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Front Range GigaPop plans Western Colorado expansion
Front Range-based GigaPop wants to team with local governments on the Western Slope to improve broadband in rural Colorado. It’s looking for funding for the $2.2 million project. Read the full story here via The Colorado Sun.
KINBER Expands Broadband Access in Southwest PA Through Partnership
HARRISBURG, Pa. – The Keystone Initiative for Network Based Education and Research (KINBER) today announced a new partnership with ClearFiber Communications to expand its high-capacity broadband network into Greene and Washington counties. This project will bring new...
R&E Networks in CA, OR, and WA Announce Collaborative Support for COVID-19 Western States Pact
Statewide research and education networks in California, Oregon, and Washington have joined to support the shared approach announced by their states’ respective leaders, Governors Gavin Newsom, Kate Brown, and Jay Inslee, this week to move toward a reopening of...
KINBER Increases Internet2 Research and Education Network Capacity Dedicated 100Gbps to Support Research and Scientific Innovation in Pennsylvania
HARRISBURG, Pa. (Feb. 26, 2020) – The Keystone Initiative for Network Based Education and Research (KINBER) today announced it has established a new dedicated 100 Gigabit Ethernet connection to the Internet2 national research and education network out of KINBER’s...
LEARN Announces New CEO
Lubbock, Texas (January 31, 2020) – LEARN Board of Directors has selected Akbar Kara to succeed Pankaj Shah as President and Chief Executive Officer, effective January 31, 2020. Kara has served as LEARN’s only Chief Technology Officer since 2006. He has 26 years of...
IU’s GlobalNOC offers network monitoring service, improving research collaboration
The NetSage regional network monitoring system, was previously only available to users who collaborated via an NSF grant. Indiana University’s Global Research Network Operations Center (GlobalNOC), a leader for 20 years in research networks, has expanded its service...
MCNC and Facebook to Bring High-Speed Internet to Western North Carolina
FOREST CITY and RESEARCH TRIANGLE PARK, N.C. (Jan. 28, 2020) – MCNC, the non-profit operator of the North Carolina Research and Education Network (NCREN), today announced a collaboration with Facebook to make high-speed broadband available to nearly 30 Community...
Department of Energy Announces $625M for New Quantum Centers
WASHINGTON, D.C., Jan. 16, 2020 – The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) announced up to $625 million over the next five years to establish two to five multidisciplinary Quantum Information Science (QIS) Research Centers in support of the National Quantum Initiative. The...
Tribal Digital Village Network Connects to International Peering Exchange with Help from Pacific Northwest Gigapop, CENIC, Google, and AT&T
La Mirada, CA & Berkeley, CA — January 15, 2020 —Fourteen Native American tribes in Southern California are now directly connected to the state-of-the-art International Internet Exchange, Pacific Wave, and its peering, high-performance scientific networks, and...
Edge Leadership Team Grows to Meet Demand for Expanding Portfolio of Technology Solutions and Services
Newark, NJ, January 13, 2020 – Edge, the region’s nonprofit research and education network and technology partner, is pleased to announce the expansion of its executive and leadership team to begin the 2020s. Christopher Markham is joining in the dual roles of Vice...
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Front Range GigaPop plans Western Colorado expansion
Front Range-based GigaPop wants to team with local governments on the Western Slope to improve broadband in rural Colorado. It’s looking for funding for the $2.2 million project. Read the full story here via The Colorado Sun.
KINBER Expands Broadband Access in Southwest PA Through Partnership
HARRISBURG, Pa. – The Keystone Initiative for Network Based Education and Research (KINBER) today announced a new partnership with ClearFiber Communications to expand its high-capacity broadband network into Greene and Washington counties. This project will bring new...
R&E Networks in CA, OR, and WA Announce Collaborative Support for COVID-19 Western States Pact
Statewide research and education networks in California, Oregon, and Washington have joined to support the shared approach announced by their states’ respective leaders, Governors Gavin Newsom, Kate Brown, and Jay Inslee, this week to move toward a reopening of...
KINBER Increases Internet2 Research and Education Network Capacity Dedicated 100Gbps to Support Research and Scientific Innovation in Pennsylvania
HARRISBURG, Pa. (Feb. 26, 2020) – The Keystone Initiative for Network Based Education and Research (KINBER) today announced it has established a new dedicated 100 Gigabit Ethernet connection to the Internet2 national research and education network out of KINBER’s...
LEARN Announces New CEO
Lubbock, Texas (January 31, 2020) – LEARN Board of Directors has selected Akbar Kara to succeed Pankaj Shah as President and Chief Executive Officer, effective January 31, 2020. Kara has served as LEARN’s only Chief Technology Officer since 2006. He has 26 years of...
IU’s GlobalNOC offers network monitoring service, improving research collaboration
The NetSage regional network monitoring system, was previously only available to users who collaborated via an NSF grant. Indiana University’s Global Research Network Operations Center (GlobalNOC), a leader for 20 years in research networks, has expanded its service...
MCNC and Facebook to Bring High-Speed Internet to Western North Carolina
FOREST CITY and RESEARCH TRIANGLE PARK, N.C. (Jan. 28, 2020) – MCNC, the non-profit operator of the North Carolina Research and Education Network (NCREN), today announced a collaboration with Facebook to make high-speed broadband available to nearly 30 Community...
Department of Energy Announces $625M for New Quantum Centers
WASHINGTON, D.C., Jan. 16, 2020 – The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) announced up to $625 million over the next five years to establish two to five multidisciplinary Quantum Information Science (QIS) Research Centers in support of the National Quantum Initiative. The...
Tribal Digital Village Network Connects to International Peering Exchange with Help from Pacific Northwest Gigapop, CENIC, Google, and AT&T
La Mirada, CA & Berkeley, CA — January 15, 2020 —Fourteen Native American tribes in Southern California are now directly connected to the state-of-the-art International Internet Exchange, Pacific Wave, and its peering, high-performance scientific networks, and...
Edge Leadership Team Grows to Meet Demand for Expanding Portfolio of Technology Solutions and Services
Newark, NJ, January 13, 2020 – Edge, the region’s nonprofit research and education network and technology partner, is pleased to announce the expansion of its executive and leadership team to begin the 2020s. Christopher Markham is joining in the dual roles of Vice...