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Registration is open for Quilt 2015 Winter Member Meeting
The Quilt will be returning to the La Jolla Shores Hotel and La Jolla Beach and Tennis Club in California on Feb. 9-11, 2016 for its Winter Member meeting. Two hotel choices will be offered – The La Jolla Shores Hotel and The La Jolla Beach and Tennis Club. These...
Data Federation Of University Research (DataFOUR) Announces Professional Development Webinar Series
We thought you might find this initiative of interest as part of a professional development opportunity from Quilt Member, GPN. This series is a collaborative effort between GPN, the Greater Western Library Alliance and the University of Kansas. Please take a moment...
KanREN unveils plans for 100G next-generation network
For Kansas, the network of the future is one step closer to reality. The Kansas Research and Education Network (KanREN), a non-profit, member-based consortium of research, education, and community anchor institutions has announced plans to provide 100Gbps services for...
Call for Papers: Role of Regional Organizations in Improving Access to the National Computational Infrastructure
The Great Plains Network and Kansas State University together with The Quilt, several Quilt members, XSEDE, Clemson, and more, have been funded to pull together a set of recommendations to NSF on how to improve access to Computational Infrastructure. As a key piece...
The Quilt releases its 2015 VMware Distribution Partner Request for Proposals
The Quilt has a successful history of leveraging the collective purchasing power of its membership and authorized member institutions to purchase advanced networking technology and services at a lower cost. In August of 2015, The Quilt will issue a Request for...
Joseph F. Sawasky Selected as Merit President and Chief Executive Officer
August 17, 2015 ANN ARBOR, Mich. - Joseph Sawasky, currently Chief Information Officer and Associate Vice President, Computing and Information Technology at Wayne State University, has been selected as the President and CEO of Merit Network, Inc. Prior to joining...
NSF Gives Green Light to Pacific Research Platform- UC San Diego, UC Berkeley lead creation of West Coast big data freeway system.
AUGUST 3, 2015 For the last three years, the National Science Foundation (NSF) has made a series of competitive grants to over 100 U.S. universities to aggressively upgrade their campus network capacity for greatly enhanced science data access. NSF is now building on...
CENIC and the City and County of San Francisco Collaborate to Make San Francisco Public Library the First 10 Gigabit Library in the U.S.
San Francisco, June 26, 2015 -- San Francisco Public Library (SFPL), the Corporation for Education Network Initiatives in California (CENIC), and the City and County of San Francisco announced today that they have collaborated to provide unprecedented direct...
Padtec completes Florida LambdaRail Installation
Miami, Florida, May 4, 2015 – Padtec, a global manufacturer and solutions provider of turnkey optical solutions, announces today that it has completed the installation of a Padtec 100G Open Wave for FIU/AMPATH over the Florida LambdaRail (FLR) backbone. AMPATH, a...
CenturyLink helps UETN deliver 1 terabit of combined bandwidth to more than 1,400 Utah schools and colleges
April 20 2015 Partnership supports third-largest student population in the United States SALT LAKE CITY – CenturyLink, Inc. (NYSE: CTL) today announced that its gigabit service is helping the Utah Education and Telehealth Network (UETN) create a network capable of...
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Registration is open for Quilt 2015 Winter Member Meeting
The Quilt will be returning to the La Jolla Shores Hotel and La Jolla Beach and Tennis Club in California on Feb. 9-11, 2016 for its Winter Member meeting. Two hotel choices will be offered – The La Jolla Shores Hotel and The La Jolla Beach and Tennis Club. These...
Data Federation Of University Research (DataFOUR) Announces Professional Development Webinar Series
We thought you might find this initiative of interest as part of a professional development opportunity from Quilt Member, GPN. This series is a collaborative effort between GPN, the Greater Western Library Alliance and the University of Kansas. Please take a moment...
KanREN unveils plans for 100G next-generation network
For Kansas, the network of the future is one step closer to reality. The Kansas Research and Education Network (KanREN), a non-profit, member-based consortium of research, education, and community anchor institutions has announced plans to provide 100Gbps services for...
Call for Papers: Role of Regional Organizations in Improving Access to the National Computational Infrastructure
The Great Plains Network and Kansas State University together with The Quilt, several Quilt members, XSEDE, Clemson, and more, have been funded to pull together a set of recommendations to NSF on how to improve access to Computational Infrastructure. As a key piece...
The Quilt releases its 2015 VMware Distribution Partner Request for Proposals
The Quilt has a successful history of leveraging the collective purchasing power of its membership and authorized member institutions to purchase advanced networking technology and services at a lower cost. In August of 2015, The Quilt will issue a Request for...
Joseph F. Sawasky Selected as Merit President and Chief Executive Officer
August 17, 2015 ANN ARBOR, Mich. - Joseph Sawasky, currently Chief Information Officer and Associate Vice President, Computing and Information Technology at Wayne State University, has been selected as the President and CEO of Merit Network, Inc. Prior to joining...
NSF Gives Green Light to Pacific Research Platform- UC San Diego, UC Berkeley lead creation of West Coast big data freeway system.
AUGUST 3, 2015 For the last three years, the National Science Foundation (NSF) has made a series of competitive grants to over 100 U.S. universities to aggressively upgrade their campus network capacity for greatly enhanced science data access. NSF is now building on...
CENIC and the City and County of San Francisco Collaborate to Make San Francisco Public Library the First 10 Gigabit Library in the U.S.
San Francisco, June 26, 2015 -- San Francisco Public Library (SFPL), the Corporation for Education Network Initiatives in California (CENIC), and the City and County of San Francisco announced today that they have collaborated to provide unprecedented direct...
Padtec completes Florida LambdaRail Installation
Miami, Florida, May 4, 2015 – Padtec, a global manufacturer and solutions provider of turnkey optical solutions, announces today that it has completed the installation of a Padtec 100G Open Wave for FIU/AMPATH over the Florida LambdaRail (FLR) backbone. AMPATH, a...
CenturyLink helps UETN deliver 1 terabit of combined bandwidth to more than 1,400 Utah schools and colleges
April 20 2015 Partnership supports third-largest student population in the United States SALT LAKE CITY – CenturyLink, Inc. (NYSE: CTL) today announced that its gigabit service is helping the Utah Education and Telehealth Network (UETN) create a network capable of...