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Touching presentation symbolizes OARnet’s efforts
COLUMBUS, Ohio (Nov. 21, 2016) – OARnet is well known for its connections, from POP to POP, main site to disaster recovery and everything in between. Running even deeper than the dark fiber that comprises the network are the connections forged and fostered among the...
The Quilt elects OARnet’s Paul Schopis as chairman
OARnet Interim Executive Director Paul Schopis was elected chairman of The Quilt’s board of directors. Schopis was elected vice chairman of the board last year and stepped up to the interim chairman position on Oct. 1. He will serve as chairman until Dec. 31, 2017....
ESNet, Kinber establish new peering connection to enhance network capabilities to Pennsylvania universities
Harrisburg, PA (November 18) -- The Keystone Initiative for Network Based Education and Research (KINBER), a non-profit membership organization devoted to fostering collaboration through technology, and ESnet, the Department of Energy’s Energy Sciences Network,...
High-Speed Rail and CENIC join forces to create California Broadband Communities
The California High-Speed Rail Authority (Authority) and the Corporation for Education Networking Initiatives in California (CENIC) has announced that they have entered into a Memorandum of Understanding that will foster initiatives to expand the availability and...
MCNC works to extend federated trust and identity solutions to K-12, Community Colleges in North Carolina
The non-profit organization explored the real driving force behind the technology on the North Carolina Research and Education Network this week during NCREN Community Day MCNC, the non-profit operator of the North Carolina Research and Education Network (NCREN),...
Discovering change through Smart & Connected Communities
The Quilt, Internet2 and U.S. Ignite hosted a webinar on the NSF Smart & Connected Communities Program Solicitation 16-610 on Monday, Oct. 31. As cities and communities in the U.S. and around the world enter a new era of change, they are increasingly connected by...
KINBER Announces New Officers, Directors and KINBERCON 2017 Dates
At its annual board meeting, the Keystone Initiative for Network Based Education and Research (KINBER) announced its board officers, new board directors and plans for KINBERCON 2017, the organization’s annual conference. “Through the leadership of strong officers and...
NJEDge.Net to Welcome New President and CEO in September
NJEDge.Net has hired Samuel Conn, Ph.D., as its new president and CEO, effective Sept. 12, 2016, after a long and extensive search. Dr. Conn will take the reins of NJEDge.Net from founder, outgoing president and CEO, George G. Laskaris. NJEDge.Net, housed at and...
Partnership Between University of Maryland and U.S. Army Research Laboratory Harnesses the Power of Defense Supercomputing to Create Opportunities for Scientific Discovery
Strategic Alliance Offers Accessible, Enhanced HPC Resources Benefiting Researchers, Higher Education, and National Security COLLEGE PARK, MD – The University of Maryland (UMD) and the U.S. Army Research Laboratory (ARL), the central laboratory that provides...
Regional Heritage Meeting & FARNET 30th Anniversary Reunion
Quilt members and current regional networks are invited to participate in the Regional Heritage Meeting & FARNET 30th Reunion October 19-20 in Philadelphia, PA. The Reunion is being led by the Internet Legacy Institute. Visit the FARNET Reunion page for more...
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Touching presentation symbolizes OARnet’s efforts
COLUMBUS, Ohio (Nov. 21, 2016) – OARnet is well known for its connections, from POP to POP, main site to disaster recovery and everything in between. Running even deeper than the dark fiber that comprises the network are the connections forged and fostered among the...
The Quilt elects OARnet’s Paul Schopis as chairman
OARnet Interim Executive Director Paul Schopis was elected chairman of The Quilt’s board of directors. Schopis was elected vice chairman of the board last year and stepped up to the interim chairman position on Oct. 1. He will serve as chairman until Dec. 31, 2017....
ESNet, Kinber establish new peering connection to enhance network capabilities to Pennsylvania universities
Harrisburg, PA (November 18) -- The Keystone Initiative for Network Based Education and Research (KINBER), a non-profit membership organization devoted to fostering collaboration through technology, and ESnet, the Department of Energy’s Energy Sciences Network,...
High-Speed Rail and CENIC join forces to create California Broadband Communities
The California High-Speed Rail Authority (Authority) and the Corporation for Education Networking Initiatives in California (CENIC) has announced that they have entered into a Memorandum of Understanding that will foster initiatives to expand the availability and...
MCNC works to extend federated trust and identity solutions to K-12, Community Colleges in North Carolina
The non-profit organization explored the real driving force behind the technology on the North Carolina Research and Education Network this week during NCREN Community Day MCNC, the non-profit operator of the North Carolina Research and Education Network (NCREN),...
Discovering change through Smart & Connected Communities
The Quilt, Internet2 and U.S. Ignite hosted a webinar on the NSF Smart & Connected Communities Program Solicitation 16-610 on Monday, Oct. 31. As cities and communities in the U.S. and around the world enter a new era of change, they are increasingly connected by...
KINBER Announces New Officers, Directors and KINBERCON 2017 Dates
At its annual board meeting, the Keystone Initiative for Network Based Education and Research (KINBER) announced its board officers, new board directors and plans for KINBERCON 2017, the organization’s annual conference. “Through the leadership of strong officers and...
NJEDge.Net to Welcome New President and CEO in September
NJEDge.Net has hired Samuel Conn, Ph.D., as its new president and CEO, effective Sept. 12, 2016, after a long and extensive search. Dr. Conn will take the reins of NJEDge.Net from founder, outgoing president and CEO, George G. Laskaris. NJEDge.Net, housed at and...
Partnership Between University of Maryland and U.S. Army Research Laboratory Harnesses the Power of Defense Supercomputing to Create Opportunities for Scientific Discovery
Strategic Alliance Offers Accessible, Enhanced HPC Resources Benefiting Researchers, Higher Education, and National Security COLLEGE PARK, MD – The University of Maryland (UMD) and the U.S. Army Research Laboratory (ARL), the central laboratory that provides...
Regional Heritage Meeting & FARNET 30th Anniversary Reunion
Quilt members and current regional networks are invited to participate in the Regional Heritage Meeting & FARNET 30th Reunion October 19-20 in Philadelphia, PA. The Reunion is being led by the Internet Legacy Institute. Visit the FARNET Reunion page for more...