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Brocade Enables World’s First 100 Gbps Trans-Pacific Research and Education Network

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Brocade Enables World’s First 100 Gbps Trans-Pacific Research and Education Network Brocade Enables World’s First 100 Gbps Trans-Pacific Research and Education Network-Pacific Wave’s New High-Speed Infrastructure Connects Research and Education Communities in the United States and Asia.

Science DMZ Infrastructure Architecture Accelerates Data Flows

Networking teams are deploying an infrastructure architecture known as the Science DMZ to help researchers make productive use of ever-increasing data flows.

Pacific Wave Announces World’s First Trans-Pacific 100-Gigabit R&E Network

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.

SMCL and SFJAZZ “Rock With You” via CENIC’s CalREN

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CENIC is proud to announce its participation in the Music of Michael Jackson, a live-streamed jazz concert of the award-winning SFJAZZ Collective on Saturday, October 24th. Visitors to the Peninsula Library System’s San Mateo County Library (SMCL) will have the opportunity to experience and participate the event thanks to the library’s lightning-fast expanded Gigabit network, which was provided to SMCL through CENIC’s CalREN, a high-capacity 3,800-mile fiber-optic-based network.

CENIC Awarded International Networking Grant from NSF

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.

CPUC Enters Phase 3 of California Teleconnect Fund Audit

CPUC Enters Phase 3 of California Teleconnect Fund Audit

On July 23, 2015, the California Public Utilities Commission (CPUC) adopted Decision 15-07-007 resolving Phase 1 and 2 issues regarding the California Teleconnect Fund (CTF) Audit. This decision adopts a variety of changes to all aspects of the program, which will impact all eligible entities.

NSF Gives Green Light to Pacific Research Platform-UC San Diego, UC Berkeley lead creation of West Coast big data freeway system.

NSF Gives Green Light to Pacific Research Platform- UC San Diego, UC Berkeley lead creation of West Coast big data freeway system.

CENIC and the City and County of San Francisco Collaborate to Make San Francisco Public Library the First 10 Gigabit Library in the U.S.

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San Francisco Public Library, First 10 Gigabit Library in the U.S. – San Francisco Public Library (SFPL), the Corporation for Education Network Initiatives in California (CENIC), and the City and County of San Francisco announced today that they have collaborated to provide unprecedented direct connection at 10 gigabits per second access speed to CENIC’s California Research and Education Network (CalREN) and from there to the world.

Path-breaking 100 Gigabit Connections Between Level 3 and CENIC Networks

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Path-breaking 100-Gigabit Connections Between Level 3 and CENIC Networks- CENIC has established links to Level 3's network in both San Jose and Los Angeles, Calif., delivering an unprecedented 200 gigabits per second of Internet capacity to California institutions. This upgrade complements the recent 100G backbone upgrades that CENIC had completed last year throughout California.

Australia-US partnership powers trans-Pacific science and research networking

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Australia-US partnership powers trans-Pacific science and research networking