01 Mar 2023 Research Engagement Free Virtual Residency Workshop on Research Computing By Daphne McCanse, Technology Communications and Marketing Consultant Do you want to learn how to better help researchers at your institution use research technologies? Would you like to make professional connections and meet others working in the field of research computing facilitation? The Virtual Residency Summer Introductory Workshop on Research Computing Facilitation is designed to sharpen… Read More
28 Feb 2023 Advanced Networking Security Preparing for Resource Public Key Infrastructure Route Origin Validation By Steven Wallace An increasing number of network providers are implementing Resource Public Key Infrastructure Route Origin Validation (RPKI-ROV) to identify and mitigate false routing information that might arise by accident or attempted route hijacking. This trend includes Internet Service Providers and non-profit organizations like Internet2 that provide connectivity for the research and… Read More
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
28 Feb 2023 Community News Internet2 Community News Spotlight – February 2023 Edition 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. Community News Recap – February 19-28 CENIC Validates Coherent Pluggables with Integrated Amplifier over Production Network… Read More
23 Feb 2023 InCommon The Best IAM Advice Ever: The 2022 Edition Edited by Apryl Motley, CAE - InCommon Communications Lead Throughout 2022, we asked members of the InCommon community to share the best identity and access management (IAM) advice they had ever received and from whom. Without further ado, here are 10 pieces of the best IAM advice ever. One of my big takeaways has been how single sign-on (SSO)… Read More
21 Feb 2023 InCommon Major Improvements to the Grouper Provisioning Framework By Chris Hyzer, University of Pennsylvania It was great seeing many of you at the Internet2 Technology Exchange (TechEX) in Denver in December 2022. We love talking with our community about identity management, Grouper, and everything else too. Shout out to the team at the University of Michigan who presented a terrific TechEX session on… 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
16 Feb 2023 Community News Q&A With Community Leaders on the Benefits of Supporting Their Staff Through the Internet2 Inclusivity Scholarship By Taleitha McGuinnis In this Q&A blog, we asked three community leaders to share why they encourage colleagues across research and education (R&E) to invest in their staff by nominating them for the Internet2 Inclusivity (I2I) scholarship program. All three – Lois Brooks, chief information officer and vice provost for information technology… Read More
15 Feb 2023 Cloud NET+ Cloud Services: Nitty Gritty = Manage Risk and Maximize Opportunity By Nick Lewis You can get leading cloud services on your own. Or, you can get those same services – configured specifically for research and education (R&E). This is one of the most popular sentiments from long-time NET+ subscribers and supporters. Leading universities around the country created Internet2 NET+ for leverage in the… Read More
15 Feb 2023 InCommon Events InCommon IAM Online Speaker Spotlight: Q&A with the University of Wisconsin–Madison IAM Team By Apryl Motley Members of the identity and access management (IAM) team at the University of Wisconsin–Madison (UW–Madison) will be our featured presenters for “From Modernizing Our Use of Grouper to Provisioning with midPoint and Developing Standard Populations” as part of IAM Online on Wednesday,… Read More