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Quilt Circle 2019
Supercomputing 2018 (SC18), the international conference for high performance computing, networking, storage, and analysis, was held in Dallas, Texas, in November 2018. The event also results in the high-intensity installation of a dedicated high-capacity network infrastructure: SCinet. Designed and built..
For most parents, their child’s high school graduation is an event not to be missed. Some, however, cannot be there due to circumstances beyond their control. Donna Ortiz is one of those parents. She is a Command Sergeant Major in..
Indiana GigaPOP network engineers collaborated with Ciena, Internet2, and ESnet to power the fastest network ever built for research and education. The new 400-gigabits-per-second ‘Monon400’ debuted in November 2018 at the International Conference for High Performance Computing, Networking, Storage, and..
In the late 1990s, the State of West Virginia decided to replace its 55 local jails located as part of the courthouse complexes in the county seats, with 10 Regional Jails each serving 5-6 counties. This created a challenge for..
The Northern Crossroads (NoX), with an expanded footprint, faster backbone, and top-rated security, has kept pace with the growing needs of research and education in the Northeast. The NoX has grown beyond its original colocation facilities in Boston and Cambridge..
OneNet is building on regional partnerships to boost connectivity in the state of Oklahoma and throughout the south central region. OneNet’s geographic location as a crossroads uniquely positions the network to expand high-speed services across the region. “Historically, some have..
The Illinois Century Network (ICN) is playing a key role to ensure Illinois election security. To help protect the integrity of the nation’s election processes, and in light of growing vulnerability concerns and prior documented attacks, the President signed the..
Broadband access is an essential utility for any community to fully engage in the global digital economy. While Oregon cities generally boast above-average internet speeds, many rural parts of the state don’t fare nearly as well. Oregon’s research universities and..
In a recent membership meeting, member institutions of MDREN, Maryland’s State-Wide Research and Education Network, identified Distributed Denial of Service (DDoS) Mitigation as one of the networks strengths. According to Norwin Malmberg, chief network technology officer, “The fast, 30-second time..
The Metropolitan Research and Education Network (MREN) was established specifically to meet the requirements of data-intensive science. The key data movement challenges of data-intensive science that are being addressed by MREN are two-fold. The first is the need to support..