Filter
15
Jul
2020
Estimated reading time: 1 minute By Chris Wilkinson, Internet2 Director of Network Planning and Architecture The nationwide upgrade of the community’s optical network infrastructure is continuing to pick up speed thanks to joint effort by Internet2, CenturyLink, and Ciena staff. The project is…
24
Jun
2020
Estimated reading time: 9 minutes By Howard Pfeffer, Internet2 President and CEO, Co-authored by Lous Fox, CENIC President & CEO One of the most fulfilling aspects of our job is the ability to support the research and education (R&E) community in advancing their…
15
May
2020
Estimated reading time: 3 minutes By Chris Wilkinson, Internet2 Director of Network Planning and Architecture To support the transition of students and faculty to remotely accessing campus resources from home, including online education and research, Internet2 has recently completed upgrades to the Internet2…
27
Mar
2020
By Steven Wallace
Estimated reading time: 4 minutes When students reposition to home locations, traffic patterns change. In most cases, the network traffic from the student to the cloud-based learning management systems and video applications will use commercial networks (i.e., the broadband in their home or…
26
Mar
2020
Estimated reading time: 8 minutes By Robert Vietzke, Internet2 Vice President, Network Services Many community members have asked how the sudden move of students, faculty and staff from our nation’s educational facilities to their homes have impacted Internet2 and other R&E networks. Days…
13
Mar
2020
By Steven Wallace
Estimated reading time: 2 minutes If your campus has deployed a cloud-based VPN and you are willing to share your experiences with others, we’d like to hear from you! Campus network operators use VPNs to both provide network access control, through user and…
13
Mar
2020
Estimated reading time: 8 minutes By Rob Vietzke, Internet2 Vice President, Network Services This whitepaper describes how campus, regional, and Internet2 networks provide access to cloud-based learning today, and what will change as campuses migrate to online learning by off-campus students. This information…
19
Sep
2019
Estimated reading time: 2 minutes By George Loftus, Internet2 Associate Vice President, Network Services The NGI project seeks to support five key use cases to update the value of the Internet2 Network service offerings. These include support for the data intensive researcher, supporting…
19
Sep
2019
Estimated reading time: 2 minutes By Chris Wilkinson, Internet2 Director of Network Planning and Architecture Internet2 is pleased to announce that the Next Generation Infrastructure (NGI) Project has passed a significant milestone with the formal selection of Ciena as the NGI optical platform…
19
Sep
2019
Estimated reading time: 2 minutes By Rob Vietzke, Internet2 Vice President, Network Services This is an incredibly busy and exciting time at Internet2 and we are delighted to share updates with you on many of the activities that are underway. I say “busy” because…
