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News: Category Archives: RENS & NRENS
VMware, CENIC Collaborate to Support Research and Education in California
Categories RENS & NRENS
Tags cloud services vmware
Universities, schools, libraries, and other cultural, scientific, and arts organizations in the CENIC community can now leverage VMware solutions to improve security, reduce costs, and simplify information access through a software-defined approach.
Sunesys Awarded the 2017 Innovations in Networking Award for Corporate Partnership
Categories Private Sector RENS & NRENS
In recognition of their work to provide high-speed, cost-effective network connections for CENIC and its members, and their efforts in collaboration with CENIC and UCSC, to develop a successful application for California Advanced Services Funding to construct new fiber in the Salinas Valley, CENIC has selected Sunesys, a Crown Castle Company, and Alan Katz, Vice President who, along with his team, led these efforts, as the recipients of the 2017 Innovations in Networking Award for Corporate Partnership.
Stuart Lynn Awarded the 2017 CENIC Founders Award
Categories RENS & NRENS
Stuart Lynn, who led the creation of CENIC — now among the world’s most heavily used research and education networks — has been selected by CENIC as a recipient of the 2017 Founders Award.
Wide-Area Visualization Environment (WAVE) System at UC Merced Awarded the 2017 Innovations in Networking Award
Categories University of California RENS & NRENS
Tags award cenic digital divide prp
The Wide-Area Visualization Environment (WAVE) at UC Merced is one of many projects enabled by the Pacific Research Platform. This massive display, consisting of twenty 4k resolution screens, provides student and faculty researchers at UC Merced to work with the cutting-edge of virtual reality hardware. WAVE is an exciting example of a tool that can reduce the gap between data collection and interpretation and the dissemination of that data to researchers and the public.
Women in IT Networking at SC Awarded the 2017 Innovations in Networking Award
Categories RENS & NRENS
Tags award
In recognition of work to expand the diversity of the SCinet volunteer staff and to provide professional development opportunities to highly qualified women in the field of networking, the Women in IT Networking at SC (WINS) program has been selected by CENIC as a recipient of the 2017 Innovations in Networking Award for Experimental Applications. Project members being recognized include Wendy Huntoon (KINBER), Marla Meehl (UCAR), and Kate Petersen Mace, Lauren Rotman, and Jason Zurawski (ESnet).
The Network Startup Resource Center and its Director, Steven Huter, Awarded the 2017 Innovations in Networking Award
Categories Cultural & Scientific RENS & NRENS
In recognition of work to improve network infrastructure, facilitate collaboration, and build professional capacity in countries around the world, the Network Startup Resource Center (NSRC) and its Director, Steven Huter, have been selected by the Corporation for Education Network Initiatives in California (CENIC) as recipients of the 2017 Innovations in Networking Award for Broadband Applications.
Christina DiCaro, Michael Dillon Awarded Innovations in Networking Award
Categories K-12 Libraries Private Sector RENS & NRENS
Christina DiCaro and Michael Dillon Awarded the 2017 Innovations in Networking Award for Broadband Applications
Tom DeFanti Awarded Innovations In Networking Award for Outstanding Individual Contributions
Categories University of California RENS & NRENS
In recognition of his work to develop next generation networks, advance the mission of Calit2, and shape collaborations across organizations, CENIC recognizes Tom DeFanti, an internationally recognized pioneer in visualization and virtual reality technologies at Calit2, University of California San Diego, as the recipient of the 2017 Innovations in Networking Award for Outstanding Individual Contributions.
CENIC and UC ANR Press Release
The University of California Agriculture and Natural Resources Division (UC ANR) and the Corporation for Education Network Initiatives in California (CENIC) have connected key UC ANR facilities to CENIC’s ultra-fast 100Gbps research and education network, extending ultra-broadband capacity to UC researchers in rural sites across California.
High-Speed Rail and CENIC Join Forces to Create California Broadband Communities
Categories Independent Universities RENS & NRENS
As a part of the high-speed rail system corridor, the Authority and CENIC will create an ultra-fast broadband network, connecting into CENIC’s statewide research and education network, as well as to other public and private sector broadband networks.