RESEARCH TRIANGLE PARK, N.C.—June 23, 2011
MCNC announced today that the video services infrastructure on the North Carolina Research and Education Network (NCREN) is scheduled to be upgraded on July 1.
MCNC has entered the final testing phases of Cisco TelePresence interoperability with H.323 point-to-point (standard on most desktops) and multipoint video services, and TelePresence Management System (TMS) scheduling. Also, a select pilot group is testing centrally-managed soft client licenses for additional devices including laptop and desktop computers and tablets. New services are scheduled to be widely available to NCREN users during the fall semester of the 2011-2012 school year.
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Read More...ANN ARBOR, Mich. – Merit Network Inc. announced today that it will host the Internet2 IPv6 workshop, a special learning opportunity for network professionals. The two-day workshop is provided through Merit’s Professional Learning program and will take place on August 2-3, 2011 at Merit’s offices in Ann Arbor.
http://www.merit.edu/news/newsarchive/article.php?article=20110714_I2_IPv6
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