15 Jul 2024 Advanced Networking Network Automation Transforming R&E Networks Through Automation: Q&A with Network to Code and Internet2 By Amber Rasche 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
24 May 2024 Advanced Networking Reminder About Internet2 Network Monitoring and Support During 2024 Peak Season for Extreme Weather Estimated reading time: 3 minutes By Chris Wilkinson, Internet2 Senior Director of Infrastructure Engineering and Architecture, and Camille Davis-Alfs, Internet2 Engineering Services Manager Note: This blog has been updated and reposted as a reminder for the community and to reflect the latest reports… Read More
06 May 2024 Advanced Networking Security My Experience as an ARIN Fellow, and Why You Should Be One Too By Adair Thaxton Estimated reading time: 5 minutes In January, my Internet2 colleague Amber Rasche posted a link in one of our Slack channels to let us know that applications for the ARIN Fellowship Program were open. I was unfamiliar with… Read More
21 Mar 2024 Advanced Networking North American Research and Education Organizations Launch New Experimental Network and Exchange Collaboration: NA-REX Seven advanced research and education (R&E) networks and exchange point consortia are collaborating to establish a new high-performance experimental network service connecting global exchange points in North America. Their collaboration promises enhanced capacity, coordination, and testing capabilities to develop next-generation network services, technologies, and foundational infrastructure supporting global science and… Read More
14 Mar 2024 Advanced Networking Global CANARIE, ESnet, GÉANT, and Internet2 Unveil Highest Capacity Transoceanic Connectivity for Research and Education Estimated reading time: 6 minutes 400 Gbps Spectrum-based Circuits Deployed on New Subsea Cable System to Advance Global Scientific Collaboration and Innovation WASHINGTON, D.C., March 14, 2024 – Internet2, in a joint effort with CANARIE, the Energy Sciences Network (ESnet), and GÉANT, announced… Read More
27 Feb 2024 Advanced Networking Global New Consortium MetrANOVA to Create a Measurement and Analysis Toolbox for Research and Education Networks Worldwide Estimated reading time: 6 minutes A partial snapshot of the global web of R&E networks: MetrANOVA seeks to develop shared network measurement and analysis tools, tactics, and techniques with the ultimate goal of accelerating scientific research everywhere. (Image: Global… Read More
19 Feb 2024 Advanced Networking Network Automation New Year, New Plans for Community Network Automation Group By Shannon Byrnes Estimated reading time: 3 minutes Only a little over a year has passed since we announced the official foundation of the NTAC Network Automation Special Interest Group (SIG). It was so brand new at the time that our first monthly meetup took… Read More
13 Feb 2024 Community Exchange Advanced Networking Countdown to Community Exchange 2024: 5 Internet2 Insights You’ll Hear in Chicago (Part 3) By Amber Rasche 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
25 Jan 2024 Advanced Networking Cloud Internet2 Cloud Connect Adds New 100 Gbps Connections in San Jose to Oracle Cloud Infrastructure Estimated reading time: 2 minutes By Linda Roos, Internet2 Senior Director for State and Regional Networks The Internet2 Cloud Connect (I2CC) service recently added two 100 Gbps connections to Oracle Cloud Infrastructure (OCI) via Oracle FastConnect in San Jose, California. San Jose… Read More
18 Jan 2024 InCommon Advanced Networking CommEX24 Speaker Spotlight: Q&A with ESnet’s Edward Balas By Apryl Motley Estimated reading time: 3 minutes “I like helping the R&E community gain insights into the networks we provide and how they are positively impacting our communities and broader society,” said Ed Balas when asked what he likes most about his job as measurement… Read More