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Based on The Quilt participants' combined experiences in operations and development of leading-edge technologies, The Quilt aims to influence the national agenda on information technology infrastructure, with particular emphasis on networking for research and education. Through this coalition, The Quilt promotes delivery of networking services at lower cost, higher performance and greater reliability and security.

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It isn’t easy to prepare for an event as destructive as Hurricane Sandy, but one Quilt member played a significant role in helping local, state and federal governments stay connected before, during and after the natural disaster rocked New Jersey last year.

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Two Great Conferences This Week

I’m looking forward to attending two great conferences this week. The first is the BCNET conference, which takes place April 30 through May 1st in Vancouver, British Columbia. At the conference, I will have the opportunity to connect again with our Canadian R&E colleagues after their recent attendance of our Quilt Winter Member Meeting in La Jolla, Calif. While at the BCNET conference, I’ll be participating in a panel on U.S. R&E networks

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AirWatch and The Quilt to Provide Discounted MDM Services for Education

 

ATLANTA and SEATTLE – June 5, 2013 - AirWatch the global leader and innovator in mobile security and the largest Enterprise Mobility Management (EMM) provider and The Quilt the national coalition of advanced regional networks for research and education, have unveiled a unique partnership under which Quilt members can deploy AirWatch’s cutting-edge mobile device management solution at a significant discount.


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Congrats to Our Quilt Members as 2013 Computerworld Honors Program Laureates and Award-Winning Merit Network

 

The Quilt wishes to congratulate its members who were recognized at IDG’s Computerworld Honors Program award ceremony in Washington D.C. Among the award laureates were: North Carolina’s MCNC, for philanthropy; Ohio’s OARnet and the University of Kentucky in the emerging technology category; and Merit Network and Indiana University in the mobile access category.

 

 

 

 

 

 


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The Ohio Third Frontier Commission this morning voted to award a $3 million grant to help fund a $6.4 million public/private initiative led by OSC to maximize Ohio manufacturers’ use of simulation-driven design.

 

OSC is working with Procter & Gamble, Intel, Nimbis Services, TotalSim USA, AltaSim Technologies and Kinetic Vision to launch the Intelligent Simulation Platform (IntelSim) project. These partners organizations are funding the balance of the budget for the three-year project. Most of these organizations have been involved in a pre-existing federal public/private program to provide small- and medium-sized manufacturers with simulation resources and expertise.

 

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MAX Launches “Double HELIX” in Maryland’s Biotechnology Corridor

 

COLLEGE PARK, MD (June 3, 2013) -- Mid-Atlantic Crossroads (MAX) announces the launch of Double HELIX (Health, Education, Life Sciences, and Internet eXchange), the new high-performance point of presence (PoP) located at the Institute for Bioscience and Biotechnology Research in Rockville, Maryland. Double HELIX offers high-speed big data transfer services through a 100 Gbps-capable networking infrastructure to the Shady Grove Life Sciences Center and the surrounding research community.

 

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Registration for the 2013 Summer Networking CEO Round Table Meeting in Nashville, TN is open!

 

We look forward to seeing you this summer in Nashville, TN for the In-Person Networking CEO Round Table Meeting. The meeting logistics, registration information can be found here