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CENIC Helps Public Libraries and Public Schools Access Funds to Support High-speed Broadband
JANUARY 10, 2017 - Library patrons in Santa Fe, California, regularly struggle to connect to the Internet due to low bandwidth connectivity. The library has just 5 Mbps of connectivity to serve the public and support administrative functions, far less bandwidth than...
Call for articles now open for 2017 Quilt Circle
The Quilt Circle was first published in 2010 to showcase the work of The Quilt members. It has been continually published since that time; the primary format has been print. Even though print seems to be an old technology, we have requests every year for a glossy...
MCNC and Internet2 celebrate federated ID milestone with Davie County Schools
The ground didn't shake and buildings didn't sway, but a step was taken the morning of January 30th that could well prove to be a seismic shift for InCommon, its participants, and K-14 education in the United States. MCNC, owner and operator of the North Carolina...
The Quilt applauds research from WILMA project
The Quello Center at Michigan State University, with the leadership of Quilt member Merit and working in collaboration with five other non-profit research and education networks from The Quilt member community, have released findings for wireless solutions to better...
The Quilt welcomes Executive Committee appointments
The Quilt, a national coalition of advanced U.S. regional networks for research and education (R&E), is pleased to announced its 2017 Quilt Executive Committee. This committee provides ongoing oversight of The Quilt affairs as delegated by the full Board of...
Touching presentation symbolizes OARnet’s efforts
COLUMBUS, Ohio (Nov. 21, 2016) – OARnet is well known for its connections, from POP to POP, main site to disaster recovery and everything in between. Running even deeper than the dark fiber that comprises the network are the connections forged and fostered among the...
The Quilt elects OARnet’s Paul Schopis as chairman
OARnet Interim Executive Director Paul Schopis was elected chairman of The Quilt’s board of directors. Schopis was elected vice chairman of the board last year and stepped up to the interim chairman position on Oct. 1. He will serve as chairman until Dec. 31, 2017....
ESNet, Kinber establish new peering connection to enhance network capabilities to Pennsylvania universities
Harrisburg, PA (November 18) -- The Keystone Initiative for Network Based Education and Research (KINBER), a non-profit membership organization devoted to fostering collaboration through technology, and ESnet, the Department of Energy’s Energy Sciences Network,...
High-Speed Rail and CENIC join forces to create California Broadband Communities
The California High-Speed Rail Authority (Authority) and the Corporation for Education Networking Initiatives in California (CENIC) has announced that they have entered into a Memorandum of Understanding that will foster initiatives to expand the availability and...
MCNC works to extend federated trust and identity solutions to K-12, Community Colleges in North Carolina
The non-profit organization explored the real driving force behind the technology on the North Carolina Research and Education Network this week during NCREN Community Day MCNC, the non-profit operator of the North Carolina Research and Education Network (NCREN),...
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CENIC Helps Public Libraries and Public Schools Access Funds to Support High-speed Broadband
JANUARY 10, 2017 - Library patrons in Santa Fe, California, regularly struggle to connect to the Internet due to low bandwidth connectivity. The library has just 5 Mbps of connectivity to serve the public and support administrative functions, far less bandwidth than...
Call for articles now open for 2017 Quilt Circle
The Quilt Circle was first published in 2010 to showcase the work of The Quilt members. It has been continually published since that time; the primary format has been print. Even though print seems to be an old technology, we have requests every year for a glossy...
MCNC and Internet2 celebrate federated ID milestone with Davie County Schools
The ground didn't shake and buildings didn't sway, but a step was taken the morning of January 30th that could well prove to be a seismic shift for InCommon, its participants, and K-14 education in the United States. MCNC, owner and operator of the North Carolina...
The Quilt applauds research from WILMA project
The Quello Center at Michigan State University, with the leadership of Quilt member Merit and working in collaboration with five other non-profit research and education networks from The Quilt member community, have released findings for wireless solutions to better...
The Quilt welcomes Executive Committee appointments
The Quilt, a national coalition of advanced U.S. regional networks for research and education (R&E), is pleased to announced its 2017 Quilt Executive Committee. This committee provides ongoing oversight of The Quilt affairs as delegated by the full Board of...
Touching presentation symbolizes OARnet’s efforts
COLUMBUS, Ohio (Nov. 21, 2016) – OARnet is well known for its connections, from POP to POP, main site to disaster recovery and everything in between. Running even deeper than the dark fiber that comprises the network are the connections forged and fostered among the...
The Quilt elects OARnet’s Paul Schopis as chairman
OARnet Interim Executive Director Paul Schopis was elected chairman of The Quilt’s board of directors. Schopis was elected vice chairman of the board last year and stepped up to the interim chairman position on Oct. 1. He will serve as chairman until Dec. 31, 2017....
ESNet, Kinber establish new peering connection to enhance network capabilities to Pennsylvania universities
Harrisburg, PA (November 18) -- The Keystone Initiative for Network Based Education and Research (KINBER), a non-profit membership organization devoted to fostering collaboration through technology, and ESnet, the Department of Energy’s Energy Sciences Network,...
High-Speed Rail and CENIC join forces to create California Broadband Communities
The California High-Speed Rail Authority (Authority) and the Corporation for Education Networking Initiatives in California (CENIC) has announced that they have entered into a Memorandum of Understanding that will foster initiatives to expand the availability and...
MCNC works to extend federated trust and identity solutions to K-12, Community Colleges in North Carolina
The non-profit organization explored the real driving force behind the technology on the North Carolina Research and Education Network this week during NCREN Community Day MCNC, the non-profit operator of the North Carolina Research and Education Network (NCREN),...