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Edge Partners with D2L to Enhance Members’ Educational Technology Experience
Edge, the region’s nonprofit research and education network and technology partner, has announced a partnership with D2L, a global leader in learning technology. Via its EdgeMarket Cooperative Pricing System, Edge has awarded a procurement contract which will give its...
Broadband for Every California Household: One Gigabit or Bust!
by Louis Fox, CENIC President and CEO If we have learned anything during this pandemic, it is that access to broadband is now a social determinant of health, education, work, and economic security. Our homes have become our schools, our workplaces, and our clinics via...
The Quilt Kicks Off 2020 Virtual Campus Cyberinfrastructure Program Seminar Series
This year, Quilt members will have the opportunity to get a head start on understanding science drivers and research cyberinfrastructure needs in preparation to participate in an upcoming National Science Foundation Campus Cyberinfrastructure Program solicitation. The...
MCNC names Tracy Doaks president and CEO
RESEARCH TRIANGLE PARK, N.C. – MCNC today announced that Tracy Doaks will assume the role of president and CEO in August, providing new leadership and guidance for the growing non-profit focused on delivering high-performance Internet and networking, cloud services,...
MDREN Receives CC* Regional NSF Award
The Maryland Research and Education Network (MDREN) recently received the Campus Cyberinfrastructure Regional Award (ID 2018823) from the National Science Foundation (NSF) for Advancing Maryland Research and Education Network for Under-Resourced Institutions Through a...
Front Range GigaPop plans Western Colorado expansion
Front Range-based GigaPop wants to team with local governments on the Western Slope to improve broadband in rural Colorado. It’s looking for funding for the $2.2 million project. Read the full story here via The Colorado Sun.
KINBER Expands Broadband Access in Southwest PA Through Partnership
HARRISBURG, Pa. – The Keystone Initiative for Network Based Education and Research (KINBER) today announced a new partnership with ClearFiber Communications to expand its high-capacity broadband network into Greene and Washington counties. This project will bring new...
R&E Networks in CA, OR, and WA Announce Collaborative Support for COVID-19 Western States Pact
Statewide research and education networks in California, Oregon, and Washington have joined to support the shared approach announced by their states’ respective leaders, Governors Gavin Newsom, Kate Brown, and Jay Inslee, this week to move toward a reopening of...
KINBER Increases Internet2 Research and Education Network Capacity Dedicated 100Gbps to Support Research and Scientific Innovation in Pennsylvania
HARRISBURG, Pa. (Feb. 26, 2020) – The Keystone Initiative for Network Based Education and Research (KINBER) today announced it has established a new dedicated 100 Gigabit Ethernet connection to the Internet2 national research and education network out of KINBER’s...
LEARN Announces New CEO
Lubbock, Texas (January 31, 2020) – LEARN Board of Directors has selected Akbar Kara to succeed Pankaj Shah as President and Chief Executive Officer, effective January 31, 2020. Kara has served as LEARN’s only Chief Technology Officer since 2006. He has 26 years of...
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Edge Partners with D2L to Enhance Members’ Educational Technology Experience
Edge, the region’s nonprofit research and education network and technology partner, has announced a partnership with D2L, a global leader in learning technology. Via its EdgeMarket Cooperative Pricing System, Edge has awarded a procurement contract which will give its...
Broadband for Every California Household: One Gigabit or Bust!
by Louis Fox, CENIC President and CEO If we have learned anything during this pandemic, it is that access to broadband is now a social determinant of health, education, work, and economic security. Our homes have become our schools, our workplaces, and our clinics via...
The Quilt Kicks Off 2020 Virtual Campus Cyberinfrastructure Program Seminar Series
This year, Quilt members will have the opportunity to get a head start on understanding science drivers and research cyberinfrastructure needs in preparation to participate in an upcoming National Science Foundation Campus Cyberinfrastructure Program solicitation. The...
MCNC names Tracy Doaks president and CEO
RESEARCH TRIANGLE PARK, N.C. – MCNC today announced that Tracy Doaks will assume the role of president and CEO in August, providing new leadership and guidance for the growing non-profit focused on delivering high-performance Internet and networking, cloud services,...
MDREN Receives CC* Regional NSF Award
The Maryland Research and Education Network (MDREN) recently received the Campus Cyberinfrastructure Regional Award (ID 2018823) from the National Science Foundation (NSF) for Advancing Maryland Research and Education Network for Under-Resourced Institutions Through a...
Front Range GigaPop plans Western Colorado expansion
Front Range-based GigaPop wants to team with local governments on the Western Slope to improve broadband in rural Colorado. It’s looking for funding for the $2.2 million project. Read the full story here via The Colorado Sun.
KINBER Expands Broadband Access in Southwest PA Through Partnership
HARRISBURG, Pa. – The Keystone Initiative for Network Based Education and Research (KINBER) today announced a new partnership with ClearFiber Communications to expand its high-capacity broadband network into Greene and Washington counties. This project will bring new...
R&E Networks in CA, OR, and WA Announce Collaborative Support for COVID-19 Western States Pact
Statewide research and education networks in California, Oregon, and Washington have joined to support the shared approach announced by their states’ respective leaders, Governors Gavin Newsom, Kate Brown, and Jay Inslee, this week to move toward a reopening of...
KINBER Increases Internet2 Research and Education Network Capacity Dedicated 100Gbps to Support Research and Scientific Innovation in Pennsylvania
HARRISBURG, Pa. (Feb. 26, 2020) – The Keystone Initiative for Network Based Education and Research (KINBER) today announced it has established a new dedicated 100 Gigabit Ethernet connection to the Internet2 national research and education network out of KINBER’s...
LEARN Announces New CEO
Lubbock, Texas (January 31, 2020) – LEARN Board of Directors has selected Akbar Kara to succeed Pankaj Shah as President and Chief Executive Officer, effective January 31, 2020. Kara has served as LEARN’s only Chief Technology Officer since 2006. He has 26 years of...