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10
May
2021

Advanced Networking

Internet2 Network Milestone: 1 Exabyte of Data Moved Between January and May 2021

Estimated reading time: 3 minutes By Robert Vietzke, Internet2 Vice President for Network Services Last evening, Internet2 reached a major milestone by moving over 1 exabyte of data in less than five months. This achievement occurs a little under two months earlier than…

03
May
2021

Advanced Networking

Internet2 Next Generation Infrastructure Update: Testing Underway; Network Successfully Carries 400 Gbps of Traffic Coast-to-Coast

Estimated reading time: 3 minutes By Jon-Paul Herron, Director, Internet2 Network Operations Center (NOC) The last few weeks of the Next Generation Infrastructure (NGI) project have focused on testing. We want to be sure that the network design, deployment, connection, and configuration…

27
Apr
2021

Advanced Networking

Check Out New Wiki, Videos About Networking for Cloud Services

Estimated reading time: 2 minutes By Linda Roos, Internet2 Senior Director, State and Regional Networks Need to understand how to get started with the Cloud Connect Portal? Want to watch a short video explaining our Networking for Cloud Service? We have all of…

06
Apr
2021

Advanced Networking

Internet2 Next Generation Infrastructure Update: 29 Packet Nodes Connected by Forty 400G Links; GDT Install Completes on Schedule

Estimated reading time: 3 minutes By Chris Wilkinson, Internet2 Network Services Director of Planning and Architecture In the two weeks since we reported the first 400 Gbps backbone connections on the Internet2 network, our team has made substantial progress toward fully deploying…

22
Mar
2021

Advanced Networking

Now Online: First Internet2 Next Generation Infrastructure 400G Ethernet Links for New Routed Network

Estimated reading time: 4 minutes By Chris Wilkinson, Internet2 Network Services Director of Planning and Architecture Internet2 marks the beginning of this week having deployed its first operational 400 Gbps Ethernet connections for its new Next Generation Infrastructure (NGI) platform. Cisco 8201…

26
Feb
2021

Advanced Networking

First Internet2 Next Generation Infrastructure 800G Single-carrier Link Online; Long-haul, Flex-grid Deployment Complete

Estimated reading time: 3 minutes By Chris Wilkinson, Network Services Director of Planning and Architecture Internet2 today deployed its first 800 Gbps single-carrier optical circuit between Phoenix and Tucson as part of its Next Generation Infrastructure (NGI) program. This circuit leverages a…

24
Feb
2021

Advanced Networking

IPv6 is the Internet’s Future – and Together with ARIN We’ll Help You Enable IPv6

By Steven Wallace

Estimated reading time: 2 minutes While our community led early IPv6 development, the commercial sector has taken the lead. As early founders of the internet, US research and education institutions hold a disproportionate share of IPv4 addresses, lessening incentives to embrace IPv6. While…

16
Feb
2021

Advanced Networking

Looking Ahead, Moving Forward: Internet2 Network Services’ Commitments in 2021 and Beyond

Estimated reading time: 8 minutes By Robert Vietzke, Internet2 Vice President, Network Services With an unexpected 2020 behind us, the Internet2 Network Services team is focused on 2021 objectives that deliver on the Next Generation Infrastructure (NGI) program: the completion of an upgraded…

16
Feb
2021

Advanced Networking

NAOPpag 2021 Strategic Discussion Topics

Estimated reading time: 2 minutes By Linda Roos, Internet2 Senior Director, State and Regional Networks The Network Architecture, Operations and Policy Program Advisory Group (NAOPpag) provides strategic advice to the leadership of Network Services on all aspects of designing, operating, sustaining, and…

25
Jan
2021

Advanced Networking

Next Generation Infrastructure Packet Implementation Continues: Late January Update

Estimated reading time: 1 minute By Scott Taylor, Internet2 Packet Platform Implementation Director The third week of the packet implementation for the Next Generation Infrastructure (NGI) program is complete. Cisco series 8000 routers are being installed in 48 locations around the country.

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