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CSU Fullerton Creates Virtual Assistant to Engage Students for Success
Categories CSU
CSU Fullerton students can talk to the virtual assistant iTuffy on smartphones or smart speakers placed around campus to get answers to simple questions and ease collegiate life. The AI tool is powered by CSUF’s 100-Gbps connection to the CENIC's network and access to cloud services.
CENIC and Alameda Peer to Connect Students to Saildrone and Berkeley Lab
Categories CCCs Cultural & Scientific K-12 RENS & NRENS
A new SFI agreement between CENIC and the City of Alameda is a model for local governments that wish to connect technology and R&D companies in their region with a state’s research and education institutions.
Libraries Expand Lifelong Learning Options through Broadband
Tags conference digital divide
With ever-increasing advancements in information and technology, continuing education has never been more important. Every day, libraries are leveraging their robust CENIC broadband connection to expand lifelong learning programs and provide access to education in their communities.
Life Inside CENIC: Nick Plunkett & Internet Peering Services
Categories RENS & NRENS The CENIC Community
Tags calren internet services life inside cenic peering research and education settlement free interconnection
Network Engineer Nick Plunkett works in the Internet Services department, which handles CENIC’s peering relationships with other networks such as Amazon, Google and Microsoft. Peering is a process by which networks connect and exchange traffic, and it results in faster, more cost-efficient Internet for everyone.
Broadband in K-12 Schools Boosts Teaching Practices and Learning Outcomes
Categories K-12
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High-speed Internet is redefining K-12 education. Studies show that learning outcomes are better when technology is integrated into pedagogically sound teaching. Two vastly different California schools are showing the power of broadband by using the same digital learning tools.
CENIC to Explore Adoption of MANRS Global Initiative to Improve Routing Security
Categories RENS & NRENS Pacific Wave
Network operators who take four simple steps to increase routing security will collectively help improve the global Internet’s core. CENIC will lead a collaborative pilot project to explore implementation of MANRS, promoted by the Internet Society. Learn how your organization can get involved.
Zero-Trust Networking Enhances Security in Research and Education Environments
Categories CCCs CSU Cultural & Scientific University of California K-12 Libraries Private Sector Independent Universities RENS & NRENS
Zero-trust networking may be uniquely capable of tackling the security issues confronted by R&E environments. Experts from Google, Netflix, the UC Office of the President, San Bernardino County schools, and the San Francisco Library weigh in on security challenges and solutions.
Pacific Wave and Internet2 to Coordinate Trans-Oceanic Research and Education Network Exchange Point
Categories RENS & NRENS Pacific Wave
Internet2 and Pacific Wave will collaborate on a pilot project to support global science research and scholarship through coordinated infrastructure, service integration, and collaborative outreach. The new Atlantic Pacific Research and Education Exchange (AP-REX) will include a 100 Gbps interconnection between US East and West Coast exchange points.
The Future of California’s Communications Grid
Categories RENS & NRENS
Through its work providing bandwidth to advanced research institutions as well as schools and libraries, CENIC is uniquely able to see the future of data networking technology and the rapidly increasing demand for capacity. Recognizing this, the California Public Utilities Commission included CENIC at the table to discuss the future of California’s communications grid.
CENIC Helps to Power Virtual Reality in California Libraries and Shape Workforce of Tomorrow
Categories Libraries
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Libraries across California are making virtual reality a reality — with help from CENIC’s high-capacity broadband network, which eliminates the latency and jitter that can ruin such programs. Exposure to such exciting new technologies might set kids on a path to become researchers and inventors themselves.