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News: Category Archives: Press Release
First 100G International Research and Education Backbone Network in Asia and Across the Pacific
Categories RENS & NRENS Pacific Wave Press Release
NICT, NSCC, and SingAREN together have completed a high-speed 100 Gbps international network linking Singapore, Hong Kong, and Japan -- infrastructure that will be the backbone of the north- to southeast Asia network for international research and education networks (RENs) in the region.
The California Academy of Sciences Joins CENIC
Categories Cultural & Scientific Pacific Wave Press Release
The California Academy of Sciences now has a direct connection to CENIC’s California Research and Education Network (CalREN), and from there to the world. At a speed of 10 Gbps per second, this access to the ultra-high bandwidth of the CENIC network will provide scientists and patrons of the Academy with fifty times more capacity, enabling new opportunities to engage, create, invent, and learn. Prior to completing the connection to CalREN, the Academy was operating with 200 Mbps of connectivity. This level of enhanced connectivity is already making a difference in day-to-day operations.
CENIC, Pacific Northwest Gigapop, and Internet2 Extend West Coast Agreement
Categories Cultural & Scientific RENS & NRENS Press Release
CENIC, Pacific Northwest Gigapop, and Internet2 will renew their collaboration to provide networking capabilities across the entire West Coast of the United States, and to continue their joint efforts to develop new network capabilities. The term of the renewal is five years (2017 – 2022) with additional extensions possible.
LEARN and OneNet to Be Connected to Pacific Wave
Categories RENS & NRENS Pacific Wave Press Release
Intl.cyberinfrastructure-based scientific research collaborations enhanced in Texas and Oklahoma through direct connections to Pacific Wave
CENIC Extends Fiber Lease Until 2040
Categories Private Sector RENS & NRENS Press Release
CENIC has secured leases, called Indefeasible Rights of Use (IRUs), with Level 3 Communications on more than 8,000 miles of dark fiber until 2040.
Naval Postgraduate School Joins the CENIC Community as a Charter Associate
Categories Independent Universities Press Release
The CENIC Board of Directors announced today that the Naval Postgraduate School (NPS) is now recognized as a CENIC Charter Associate. Charter Associates comprise the CENIC Board of Directors and set policy and guide the organization, as well as have full access to CENIC’s entire portfolio of networks and services.
Los Angeles Connects to 100 Gbps Education Network
Categories RENS & NRENS Press Release
Los Angeles leaders say they hope to encourage other cities to do as they have and join the infrastructure connecting California's education and research worlds.
Pacific Wave Announces World’s First Trans-Pacific 100-Gigabit R&E Network
Categories RENS & NRENS Press Release
Pacific Wave is pleased to announce that the Pacific Northwest Gigapop (PNWGP) has established the world’s first 100-Gigabit per second (Gbps) research and education (R&E) network link between Asia and the U.S., with related transit, peering, and exchange fabric. Pacific Wave will provide this 100Gbps capability to the National Science Foundation (NSF) funded International Research Network Connections (IRNC) TransPAC4 project, led by Indiana University. Pacific Wave recently received a five-year NSF IRNC award to serve as the U.S. Pacific Rim’s open and distributed interconnection, peering, and exchange fabric, including Software-Defined Exchange (SDX), Software-Defined Networking (SDN) and research DMZ capabilities.
CENIC Awarded International Networking Grant from NSF
Categories RENS & NRENS Press Release
CENIC announced today that it, along with the Pacific Northwest Gigapop (PNWGP), has been awarded a grant of nearly $3.5M from the National Science Foundation’s International Research Network Connections (IRNC) program.
NSF Gives Green Light to Pacific Research Platform-UC San Diego, UC Berkeley lead creation of West
Categories Cultural & Scientific RENS & NRENS Press Release
NSF Gives Green Light to Pacific Research Platform- UC San Diego, UC Berkeley lead creation of West Coast big data freeway system.