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Executive leadership changes in our Quilt community
There have been a couple of important changes to executive leadership in our R&E networking community that The Quilt wants you to know about… Lonnie joins LONI A few months ago, the LONI Management Council established a search committee to identify and recommend...
Networking leaders kick-off summer in Kansas City
Twenty-seven participants representing 22 R&E organizations across the country gathered for the Networking CEO Roundtable held on June 25-26 in Kansas City, Mo. This summertime tradition provides a forum for executive leadership from R&E networking...
The Quilt expands membership to include Networkmaine
We are pleased to welcome Networkmaine as new member of The Quilt this past month. Networkmaine was established in 2009 within the University of Maine System to help shape the future of Maine’s research and education network, MaineREN. The organization operates...
Quilt member communities find opportunity at awesome June events
As we officially head into summer later this month, Quilt members UEN, OSHEAN, and I-Light/Indiana GigaPoP have some great events lined up for their member communities in June. UEN 2014 Tech Summit (Draper, Utah) The Utah Education Network (UEN) will host UEN 2014...
G’day mates, Australia’s VERNet joins The Quilt
The Quilt is pleased to introduce new affiliate member VERNet as we expand our membership beyond North America. VERNet designs, builds, operates and manages a network in Victoria, Australia that enables educators, researchers and students to exchange ideas and...
Quilt members to host amazing May events
There are some awesome networking events by Quilt members happening all over the country this month. We’ve highlighted three upcoming events in May that may be of interest. MCRCon 2014 and 2014 Merit Member Conference (Ann Arbor, Michigan) The 2014 Merit Member...
MCNC’s Joe Freddoso steps down as CEO
MCNC President and CEO Joe Freddoso and the team at MCNC have created one of the best public broadband infrastructure networks in the country over the last seven years. Effective June 30, he will step down as leader of MCNC as the organization continues to thrive and...
Hot broadband topics highlight SHLB Coalition’s conference
The Schools Health & Libraries Broadband Coalition’s (SHLB) fourth annual conference the first week in May has plenty to offer on issues affecting broadband connectivity and adoption throughout the country, and we are excited that several Quilt members will be...
Quilt Commodity Internet RFPs, Internet2 Global Summit highlight exciting week in Denver
The Quilt will be in Denver this week along with many of the world’s top advanced technology leaders from universities, industry and research organizations. First on our plate, we will be meeting with providers selected for our second round of Commodity Internet RFP...
CoSN highlights mobile in spring EdTechNext Report
The Consortium for School Networking’s (CoSN) latest EdTechNext Report shifts the focus for districts and schools toward building mobile into their content and application strategies - from school-wide apps to curriculum. With ever-increasing “anytime, anywhere” uses...
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Executive leadership changes in our Quilt community
There have been a couple of important changes to executive leadership in our R&E networking community that The Quilt wants you to know about… Lonnie joins LONI A few months ago, the LONI Management Council established a search committee to identify and recommend...
Networking leaders kick-off summer in Kansas City
Twenty-seven participants representing 22 R&E organizations across the country gathered for the Networking CEO Roundtable held on June 25-26 in Kansas City, Mo. This summertime tradition provides a forum for executive leadership from R&E networking...
The Quilt expands membership to include Networkmaine
We are pleased to welcome Networkmaine as new member of The Quilt this past month. Networkmaine was established in 2009 within the University of Maine System to help shape the future of Maine’s research and education network, MaineREN. The organization operates...
Quilt member communities find opportunity at awesome June events
As we officially head into summer later this month, Quilt members UEN, OSHEAN, and I-Light/Indiana GigaPoP have some great events lined up for their member communities in June. UEN 2014 Tech Summit (Draper, Utah) The Utah Education Network (UEN) will host UEN 2014...
G’day mates, Australia’s VERNet joins The Quilt
The Quilt is pleased to introduce new affiliate member VERNet as we expand our membership beyond North America. VERNet designs, builds, operates and manages a network in Victoria, Australia that enables educators, researchers and students to exchange ideas and...
Quilt members to host amazing May events
There are some awesome networking events by Quilt members happening all over the country this month. We’ve highlighted three upcoming events in May that may be of interest. MCRCon 2014 and 2014 Merit Member Conference (Ann Arbor, Michigan) The 2014 Merit Member...
MCNC’s Joe Freddoso steps down as CEO
MCNC President and CEO Joe Freddoso and the team at MCNC have created one of the best public broadband infrastructure networks in the country over the last seven years. Effective June 30, he will step down as leader of MCNC as the organization continues to thrive and...
Hot broadband topics highlight SHLB Coalition’s conference
The Schools Health & Libraries Broadband Coalition’s (SHLB) fourth annual conference the first week in May has plenty to offer on issues affecting broadband connectivity and adoption throughout the country, and we are excited that several Quilt members will be...
Quilt Commodity Internet RFPs, Internet2 Global Summit highlight exciting week in Denver
The Quilt will be in Denver this week along with many of the world’s top advanced technology leaders from universities, industry and research organizations. First on our plate, we will be meeting with providers selected for our second round of Commodity Internet RFP...
CoSN highlights mobile in spring EdTechNext Report
The Consortium for School Networking’s (CoSN) latest EdTechNext Report shifts the focus for districts and schools toward building mobile into their content and application strategies - from school-wide apps to curriculum. With ever-increasing “anytime, anywhere” uses...