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May
2020
By Nick Lewis The NET+ Duo Security program recently posted an update on 2019 on the NET+ Duo wiki. The blog went over updates from the previous year and plans for 2020. This post details a few additional updates with action items for NET+ Duo participants. If you are not yet…
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Apr
2020
By Sean O’Brien We are pleased to share that Internet2 higher education members may now utilize the custom terms of service developed as part of the Internet2 NET+ Google Cloud Platform (GCP) program to realize the benefits of the National Institutes of Health (NIH) Science and Technology Research Infrastructure for…
23
Apr
2020
By Therese Perlowski With all eight major universities in Kentucky sending their students home to complete classes remotely, and the majority of community members asked to stay home, the necessity for strong broadband has never been more urgent. In a largely rural state like Kentucky, where many homes and communities…
20
Apr
2020
By Quyen Vaillant Speaking to over 600 members of the higher education community, Zoom detailed the company’s commitment to creating the best and safest Zoom meeting experiences for users and addressed security, privacy, data, and any other concerns gathered by the higher education community. The call was hosted by Zoom…
15
Apr
2020
By Nick Lewis A pre-service evaluation agreement for Palo Alto Networks Prisma Access Service was just signed. Campuses can now use it if they need to address emerging campus remote access needs while the longer-term NET+ program is developed with Palo Alto Networks. This agreement has custom pricing for campuses…
07
Apr
2020
By Therese Perlowski The coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic has illustrated how broadband access is critical to our country’s students, businesses, and public safety. Yet many communities continue to be left behind. Pennsylvania’s research and education network, Keystone Initiative for Network Based Education and Research (KINBER), is trying to bridge this…
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Mar
2020
By Steven Wallace When students reposition to home locations, traffic patterns change. In most cases, the network traffic from the student to the cloud-based learning management systems and video applications will use commercial networks (i.e., the broadband in their home or apartment) and will no longer traverse the research and…
26
Mar
2020
By Robert Vietzke Many community members have asked how the sudden move of students, faculty and staff from our nation’s educational facilities to their homes have impacted Internet2 and other R&E networks. Days into this massive change, we’re already seeing some interesting trends that confirm the critical role R&E networks…
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Mar
2020
By Jamie Sunderland NSF Award #1904444 Exploring Clouds for Acceleration of Science, or E-CAS, is a project funded by the National Science Foundation that is being administered and coordinated by Internet2 in collaboration with commercial cloud service providers. The project, which launched in December 2018, intends to accelerate scientific…
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Mar
2020
By Sean O’Brien Interest in and utilization of Zoom continues to grow as many higher education institutions move teaching, learning and administrative functions online. Internet2 is maintaining updates on this webpage as it relates to overall operations. As detailed in our earlier update, we are focusing on: Ensuring connectivity to Zoom…
