07 Oct 2020 Advanced Networking Internet2, Cisco Team Up To Deliver Advanced Networking Technology in Support of Research and Academic Collaboration Estimated reading time: 6 minutes Cisco’s Internet for the Future routers and software will deliver key services for the Internet2 nationwide research and education network Washington, D.C., October 7, 2020 – Internet2 today announced a strategic alliance with Cisco to deliver next-generation capabilities and… Read More
01 Oct 2020 InCommon Seeking Community Input on eduroam Service Estimated reading time: 2 minutes By Sara Jeanes, Program Manager, InCommon eduroam and Internet2 Cloud If you talk to folks outside of higher ed IT, eduroam is, more likely than not, the only Internet2 service that people know. The community immediately sees the… Read More
28 Sep 2020 Advanced Networking Humans of SCinet: Q&A with SC20 Technical Director Matthew Zekauskas Matthew Zekauskas, senior researcher at Internet2, is SCinet volunteer of legendary status with a total of 21 years participating on the team. Matthew is the technical director on SCinet’s management team for SC20. Read the full Q & A on the SCinet website. Read More
28 Sep 2020 Advanced Networking Security Internet2 Community Completes Network Routing Policy, Publishes Plan By Steven Wallace Estimated reading time: 5 minutes We are pleased to announce that Internet2 has completed and published its routing policy as of July 29, 2020. The Internet2 community worked together to complete their routing policy records so that 99% of the routes fulfill the… Read More
14 Sep 2020 Community Anchor Program Internet2 Community Anchor Program Awarded Grant from the Institute of Museum and Library Services Estimated reading time: 4 minutes Grant will fund expanded outreach to tribal, rural, and urban libraries across the United States to improve their broadband services By Sara Aly, Internet2 Communications Manager WASHINGTON, D.C., September 14, 2020 – Internet2 announced today that its… Read More
03 Sep 2020 Cloud Internet2 Announces Selection of Two Research Teams for Final Phase of Exploring Clouds for Acceleration of Science Project Estimated reading time: 6 minutes The Internet2 project, supported in part through contributions from Amazon Web Services and Google Cloud, awards researchers from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) and State University of New York Downstate (SUNY Downstate) second year of support with… Read More
17 Aug 2020 Advanced Networking Coastal Path Upgrades Represent a Milestone in Infrastructure Sharing Between CENIC and Internet2 Estimated reading time: 3 minutes By Chris Wilkinson, Internet2 Director of Network Planning and Architecture, Co-authored by Sana Bellamine, CENIC Last week, CENIC announced that the coastal network path from Los Angeles to Sunnyvale can now carry flexible-grid wavelengths of 400 gigabits and… Read More
03 Aug 2020 Security Security Scene: August Edition Estimated reading time: 2 minutes By Adair Thaxton, Internet2 Cyberinfrastructure Security Engineer Well, folks, it’s August. Too hot for jokes. Let’s do a quick poll. Not an official poll, no names attached, etc. A few of you have asked about plans for a… Read More
15 Jul 2020 Advanced Networking Next Generation Optical Implementation Progress Estimated reading time: 1 minute By Chris Wilkinson, Internet2 Director of Network Planning and Architecture The nationwide upgrade of the community’s optical network infrastructure is continuing to pick up speed thanks to joint effort by Internet2, CenturyLink, and Ciena staff. The project is… Read More
06 Jul 2020 Community Anchor Program Internet2 Partners with the U.S. National Archives & Presidential Libraries to Offer Summer and Fall Distance Learning Series Estimated reading time: 3 minutes By Therese Perlowski, Internet2 CAP Program Manager With summer camps going virtual and schools reopening in the fall uncertain, the need for high-quality and accessible distance learning is greater than ever. In response, the Internet2 Presidential Primary Sources… Read More