18 Sep 2019 Advanced Networking Internet2 Network Upgrades Support Research and Education and Cloud Traffic Estimated reading time: 1 minute By Linda Roos, Internet2 Senior Director, State and Regional Networks Internet2 continues to make incremental upgrades across the Internet2 Network. During the summer of 2019, many upgrades were made to the Network to support R&E and cloud traffic. Read More
18 Sep 2019 Advanced Networking Recommendations, Next Steps Discussed at Summer NGI Community Architects’ Workshop Estimated reading time: 3 minutes By Linda Roos, Internet2 Senior Director, State and Regional Networks One hundred regional, campus and Internet2 staff representatives gathered on the campus of the University of Minnesota in Minneapolis on July 16-17, 2019, for the Community Architects’ Workshop. This… Read More
18 Sep 2019 Advanced Networking Community News Community Architects’ Workshop Attendees Support Leveraging Segment Routing and EVPN Estimated reading time: 2 minutes By Karl Newell, Internet2 Network Software Architect At the Community Architects Workshop, there was affirmation to leverage Segment Routing and EVPN in the next generation network. The community identified a few outstanding questions and an Internet2 staff team… Read More
18 Sep 2019 Advanced Networking Next Generation Infrastructure Service Model Update Estimated reading time: 2 minutes By George LoftusInternet2 Associate Vice President, Network Services The NGI project seeks to support five key use cases to update the value of the Internet2 Network service offerings. These include support for the data intensive researcher, supporting adoption… Read More
18 Sep 2019 Advanced Networking 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… Read More
18 Sep 2019 Advanced Networking 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… Read More
18 Sep 2019 Advanced Networking Google Routing Policy/IRR Updates, Office Hours for Internet2 Community Network Operators By Steven Wallace Estimated reading time: 2 minutes Google has announced that it will require IRR records documenting the routing policy of all prefixes Google receives from its peer networks as early as October, 2019. Internet2 is providing support for campuses and regionals as they work… Read More
03 Sep 2019 Community Anchor Program 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… Read More
27 Aug 2019 Advanced Networking Security 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… Read More
28 May 2019 Advanced Networking What We Learned: Next Generation Infrastructure Packet and Orchestration Partner Presentations Estimated reading time: 4 minutes By Rob Vietzke, Internet2 Vice President, Network Services During the week of May 1, Internet2 staff and community members met near San Jose, California, to hear presentations by potential partners in response to the call for information regarding… Read More