28 Feb 2023 Advanced Networking Community News 4 Things We Learned From a Community Test Drive of the Internet2 Insight Console at TechEX By Christopher Green We’re not testing you; you’re helping us test the software. So you can’t do anything wrong! Christopher Green (left) and Brian Cashman of Internet2 talk through the usability testing process at the 2022 Technology Exchange. With that disclaimer setting the stage for unfettered clicking and unfiltered feedback, we invited community… Read More
21 Feb 2023 Advanced Networking Internet2 Announcements Internet2 Welcomes James E. Deaton as Vice President of Network Services James E. Deaton We are pleased to announce the appointment of James E. Deaton as the new Internet2 vice president of Network Services, effective March 20, 2023. In this role, James will lead the strategic direction and ongoing operations of Internet2’s world-class network infrastructure and advanced services in support of… Read More
13 Feb 2023 Advanced Networking Make Network Automation a Priority in 2023: A Call for Collaboration in the Research and Education Community By George Loftus George Loftus During the Internet2 Technology Exchange at the close of last year, attendees facilitated one of the most engaging conversations our community has had for quite some time. The topic? Network automation. Perhaps it was the excitement of us all gathering together in person for the first time… Read More
01 Feb 2023 Advanced Networking What if We Get All the Mountaineers Together? Internet2 Community Forms New Network Automation Special Interest Group By Shannon Byrnes Back in 2019, far prior to my start at Internet2, I was an engineer at a university that was heads down in its network automation journey. Our engineers had the opportunity to go to one conference a year, and my pick was the Internet2 Technology Exchange in New Orleans. My… 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 By Amber Rasche 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
17 Jan 2023 Advanced Networking Security NYSERNet Moves the Needle on Routing Integrity: Implementing Peer-Facing RPKI Route Origin Validation By Amber Rasche 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
10 Nov 2022 Advanced Networking ARIN Agreement Changes Offer 2 More Reasons to Secure Legacy Network Resources Before 2024 By Steven Wallace Estimated reading time: 4 minutes The American Registry for Internet Numbers (ARIN) recently released a new version of the Registration Services Agreement (RSA) and announced forthcoming increases to the legacy resource fee structure – offering… Read More
24 Oct 2022 Advanced Networking Community Is at the Center of ‘Getting It Right’ for the Internet2 Insight Console By Amber Rasche 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 By Amber Rasche 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? By Amber Rasche 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