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26
Sep
2022
By Amber Rasche
Key Perspectives From Community Cloud Experts Despite the growing prevalence of new cloud services at higher ed institutions large and small, opportunities remain to smooth out the path for procuring and deploying them. In reality, many obstacles persist for the procurement and enterprise IT staff who are at the helm…
26
Sep
2022
By Stephanie Stenberg
The Internet2 Community Anchor Program (CAP) has launched its third annual distance learning scholarship program intended to give K-12 teachers free, one-on-one distance learning programs for their classes through the Center for Interactive Learning and Collaboration (CILC). Any teacher or school librarian from a…
26
Sep
2022
By Amber Rasche
This monthly feature spotlights timely community stories from Internet2 members, celebrating their achievements and sharing important announcements around their efforts to fulfill their research, education, and scholarship missions. This week Statement on Hurricane Ian (Florida LambdaRail) Community News Recap – September 18-24…
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Sep
2022
By Apryl Motley
With our next virtual Shibboleth workshop coming up October 3–7, we asked co-Instructors Paul Caskey, an IAM architect at Internet2, and Paul Riddle, an identity architect at the University of Maryland Baltimore County (UMBC), to share their insights on its benefits. Hear from Paul Caskey and…
20
Sep
2022
By Amber Rasche
Q&A with Tom Johnson and Sean Carver, I-Light and the Indiana 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 in everyone’s best interest to work together…
19
Sep
2022
By Apryl Motley
Did you know that in 2021 InCommon volunteers collectively contributed 2,343 hours of time to help move the IAM community forward? We couldn’t do all we do without our valued volunteers. With this year’s Call for InCommon Advisory Committee Nominations currently underway, we are highlighting some of our current and…
19
Sep
2022
By Apryl Motley
As part of our ongoing commitment to providing you with additional opportunities to benefit from the insights and expertise of InCommon Catalysts, earlier this year we introduced a quarterly Q&A column, Catalyst to Catalyst, that we feature in our e-newsletter InCommon News. Think of Catalyst to Catalyst as a…
16
Sep
2022
By Teni Agbesanwa
We’re looking forward to participating in upcoming engagement opportunities these next few months to discuss the work of the Minority Serving – Cyberinfrastructure Consortium (MS-CC) to promote advanced cyberinfrastructure capabilities on the campuses of historically Black colleges and universities (HBCUs), tribal colleges and universities (TCUs), and other minority-serving institutions (MSIs). Quick…
13
Sep
2022
Funding supports accelerating cyberinfrastructure-centric research capacity at historically Black colleges and universities (HBCUs) and tribal colleges and universities (TCUs) through proof-of-concept grants and shared resources WASHINGTON, D.C., Sept. 13, 2022 – The Minority Serving – Cyberinfrastructure Consortium (MS-CC) and Internet2 have been awarded a nearly $15 million grant from…
12
Sep
2022
By Linda Roos, Internet2 senior director for State and Regional Networks, and Matt Zekauskas, Internet2 senior engineer
The Internet2 Cloud Connect (I2CC) service now includes 100 Gbps connections in Ashburn, Virginia, and Dallas, Texas, to Oracle Cloud Infrastructure (OCI) via OCI FastConnect. I2CC is available to research and education (R&E) institutions connected to the Internet2 network. The service…
