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18
Sep
2019

NGI Packet RFP to be Released in October 2019

Estimated reading time: 1 minute By Scott Taylor, Internet2 Packet Platform Implementation Director This summer the Community Architect’s Workshop in Minneapolis gave the Internet2 team an opportunity to share information that we’ve learned about different hardware platforms and protocols that will be incorporated…

18
Sep
2019

Ciena Selected as NGI Optical Platform Partner

Estimated reading time: 2 minutes By Chris Wilkinson, Internet2 Director of Network Planning and Architecture Optical Internet2 is pleased to announce that the Next Generation Infrastructure (NGI) Project has passed a significant milestone with the formal selection of Ciena as the NGI optical…

03
Sep
2019

Remote Instrumentation Resources for K20 Schools

Estimated reading time: 4 minutes By Stephanie Stenberg, Director, Internet2 Community Anchor Program Utilizing advanced networking, students can conduct original research using the same instruments as the nation’s premier scientists. These remote instruments let your students control a microscope or telescope hundreds of…

27
Aug
2019

Internet2 Network Adds Support for IPv6 RTBH Signaling and Filtering

Estimated reading time: 2 minutes By Paul Howell, Internet2 Chief Cyberinfrastructure Security Officer Remote Triggered Blackhole Filtering (RTBH) is one among several mitigation techniques offered to the Internet2 community for mitigating Denial of Service (DoS) threats. Recently, the Internet2 network added support for…

18
Dec
2018

What Do Research Computing and Information Security Leaders Have in Common?

Estimated reading time: 3 minutes By Thomas Barton, Senior Director and Chief Information Security Officer at the University of Chicago Quite a lot, it turns out, as demonstrated at the “Enabling Trustworthy Campus Cyberinfrastructure for Science” workshop, held at the University of Maryland…

18
Sep
2018

September 2018: NET+ Splunk Update

Estimated reading time: 3 minutes By Nick Lewis, Internet2 Program Manager, Security and IdentityThe end of summer is always a busy time of year for campuses preparing for the new academic year. So this seems like a good time for an update on…

18
Sep
2018

Next Generation Proof of Concept Projects

Estimated reading time: 2 minutes By John Moore The R&E community continues to focus on planning for the next generation community investment in cyberinfrastructure. Last month, we announced the recently released Research and Education Community Investment in National-footprint Network Services (RECINNS) workshop final…