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Naval Postgraduate School Joins the CENIC Community as a Charter Associate

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

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

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

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 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.

Innovations in Public Libraries: The California Library Broadband Initiative

Innovations in Public Libraries: The California Library Broadband Initiative

With the California State Library, CENIC, and Califa’s Library Initiative underway, the timeliness and relevance of an examination of broadband in the state’s public libraries couldn’t be better. In this Monday session, a great perspective on where things stand now, where they are headed, and how California will get there was provided by Tom Fortin (San Mateo County Library), Derek Wolrfgram (Redwood City Public Library), and Cliff Frost (CENIC).

Science DMZ as a Security Architecture

Science DMZ as a Security Architecture

ESnet's Mike Sinatra looks at how Science DMZ can solve -- and can't solve -- problems relating to network security

High-Performance Big-Science Pacific Research Platform Debuts at CENIC 2015 Annual Conference

High-Performance Big-Science Pacific Research Platform Debuts at CENIC 2015 Annual Conference

100-Gigabit Upgrade for CENIC’s California Research & Education Network

The Corporation for Education Network Initiatives in California (CENIC) announced the completion of a 100-Gigabits-per-second (Gbps) upgrade for the core backbone of the California Research & Education Network (CalREN), the 3,800-mile fiber-based advanced network currently serving the Golden State’s research and education communities, including the California K-12 System, California’s Community Colleges, the California State University, the University of California, and many private universities including Caltech, Stanford, and USC, as well as a rapidly growing list of other institutions.

Pacific Wave Announces Diverse 40G TransPacific Capacity to Australia and New Zealand

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Pacific Wave</a> today announced the completion of a second 40-Gigabit per second (Gb/s) connection from the US West Coast to Australia and New Zealand. Crossing the Pacific Ocean from Los Angeles through the Big Island of Hawaii and on to Australia, this ultra-high-performance network link complements an existing 40 Gb/s link from Seattle through Oahu to Australia.