Overview One of the goals of The Quilt is to provide advanced network services at a lower cost. Toward this goal, the coalition of Quilt members and Authorized Quilt Buyers purchase Commodity Internet Services (CIS) through several approved CIS providers who...

Four Regional R&E Networks Providers Open Bids for Operational Management Tools March 14, 2012 – MCNC, the private, not-for-profit operator of the North Carolina Research and Education Network (NCREN), announced today that it is leading a Request for Proposals...

Connecting Researchers to Resources - NOAA Partners with the Pacific Northwest Gigapop Sand Point, Seattle, Washington – March 5, 2012 – The Pacific Northwest Gigapop (PNWGP), one of several regional data transfer centers around the country that efficiently moves...

New Quilt Executive Committee Members Tuesday, January 31, 2012 The Quilt Board of Directors recently completed its annual election for The Quilt Executive Committee. The Quilt is pleased to announce three new members will join the Committee as of 2012 for two-year...

StarWave: A Multi-100 Gbps Communications Exchange Facility in Chicago Showcased at SC11 SEATTLE -- November 15, 2011 -- Today at the 24th annual SC Conference (SC11), the foremost international high-performance computing conference, the U.S. Midwest’s Metropolitan...

The Quilt Fall Member Meeting - Portland, OR Portland, Oregon was the gathering site of over 50 individuals from Quilt member organizations and Quilt community partners for our Fall 2011 Member Meeting. We wish thank David Crowe and the Oregon GigaPoP for hosting our...

The Quilt TelePresence Workshops Following on to the success of its previous workshops. The Quilt TelePresence Working Group decided to host another workshop in October focusing on trends in the video conferencing for the research and education community.  With the...

Prototype @ the MOREnet Missouri Future of Learning Forum was an intensive, hands-on design camp immersing passionate and creative students in a collaborative environment to re-imagine the future of learning. The Forum shaped up to be an exciting event that brought...

Beginning in September, 2011, the Great Plains Network (GPN) will be launching a web-based Professional Development Program for faculty and staff at member institutions and GPN Network Participants. Planned topics are in areas of advanced networking, high performance...

KANNAPOLIS, N.C. (Aug. 12, 2011) - MCNC, the private, not-for-profit operator of the North Carolina Research and Education Network (NCREN), hosted a Statewide Virtual Groundbreaking Ceremony today in four locations throughout the state to highlight the start of...