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Blog: Category Archives: The CENIC Community
Responding to disasters: the CENIC community’s role in response and recovery
Categories K-12 Libraries RENS & NRENS The CENIC Community
Fires, floods, earthquakes, and now pandemics have become part of the landscape for Californians in this second decade of the 21st Century.
Answering Your Questions about Middle-Mile Networks: a series from CENIC
Categories RENS & NRENS GOLDENSTATENET The CENIC Community
CENIC has developed a series of concise, easy-to-read PDFs that can get any interested party up to speed on the hottest topic in networking today: Middle-Mile Networks.
Get Your Cybersecurity Program Up and Running with the Trusted CI Framework
Learn about the Trusted CI Framework, developed by the NSF Cybersecurity Center of Excellence and created to help your scientific research facility overcome the obstacles to standing up a cybersecurity program for its cyberinfrastructure.
CENIC in 2022: A Groundbreaking Year for CENIC and California
Categories The CENIC Community
Learn more about CENIC’s achievements in 2022 including GOLDENSTATENET, Tribal engagement, broadband advocacy, increased performance, efficiency, and resilience for CalREN, our 25th anniversary celebration, and the return of our in-person annual conference.
Engaging the Minds We Need
Innovation frequently happens in the liminal spaces between disciplines, where different perspectives collaborate and create new insights into seemingly intractable problems, some of the most pressing of which are global climate change, economic development, and public health. But what happens when millions of vitally needed imaginations and perspectives – these minds – have no access to the cyberinfrastructure that makes global collaboration possible?
Rich Fagen and Networks: from Big Science to High Culture
Rich Fagen, until very recently the Chief Digital Officer at the J. Paul Getty Trust or the Getty, was among the creative founders who helped form CENIC in the 1990s. Now on the occasion of his retirement, his career can be regarded as the perfect reflection of the way high-performance networking – initially created to support data-driven big science – has become just as vital for data-driven arts and culture.
CENIC Promotes Key Employees
Categories RENS & NRENS The CENIC Community
Despite the impact of a global pandemic and the unique climate challenges in our state, this team has risen to a range of opportunities to further our mission by pursuing an upgraded network via the Next Generation Infrastructure initiative; assumed a range of responsibilities involving our support for the GoldenStateNet initiative; and, ensured Californian’s remained connected to each other and the world despite the challenges.
Life Inside CENIC: Sana Bellamine and Core Engineering
Categories RENS & NRENS The CENIC Community
Sana Bellamine works in Core Engineering, which is instrumental in connecting millions of Californians with reliable and forward-thinking solutions, from basic broadband to advanced services with experimental networks.
Life Inside CENIC: Lee Ann Weber and the Communications Department
Categories RENS & NRENS The CENIC Community
The communications team’s work is driven by CENIC’s mission to advance education and research statewide by providing the world-class network essential for innovation, collaboration, and economic growth. We share our knowledge and serve as an advocate for public policy that advances broadband access for all.
Life Inside CENIC: Manuel Ortiz and Inventory Control
Categories RENS & NRENS The CENIC Community
Inventory control and asset management are critical functions within CENIC’s Administrative Services and Facilities Department. Manuel Ortiz provides clear visibility of physical assets, ensuring good stewardship of our members' resources.