by Somaliyah Al-Mahdi | Nov 14, 2012 | Blog
I appreciated the chance to join about 8,000 IT leaders from higher education and R&E networking at EDUCAUSE’s annual conference last week in Denver. Of particular relevance for The Quilt community were sessions addressing the key IT challenges facing campuses: 1)...
by Somaliyah Al-Mahdi | Sep 28, 2012 | Blog
R&E networks are operating in an environment of fast-paced change with new opportunities and requirements from a growing number of stakeholders. At this week’s Internet2 Fall Member Meeting, representatives of three Quilt members will share how they managed to not...
by Somaliyah Al-Mahdi | Aug 7, 2012 | Blog
In this video interview from May’s SHLB-NTIA Conference, president and CEO of Quilt member MCNC Joe Freddoso does a great job of describing the private sector impact of BTOP grants to research & education networks. In MCNC’s case, they passed through $143 out of...
by Somaliyah Al-Mahdi | May 3, 2012 | Blog
CENIC, the PNWGP and The Quilt were invited to showcase current opportunities and priorities for U.S. regional networks as well as share our experiences with moving to shared services models at the annual BCNET conference May 1-3, 2012 hosted by our neighbor to the...
by Somaliyah Al-Mahdi | Apr 30, 2012 | Blog
Regional Networks: Different Aspects to Building Community I had the pleasure of serving on a panel at the Internet2 Spring Member Meeting with representatives of Quilt participants: OneNet; MOREnet; Utah Education Network (UEN); Merit Network; OARnet and NJEDge. ...
by Somaliyah Al-Mahdi | Apr 13, 2012 | Blog
What I think may be our best edition yet of The Quilt’s annual showcase of the many contributions Quilt members make to research, education and communities across the country is now available as a PDF on The Quilt’s Resource page. If you’d like print copies, please...
