Cenic.org

David Lassner of University of Hawai'i Recognized for Distinguished Service

CENIC's inaugural Christine Haska Award for Distinguished Service recognizes David Lassner, UH President, for his lifelong commitment to science, the environment, and communities in the Pacific Islands, and his achievements in securing R&E broadband connectivity.

Founders Circle Award Honors Technology Leaders for their Roles in Creating CENIC

CENIC seeks to honor early members of the board of directors, CENIC employees, and designers of the original CalREN network for their crucial contributions to CENIC in its formative years.

Broadband Infrastructure Improvement Grants for K-12 Schools Recognized with CENIC Innovations Award

Categories K-12

As a result of the BIIG project, California's most remote public K-12 schools are overcoming barriers to Internet access and being connected to the world-class California Research and Education Network (CalREN), the high-performance broadband network operated by CENIC.

UC ANR Project to Extend Broadband to Rural Researchers Recognized with CENIC Innovations Award

The University of California Division of Agriculture and Natural Resources (UC ANR) is being recognized for its work to extend high-speed broadband to UC researchers in rural communities across the state by connecting UC ANR sites to the California Research and Education Network (CalREN).

Cal State’s CMS Data Center Transformation Recognized with CENIC Innovation Award

Categories CSU Libraries

This award recognizes the significant effort required to bring the CMS data center from Salt Lake City to its current state-of-the-art facility in Silicon Valley, thereby enabling CSU to use a hybrid cloud platform. Project leader George Mansoor will accept the award on behalf of the numerous CSU staff who contributed to this project.

Technology Projects to Combat California Wildfires Are Recognized with CENIC Innovation Award

WIFIRE, HPWREN, and AlertTahoe Awarded the 2018 Innovations in Networking Award for Experimental Applications. These three projects are being recognized for their work to bring advanced IT and telecommunications to the fight to contain California wildfires: the WIFIRE, HPWREN, and AlertTahoe. Project leaders being recognized are Ilkay Altintas, John Graham, Graham Kent, and Frank Vernon.

UOG Unveils Ultra-High-Speed GOREX Network

The University of Guam today unveiled its new ultra-high-speed 100-Gbps network during an event at the UOG Office of Information Technology. The Guam Open Research and Education eXchange (GOREX) network now connects Guam to Hawai'i and California via the new SEA-US fiber-optic submarine cable.

First 100G International Research and Education Backbone Network in Asia and Across the Pacific

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

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

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.