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May
2022
Congratulations to the Internet2 NET+ Google Workspace for Education service evaluation team and to the four community leaders at the helm of the effort who received the 2021 National Cloud Leadership Award – Overall Winner from E&I Cooperative Services. The award recipients are: Watch the…
22
Apr
2022
By Sean O’Brien
Volunteers are integral to the work we do every day to make a better cloud for the research and education community. During National Volunteer Week (April 17 – 22), we thank NET+ volunteers for all they do to support our efforts. Established in 1974, National Volunteer Week provides a welcome…
06
Apr
2022
By Sean O'Brien, Internet2 NET+ Program Director
Internet2 NET+ and Other Cloud Program Updates Making Strides Working with the community, we continue to make strides in providing the research and education community with the best options for implementing cloud services. Since our last update, two important initiatives have come to fruition. First, earlier this week, we were…
04
Apr
2022
US higher education institutions, Internet2 affiliates, and federal affiliates may now utilize the Internet2 NET+ Amazon Web Services (AWS) agreement to realize the benefits of the National Institutes of Health (NIH) Science and Technology Research Infrastructure for Discovery, Experimentation, and Sustainability (STRIDES) Initiative. As a result,…
22
Mar
2022
This community-driven effort will give research and education organizations added insight into their peers’ implementation of cloud services. We are pleased to announce the launch of the pilot phase for the ServiceNow and Canvas Institutional Profile projects. Built and designed over the last several months, with…
10
Mar
2022
By Nick Lewis, Internet2 Program Manager
Nick Lewis In anticipation of Duo’s release of the Universal Prompt last month, the NET+ Duo Security Service Advisory Board hosted a briefing to help NET+ Duo subscribers prepare to implement this next-generation version of Duo’s interactive, web-based authentication interface. NET+…
07
Mar
2022
Congratulations to Bob Flynn, program manager of cloud infrastructure and platform services at Internet2, for being recognized with the 2021 Lifetime Achievement Cloud Leadership Award by E&I Cooperative Services. Flynn is being recognized for his ongoing commitment to improving technology’s effectiveness across the higher education cloud community. In his acceptance…
07
Jan
2022
By Miriam Finet, Internet2 Web Content Manager
Happy New Year! It’s safe to say the Internet2 community last year eagerly followed the progress of the Next Generation Infrastructure (NGI) and news about the Internet2 Network. Based on 2021 engagement metrics, a whopping six of the top 20 blog posts and news announcements featured NGI and…
14
Dec
2021
By Tara Gyenis, NET+ Program Development Manager
As we enter the second decade of the NET+ program, you may wonder what new services will emerge to support the higher ed and research community in its cloud journey. In 2021 several new NET+ programs were launched, including NET+ Google Workspace for Education, which will close the year…
15
Nov
2021
The era of free, unlimited cloud storage is coming to a close. To solve the challenges associated with this shift and continue to meet the needs of their institutions, higher education IT leaders are coming together to share their concerns, experiences, and lessons learned. Campus Technology…
