28 Mar 2025 Advanced Networking Advancing Optical Networking: How the R&E Community Supports and Benefits from OFCnet Innovations at OFC 2025 By Amber Rasche Estimated reading time: 5 minutes JoAnne Bender, Internet2 Network Architect and OFCnet Volunteer, Shares Insights on the Experience and Impacts The 2025 Optical Fiber Communications Conference and Exhibition (OFC) is just around the corner, March 30 – April… Read More
27 Mar 2025 Advanced Networking Internet2 Announcements Internet2 and Cisco Push Coherent Optics Farther, Redefining Long-Haul Flexibility and Network Capacity on Demand Estimated reading time: 5 minutes Breakthrough Trial Demonstrates 400 Gbps Link Spanning Over 3,000 km Without Transponders or Regeneration WASHINGTON, D.C., March 27, 2025 — Internet2 and Cisco recently demonstrated a breakthrough in coherent optics technologies, achieving a 400 Gbps link over… Read More
17 Mar 2025 Advanced Networking Trusted Infrastructure Platform: A Collective Vision for the Future of R&E Networking By James Deaton Estimated reading time: 3 minutes The Internet2 community has reached a pivotal milestone in the evolution of our national research and education (R&E) network fabric. With significant advancements in our optical and packet infrastructure implemented — and a new era of automation… Read More
05 Mar 2025 Advanced Networking Community Exchange Behind the Advanced Networking Track with Dawn Ng: Shaping an Unmissable CommEX25 By Kenneth Lewis Estimated reading time: 5 minutes Dawn Ng from GÉANT and Fellow Program Committee Members Lend Insights to Bring Community Exchange to Life What makes Internet2 Community Exchange a staple event for executive leaders and innovators across the global… Read More
14 Feb 2025 Advanced Networking Internet2 Adds Site in New Jersey, Expanding Network Peering Capabilities By Amber Rasche Estimated reading time: 4 minutes Internet2, in collaboration with Edge, recently commissioned a new network site in Newark, New Jersey. This expansion strengthens research and education (R&E) connectivity in the region, which also includes the nearby site at… Read More
19 Nov 2024 Advanced Networking Community News Internet2’s Steven Wallace Elected to MANRS Steering Committee in 2024 Estimated reading time: 2 minutes Steven Wallace, director of the Internet2 Routing Integrity Initiative, was recently elected to the Mutually Agreed Norms for Routing Security (MANRS) Steering Committee. He will serve a three-year term… Read More
12 Nov 2024 Advanced Networking Global Indiana University’s NEA3R Expands with Internet2, Boosting Global Research Connectivity Estimated reading time: 1 minute Indiana University’s NEA3R project has announced a major upgrade to its trans-Atlantic capacity and a new collaboration with Internet2, advancing global connectivity for the research and education (R&E) community. NEA3R… Read More
11 Sep 2024 Advanced Networking Security What the Research & Education Community Learned From Three Impactful Routing Security Incidents in 2024 By Steven Wallace Estimated reading time: 4 minutes Countries with BGP autonomous systems represented in the GREN Routing security is an increasingly pressing concern for the research and education (R&E) community as common routing threats continue to disrupt critical network infrastructure. In 2024, three significant routing… Read More
11 Sep 2024 Advanced Networking Cloud Internet2 Insight Console Offers Increased Flexibility and Ease in Managing Multicloud Environments By Amber Rasche 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
01 Aug 2024 Advanced Networking Cloud NET+ Cloud Services Peering Consolidated Into Internet2 Peer Exchange Estimated reading time: 3 minutes By Jeff Bartig, Senior Interconnection Architect, and Chris Wilkinson, Internet2 Senior Director of Infrastructure Engineering and Architecture Internet2 will soon consolidate all of its cloud peering into the Internet2 Peer Exchange (I2PX) service, moving remaining commercial peers… Read More