Entering the third year of the pandemic, Link Oregon continues to address the digital divide in practical ways by expanding access to education, health care, remote work, and innovation across the state. Over the past year, the organization has increasingly focused on...

Change. From the long-lasting effects of the pandemic on remote accessibility to the enactment of the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act (IIJA), change will continue to impact research and education (R&E) networks for many years. Differentiating programs and...

Edge, a non-profit research and education network and technology partner based in New Jersey, has joined forces with IEEE to address the data needs of the growing technical community. IEEE, the world’s largest technical professional association advancing technology...

Cyber threats are all around us and becoming more sophisticated every day, which means our defenses have to be quicker, smarter, and more coordinated. There have been far too many headlines involving phishing or ransomware attacks affecting big companies and...

“I feel lucky to have participated in this complex and interesting group project. The fellow engineers I met will hopefully become lifelong colleagues.” - Mary Bull During the week of November 14th, 2021, six women participated in the Women in IT Networking at SC...

Networkmaine and the Maine State Library partnered with the Information Technology Disaster Resource Center (ITDRC) over the last year to boost connectivity at 71 Maine locations, expanding and upgrading Wi-Fi technology at libraries, parks, schools, community...

When COVID shut down the country, many homes experienced inadequate Internet for work, school, and entertainment needs. For researchers linked to the Pacific Research Platform (PRP), supported by the Corporation for Education Network Initiatives in California (CENIC)...

As Indiana’s high-speed research and education network, the I-Light network connects its 40+ member institutions seamlessly to each other as well as to the Indiana GigaPOP, which also gives them access to national and international R&E networks. It’s a big job...

Since 2013, the Illinois Century Network (ICN) has provided open-access, middle-mile infrastructure facilitating broadband to unserved and underserved homes, businesses, and community anchor institutions in Illinois. Broadband delivered to a home, business, or...

Any security professional will tell you the importance of performing vulnerability scans against your network. These scans assess computers, systems, and networks to help identify known weaknesses that could be exploited. This seems easy enough; however, to really...