Internet2 members are committed to advancing the technical capabilities of research and education. What our members accomplish together, they could not do on their own.
WHERE MEMBERS FIND VALUE
Internet2 Members Advance Research
and Education
Our world would be a different place if not for Internet2 members.
We make it our mission to provide member institutions with the power to make advancements as a community they cannot do alone.
Technologically, scholarly, and scientifically advanced institutions win more funding, do better work, and attract the best students, faculty researchers, and researchers.
Internet2 members move scholars, scientists, and researchers into the future.
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Providing leverage, efficiency, and capability for you and your institution.
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Making new things possible with exclusive access to our network infrastructure.
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Save cost, manage risk, and implement optimized services faster.
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Maintain a secure infrastructure and enable frictionless collaboration.
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Higher Education Member Organizations
875+
Peers in Working Groups Guiding & Shaping Advanced Technologies
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InCommon Higher Education, Research, and Corporate Participants
Access the Internet2 Peer Community
A community of peers is what creates leverage, efficiency, and capability for you and your institution.
Discover Community ServicesInternet2 community members join together to expand learning, science, and research capabilities of their institutions.
Internet2 is how R&E leaders co-create custom services and infrastructure for the best science and scholarship.
Internet2 is a people network that transcends institutional boundaries and creates partnerships.
Regardless of the challenge or opportunity I’m facing, my peers are in a similar position. I have a community that can discuss and determine how to move forward with shared solutions that address our needs.
Access the Internet2 Network Structure
New things become possible with exclusive access to the national high-performance network infrastructure.
Discover the Internet2 NetworkInternet2 delivers the national high-performance network infrastructure built to advance education and science.
The Internet2 network provides performance, resiliency, security, and fully automated capabilities demanded by the most advanced applications.
Internet2 allows global access to next generation research and scholarship.
We save immense amounts of dollars and resources. When I need to immediately scale bandwidth and connect to new applications or providers, we
have community ownership and control of our infrastructure.
Access Customized Cloud Services
Save cost, manage risk, and implement optimized services faster with access to leading cloud services customized for colleges, universities, and R&E organizations.
Discover Internet2 Cloud ServicesInternet2 gets you to the cloud easier and more securely with the largest service providers.
Internet2 develops and customizes cloud services to meet the specific needs of R&E — security, compliance, and contracting.
Internet2 provides community-powered vendor management and procurement with pre-negotiated contract terms, pricing, and services tailored for the R&E community.
The NET+ contracts have been a cornerstone to our evaluation and selection of leading products and tools … Internet2 and the NET+ program have been solid contributors and partners in meeting the pressing needs of higher education information technology.
Access Security and Trusted Identity
Maintain a secure infrastructure and enable frictionless collaboration with other institutions’ faculty, staff, and researchers.
Discover Security & IdentityInternet2 helps members protect cloud-based academic and business functions, and to identify service problems across national and international networks.
Internet2 helps members protect their information security with a portfolio of community-vetted cloud security services.
Internet2 extends what scholars and researchers can accomplish because identity and access management (IAM) is already integrated across global research and education through a community-developed trust network, single sign-on, and seamless access to cloud and local services.
I travel a lot for work and, personally, and it’s been absolutely amazing to have secure access from wherever I am. It is certainly on another college campus, but I have also found eduroam, based on the same founding principles as InCommon, in unexpected places. It knows me, who I am, and provides me secure access to the internet from wherever I happen to be. It has just been fantastic.
Services, Software, and Applications You Can Trust
Internet2 provides advanced network services and applications. Identity and access management software developed by the community. Cloud services with features and pricing customized for and developed by higher education.
How Our Community Solves Major Challenges
Technology leaders are under pressure to solve major challenges.Internet2 was created by R&E institutions and provides advanced technology, infrastructure and services solutions:
Ensure sustainability of your cyberinfastructure
Maintain & improve your institution’s capabilities & competitiveness
Evolve at great speed to meet ever-changing needs
Increase productivity & efficiencies with a community of peers
Leverage relationships with like-minded, dedicated R&E partners
Our Member Institutions & Organizations
