13 Oct 2021 Security Giving Cybersecurity Awareness Month the Attention It Deserves By Nick Lewis, Internet2 Program Manager Estimated reading time: 5 minutes Nick Lewis I know last year and most of this year is still a blur for many of you on campus, but even during these challenging times, there’s still so much going on in the world of cybersecurity!… Read More
13 Oct 2021 Community Anchor Program LEARN: Empowering Rural Texas One Library at a Time By Therese Perlowski, CAP Program Manager Estimated reading time: 6 minutes Amy Schultz What began as a casual conversation about the importance of libraries being able to provide their communities with reliable, high-speed internet access evolved into a major project to connect libraries across the state of Texas, spanning… Read More
11 Oct 2021 Events Research Engagement Join Me for TechEXtra21 on Oct 15: Running a 380 fp32 petaFLOPS GPU Burst for Multi-Messenger Astrophysics With IceCube Estimated reading time: 4 minutes Register for the Running a 380PFLOP32s GPU Burst for Multi-Messenger Astrophysics With IceCube event… Read More
08 Oct 2021 In The Media In the Media: $3M Grant to Bolster MSI Cyberinfrastructure, PD Opportunities Estimated reading time: 4 minutes A $3 million National Science Foundation grant awarded to the Minority Serving – Cyberinfrastructure Consortium (MS-CC) and Internet2 will provide researchers, professional staff, and students from historically Black colleges and universities (HBCUs) and tribal… Read More
07 Oct 2021 Advanced Networking Internet2 Next Generation Infrastructure Update: OESS and Cloud Connect Migrations Begin October 11 By Linda Roos, Internet2 Senior Director, State and Regional Networks Estimated reading time: 2 minutes Internet2 is making steady progress on the transition of services to the Next Generation Infrastructure. We are now planning to begin the OESS and Internet2 Cloud Connect (I2CC) migrations on October 11, 2021. Over the… Read More
07 Oct 2021 Advanced Networking Internet2 Next Generation Infrastructure Packet Platform: Update on Interdomain Multicast Phase-Out By Chris Wilkinson, Internet2 Network Services Director of Planning and Architecture Estimated reading time: 3 minutes As Internet2 completes its transition to a new core network architecture, it will no longer support Layer 3 protocol-independent multicast (PIM) as part of the Advanced Layer 3 Service (AL3S). This is due to minimal community utilization of… Read More
06 Oct 2021 Security Cybersecurity Awareness Month – Recap of the Welcome to 2021 Orientation for Higher Ed Information Security and Privacy By Nick Lewis, Program Manager, NET+ Cloud Services – Security and Identity Estimated reading time: 4 minutes It’s always great to hear from campuses about what they like about the community and how it has benefited them! The Welcome to 2021 Orientation for Higher Ed Information Security and Privacy panel talked about so many… Read More
06 Oct 2021 Cloud Events Discover Emerging Cloud Solutions with the Internet2 Cloud Scorecard Directory By Quyen Vaillant, Internet2 NET+ Cloud Collaboration Services Estimated reading time: 2 minutes Earlier this year, the Cloud Scorecard Working Group completed more than a year-long community consultation process focused on identifying ways to manage the rapid growth and utilization of cloud services at community scale. The Working Group created… Read More
05 Oct 2021 Cloud Driving Confidence Through Automation: Internet2 NET+ Palo Alto Networks Cybersecurity Town Hall Report By Nick Lewis, Internet2 Program Manager Estimated reading time: 3 minutes Higher ed cybersecurity teams are battling external threats while also working to overcome internal resource constraints of time, money, and attention. This means the challenge is not just building robust defenses in-depth but finding smarter ways to manage… Read More
05 Oct 2021 Advanced Networking Internet2 Announcements Internet2 Peer Exchange Update: Microsoft, Box, and Oracle Routes Will Transition to I2PX-only in October By Chris Wilkinson, Internet2 Network Services Director of Planning and Architecture Estimated reading time: 1 minute Beginning in October 2021, Internet2 will remove Microsoft, Box, and the original Oracle Cloud Platform (AS7160) routes from the Advanced Layer 3 Service (AL3S) for research and education (R&E): AS11537. These routes will be transitioned to Internet2 Peer… Read More