RESEARCH TRIANGLE PARK, N.C. (Feb. 28, 2019) - MCNC, the non-profit operator of the North Carolina Research and Education Network (NCREN), today announced that North Carolina Gov. Roy Cooper has appointed two community leaders to the MCNC Board of Directors and that...

As the Woolsey wildfire surrounded Pepperdine University in Malibu, the campus’s primary internet connections burned. “A lot of lines went down,” said Pepperdine Information Technology Director Rita Schnepp. “Although our routing protocols automatically redirected...

The Quilt, a consortium of regional Research and Education (R&E) Networks throughout the United States, is pleased to announce a joint effort with Merit Network in Michigan to help develop the next generation of cybersecurity talent through the National High...

Today, January 4th, The Quilt releases its second public Request for Proposal (RFP) to select a distribution partner to provide VMware and Related Offerings to our Quilt community using a consortium-based purchasing mechanism. The Quilt has a long and successful...

High School teams from across Michigan came to the 2018 North American International Cyber Summit (NAICS) at Cobo Center in Detroit last month for the finals of the High School Cyber Challenge, a cybersecurity competition created by Gov. Rick Snyder. The Governor’s...

In early January of 2019, The Quilt will be issuing a new RFP for a VMware and Related Offerings Distribution Partner. The goal of this RFP effort is to identify a distribution partner that recognizes and appreciates the wealth of opportunities that exist through a...

Merit Network Inc. is a non-profit, member-owned organization that runs a regional Research & Education (REN) network in the state of Michigan. Merit has twelve governing member institutions which are public universities. It serves as their internet service...

The Quilt hosted the Fall 2018 Member Meeting at the University of Maryland, College Park, on Sept. 25-27. It was an informative and exciting three days with our Quilt community discussing advanced networking for research and education. We also had the opportunity to...

CORVALLIS, Ore. — The Oregon Fiber Partnership, a collaborative effort of Oregon State University, the state’s major public research universities and state government, has taken a key step to develop a statewide, high-speed optical network. The partnership has...

Merit is excited to have Kevin Hayes as our Chief Information Security Officer. We asked Kevin to share his insights on current security landscapes, predicting the next IT crisis and most importantly what movie he would like to see turned into a musical. [Read the...