanced Networking Q&A with Pankaj Shah: OARnet Among the ‘First to 400G’ on Internet2’s Network Estimated reading time: 8 minutes Internet2 recently unveiled its fifth-generation backbone, known as the Next Generation Infrastructure (NGI). NGI interconnects with 37 state and regional networks and serves every state in the U.S. Among these 37 are the first five to upgrade… Read More
28 Feb 2022 Community News Internet2 Community News Spotlight – February 2022 Edition Estimated reading time: 4 minutes This monthly feature spotlights timely community stories from Internet2 members, celebrating their achievements and sharing important announcements around their efforts to fulfill their research, education, and scholarship missions. Community News Recap – February 20-28… Read More
14 Feb 2022 Advanced Networking Q&A with Robert Grillo: FLR Among the ‘First to 400G’ on Internet2’s Network Estimated reading time: 7 minutes Internet2 recently unveiled its fifth-generation backbone, known as the Next Generation Infrastructure (NGI). NGI interconnects with 37 state and regional networks and serves every state in the U.S. Among these 37 are the first five to upgrade… Read More
31 Jan 2022 Community News Internet2 Community News Spotlight – January 2022 Edition Estimated reading time: 4 minutes This monthly feature spotlights timely community stories from Internet2 members, celebrating their achievements and sharing important announcements around their efforts to fulfill their research, education, and scholarship missions. Community News Recap – January 23-31… Read More
28 Jan 2022 Internet2 Announcements Community News New Co-Chairs Selected for Internet2 Inclusivity Initiative Steering Committee Estimated reading time: 2 minutes Internet2 welcomes Sarvani Chadalapaka, director of Cyberinfrastructure and Research Technologies (CIRT) at the University of California Merced, and Deidre Mitchell, enterprise information security engineer at the University of Alabama-Birmingham, as… Read More
19 Jan 2022 Community News Ready. Set. Get Involved! Join an Internet2 Community Group Estimated reading time: 7 minutes Robust engagement in Internet2’s Community Groups is the linchpin for moving our community forward. From chartering working groups, advisory groups, and communities of interest, to developing best practices and guiding new solutions – thought leaders from institutions… Read More
30 Dec 2021 Community News Internet2 Community News Spotlight – December 2021 Edition Estimated reading time: 4 minutes This monthly feature spotlights timely community stories from Internet2 members, celebrating their achievements and sharing important announcements around their efforts to fulfill their research, education, and scholarship missions. Community News Recap – December 26-31… Read More
03 Dec 2021 Industry InCommon Catalysts Offer Unique Expertise, Meaningful Contributions to the InCommon Community Estimated reading time: 7 minutes Just six months have passed since the InCommon Catalyst community partner program launched in June 2021. And evidence of the Catalysts’ deep, ongoing commitment to the InCommon community is already stacking up. Catalysts are… Read More
30 Nov 2021 Community News Internet2 Community News Spotlight – November 2021 Edition Estimated reading time: 4 minutes This monthly feature spotlights timely community stories from Internet2 members, celebrating their achievements and sharing important announcements around their efforts to fulfill their research, education, and scholarship missions. Community News Recap – November 28-30… Read More
19 Nov 2021 Advanced Networking Automation and Orchestration No Longer a ‘Nice to Have’ for Internet2’s Next Generation Infrastructure Estimated reading time: 11 minutes Chris Wilkinson and Karl Newell Chris Wilkinson is the network services director of planning and architecture at Internet2, and Karl Newell is the network software architect at Internet2. In this Q&A, Chris and Karl discuss how software-driven automation… Read More
04 Nov 2021 InCommon Seriously Scalable, Resilient, Accessible, and Fun! West Arete’s Scott Woods on Developing the CAMPfire Social App Estimated reading time: 7 minutes Scott Woods is the CEO of West Arete, a custom software development company for the higher education community, InCommon Catalyst, and sponsor of the… Read More
29 Oct 2021 Community News Internet2 Community News Spotlight – October 2021 Edition Estimated reading time: 4 minutes This monthly feature spotlights timely community stories from Internet2 members, celebrating their achievements and sharing important announcements around their efforts to fulfill their research, education, and scholarship missions. Community News Recap – October 24-31… Read More
21 Oct 2021 Advanced Networking Next-Generation Performance Assurance: Internet2’s Mike Simpson on Expanding perfSONAR Capabilities to Support the New Network Estimated reading time: 4 minutes Mike Simpson is the director of infrastructure systems and software in the network services division of Internet2. In this Q&A, Mike talks about expanding and upgrading Internet2’s perfSONAR capabilities to support the Next Generation Infrastructure. One of… Read More
