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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...
KanREN Launches 100 Gbps HyperCore & 10 Gbps ResilientRing
On Tuesday, June 28th, KanREN deployed two innovative networks designed to support the data sharing needs of modern research and education in the state of Kansas. HyperCore is a dual-redundant, geographically diverse backbone with multiple 100 Gigabit connections...
WVNET and KINBER’s PennREN Network in Pennsylvania Establish New Cross-Connection Between Networks
The Keystone Initiative for Network Based Education and Research (KINBER) and West Virginia Network (WVNET) recently turned up a new fiber-optic peering connection between the two networks in Pennsylvania and West Virginia. KINBER, Pennsylvania’s statewide research,...
Women in IT Networking at SC (WINS) – Call for Participation
SC16 - Salt Lake City, UT Please apply or encourage women in the research & networking IT community to apply I. SUMMARY The Women in IT Networking at SC (WINS) program, introduced in November 2015 at the SC15 conference in Austin, Texas, developed as a means for...
MOREnet Recognized for Exemplary Workplace Practices
The Missouri Research and Education Network (MOREnet), a business entity of the University of Missouri System, was recently honored with a 2016 When Work Works Award for its use of effective workplace strategies to increase business and employee success. This...
MAX Partners with ConnectArlington to Expand Network, Promote Economic Development
ConnectArlington, Arlington County’s government-owned fiber-optic network built with economic development in mind, today announced a strategic partnership that will bring additional advanced cyberinfrastructure resources to Northern Virginia’s research and education...
Merit Network Celebrates 50 Years of Innovation
ANN ARBOR, Mich. – Merit Network, an Internet pioneer and America’s longest-running regional research and education network, is celebrating its 50th anniversary throughout 2016. To mark the milestone, Merit has launched a dynamic new web site (merit.edu) and will host...
CENIC Announces Path-Breaking 100Gb Connection with Orange County Department of Education Network
CENIC is pleased to announce that CENIC, with its partners—the Orange County Department of Education (OCDE), the K-12 High Speed Network (K12HSN), and the California Department of Education (CDE)—has established the world’s first 100-Gigabit per second K-12...
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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...
KanREN Launches 100 Gbps HyperCore & 10 Gbps ResilientRing
On Tuesday, June 28th, KanREN deployed two innovative networks designed to support the data sharing needs of modern research and education in the state of Kansas. HyperCore is a dual-redundant, geographically diverse backbone with multiple 100 Gigabit connections...
WVNET and KINBER’s PennREN Network in Pennsylvania Establish New Cross-Connection Between Networks
The Keystone Initiative for Network Based Education and Research (KINBER) and West Virginia Network (WVNET) recently turned up a new fiber-optic peering connection between the two networks in Pennsylvania and West Virginia. KINBER, Pennsylvania’s statewide research,...
Women in IT Networking at SC (WINS) – Call for Participation
SC16 - Salt Lake City, UT Please apply or encourage women in the research & networking IT community to apply I. SUMMARY The Women in IT Networking at SC (WINS) program, introduced in November 2015 at the SC15 conference in Austin, Texas, developed as a means for...
MOREnet Recognized for Exemplary Workplace Practices
The Missouri Research and Education Network (MOREnet), a business entity of the University of Missouri System, was recently honored with a 2016 When Work Works Award for its use of effective workplace strategies to increase business and employee success. This...
MAX Partners with ConnectArlington to Expand Network, Promote Economic Development
ConnectArlington, Arlington County’s government-owned fiber-optic network built with economic development in mind, today announced a strategic partnership that will bring additional advanced cyberinfrastructure resources to Northern Virginia’s research and education...
Merit Network Celebrates 50 Years of Innovation
ANN ARBOR, Mich. – Merit Network, an Internet pioneer and America’s longest-running regional research and education network, is celebrating its 50th anniversary throughout 2016. To mark the milestone, Merit has launched a dynamic new web site (merit.edu) and will host...
CENIC Announces Path-Breaking 100Gb Connection with Orange County Department of Education Network
CENIC is pleased to announce that CENIC, with its partners—the Orange County Department of Education (OCDE), the K-12 High Speed Network (K12HSN), and the California Department of Education (CDE)—has established the world’s first 100-Gigabit per second K-12...