30 May 2024 Cloud Events Content, Connection, Continuation: Catch the Highlights From Cloud Forum 2024 By Bob Flynn Estimated reading time: 6 minutes Despite the lateness of the day, the suitcases lined up along the walls, the work and family duties calling, and minds exhausted from 2.5 days of stimulation from presentations, workshops, and discussion, the majority of Higher Education Cloud… Read More
24 May 2024 In The Media Cloud In the Media: Instructure and Internet2 Establish New Data Governance Advisory Council Estimated reading time: 2 minutes Is your institution’s lack of a data governance policy causing operational headaches and posing privacy and security risks? You are not alone. Data management is a shared challenge across the research and higher education community. Shared challenges benefit… Read More
24 May 2024 Advanced Networking Reminder About Internet2 Network Monitoring and Support During 2024 Peak Season for Extreme Weather Estimated reading time: 3 minutes By Chris Wilkinson, Internet2 Senior Director of Infrastructure Engineering and Architecture, and Camille Davis-Alfs, Internet2 Engineering Services Manager Note: This blog has been updated and reposted as a reminder for the community and to reflect the latest reports… Read More
23 May 2024 Community News Internet2 Community News Spotlight – May 2024 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 – May 19-25 Heath Tuttle Named University at Buffalo’s Vice President and Chief Information Officer… Read More
22 May 2024 In The Media Cloud In the Media: Internet2’s Amanda Tan Speaks with Campus Technology About CLASS Estimated reading time: 2 minutes CLASS is ‘Helping Researchers Move Forward with the Cloud’ Cloud training options are plentiful. But the Internet2 Cloud Learning and Skills Sessions (CLASS) program brings something entirely unique to the cloud learning space for the higher education… Read More
16 May 2024 Internet2 Announcements Issue Resolved: Internet2 is Experiencing Difficulties Impacting Some Applications Starting May 11, 2024, Internet2 DNS infrastructure was the target of a Distributed Denial of Service (DDoS) attack. The DDoS attack was designed in such a way that the volume and type of DNS requests would intermittently overwhelm specific DNS servers or, at times, the entire server group. This caused… Read More
15 May 2024 Events Elevate Your Cloud Learning This Summer With Internet2 CLASS Workshops By Amanda Tan Estimated reading time: 3 minutes What’s New with CLASS: June and July 2024 The CLASS program from Internet2 is excited to offer several new cloud learning online workshops and virtual training events over the summer. Whether you are a researcher, research computing professional,… Read More
14 May 2024 Government Relations Government Relations Update March-April 2024 By Samuel Burns FCC Adopts Net Neutrality Rules On April 25 the Commissioners at the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) voted 3-2 in favor of a declaratory ruling, order, report and order, and order on reconsideration that reestablished the Commission’s authority around safeguarding a fair and open internet. While this… Read More
13 May 2024 InCommon CACTI Working Group Identifies Four Key Characteristics of a Next-Generation Credential Ecosystem (and 30+ Use Cases) By Nicole Roy Estimated reading time: 6 minutes Consider these scenarios: A university is hosting a students-only dance marathon. Students need to prove that they are actively enrolled to get into the event. A researcher at the University of Colorado is on a grant to… Read More
10 May 2024 InCommon The Makings of a Merger: University California, Santa Barbara Brings Two IAM Teams Together during InCommon’s Collaboration Success Program Estimated reading time: 2 minutes CASE STUDY CLOSE UP The University of California, Santa Barbara (UCSB), participated in the 2023 cohort of the InCommon Collaboration Success Program (CSP) to help bring two identity and access management (IAM)… Read More