20 Oct 2021 Advanced Networking A Pipeline of Input for Better Network Performance Measurement: Internet2’s Mark Feit on the perfSONAR Collaboration Estimated reading time: 5 minutes Mark Feit is a principal software engineer at Internet2, one of the core developers on the perfSONAR team, and a presenter at the upcoming Internet2 TechEXtra: perfSONAR Day, which is being held virtually… Read More
30 Sep 2021 Community News Internet2 Community News Spotlight – September 2021 Edition Estimated reading time: 5 minutes This monthly feature spotlights timely community stories from Internet2 members, celebrating their achievements and sharing important announcements around their efforts to fulfill their research, education, and scholarship missions. This Week US Closes in on… Read More
28 Sep 2021 InCommon How InCommon Academy is Supporting IAM Infrastructure Modernization at Illinois State University Estimated reading time: 5 minutes Majeed Abu-Qulbain, Senior Enterprise Architect at Illinois State University Majeed Abu-Qulbain, Senior Enterprise Architect at Illinois State University, is an alumnus of the InCommon Academy’s Collaboration Success Program and Trusted Access Platform training. Read More
01 Sep 2021 Cloud It’s About More Than Storage: Tailoring Google Workspace for the Higher Ed Community Estimated reading time: 6 minutes Internet2 NET+ Service Evaluation Participants Share Their Story What’s the special sauce of NET+, you ask? To find the answer, take a closer look at the recent launch of the NET+ Google Workspace for Education (GWE)… Read More
31 Aug 2021 Community News Internet2 Community News Spotlight – August 2021 Edition Estimated reading time: 3 minutes This monthly feature spotlights timely community stories from Internet2 members, celebrating their achievements and sharing important announcements around their efforts to fulfill their research, education, and scholarship missions. Community News Recap – August 29-31… Read More
20 Aug 2021 Cloud Community News Q&A with UW–Madison CIO Lois Brooks and Research CI Director Jan Cheetham Discuss Upskilling IT to Support Cloud Computing for Research Estimated reading time: 6 minutes Lois Brooks and Jan Cheetham Lois Brooks, chief information officer and vice provost for information technology at the University of Wisconsin–Madison, is active nationally in the higher education community, having served in leadership and governance roles with the… Read More
02 Aug 2021 Cloud CLASS Panel Shares Opportunities and Obstacles to Facilitating Cloud Computing for Research Estimated reading time: 3 minutes Remember returning home from class excited to share what you learned that day? That’s a fresh feeling among participants from the first cohort of CLASS, Internet2’s Cloud Learning and Skills Sessions, who shared about the unique challenges… Read More
30 Jul 2021 Community News Internet2 Community News Spotlight – July 2021 Edition Estimated reading time: 4 minutes This monthly feature spotlights timely community stories from Internet2 members, celebrating their achievements and sharing important announcements around their efforts to fulfill their research, education, and scholarship missions. High Capacity Fiber Internet Service Expedites… Read More
15 Jul 2021 InCommon Let’s Build Some IAM Momentum: Internet2’s Paul Caskey on a Community-Based Approach Estimated reading time: 5 minutes Paul Caskey is one of several instructors and subject matter experts who facilitate the InCommon Collaboration Success Program (CSP). Offering a modular professional development approach with just-in-time help from just-the-right people, the program helps higher education and research… Read More
13 Jul 2021 Research Engagement Internet2’s John Hicks Reflects on Expanding Access and Bridging the Gap for Research Estimated reading time: 4 minutes John Hicks, network research engineer with Internet2, has spent most of his career supporting scientists, researchers, and research computing and data professionals in their use of high performance research and education (R&E) networks. His role with Internet2’s Research… Read More
02 Jul 2021 Community News Advanced Networking White Paper: New Community Resource Unpacks Misconceptions and Touts Benefits of Network Automation for Any Organization Estimated reading time: 2 minutes Karl Newell Why the hesitation on network automation? A new community resource developed by collaborators from Merit Network, University of Michigan, GlobalNOC, Internet2, Cisco, ADVA, and Juniper Networks unpacks some of the common misconceptions surrounding network automation and… Read More
30 Jun 2021 Community News Internet2 Community News Spotlight – June 2021 Edition This monthly feature spotlights timely community stories from Internet2 members, celebrating their achievements and sharing important announcements around their efforts to fulfill their research, education, and scholarship missions. CENIC Recognizes The Quilt as Outstanding Partner in Research and Education Networking University of… Read More