06 Apr 2021 Advanced Networking Internet2 Next Generation Infrastructure Update: 29 Packet Nodes Connected by Forty 400G Links; GDT Install Completes on Schedule Estimated reading time: 3 minutes By Chris Wilkinson, Internet2 Network Services Director of Planning and Architecture In the two weeks since we reported the first 400 Gbps backbone connections on the Internet2 network, our team has made substantial progress toward fully deploying… Read More
22 Mar 2021 Advanced Networking Now Online: First Internet2 Next Generation Infrastructure 400G Ethernet Links for New Routed Network Estimated reading time: 4 minutes By Chris Wilkinson, Internet2 Network Services Director of Planning and Architecture Internet2 marks the beginning of this week having deployed its first operational 400 Gbps Ethernet connections for its new Next Generation Infrastructure (NGI) platform. Cisco 8201… Read More
26 Feb 2021 Advanced Networking First Internet2 Next Generation Infrastructure 800G Single-carrier Link Online; Long-haul, Flex-grid Deployment Complete Estimated reading time: 3 minutes By Chris Wilkinson, Network Services Director of Planning and Architecture Internet2 today deployed its first 800 Gbps single-carrier optical circuit between Phoenix and Tucson as part of its Next Generation Infrastructure (NGI) program. This circuit leverages a… Read More
16 Feb 2021 Advanced Networking Looking Ahead, Moving Forward: Internet2 Network Services’ Commitments in 2021 and Beyond Estimated reading time: 8 minutes By Robert Vietzke, Internet2 Vice President, Network Services With an unexpected 2020 behind us, the Internet2 Network Services team is focused on 2021 objectives that deliver on the Next Generation Infrastructure (NGI) program: the completion of an upgraded… Read More
22 Jan 2021 Community News Top Internet2 Blogs Reflect a Year of Community Outreach and Growth Estimated reading time: 6 minutes By Miriam Finet, Internet2 Web Communications Developer What a year. Rather than focus on the negative, it is clear we need to celebrate that our community knows how to literally regroup. When the COVID-19 pandemic spread in 2020,… Read More