- About
- Network
- Community
- Initiatives
- News
- Events
- Blog
- Publications
News: Tag Archives:
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 Board of Directors Elects New Officers
Categories RENS & NRENS
The Corporation for Education Network Initiatives in California (CENIC) is pleased to announce the election of five board members to its executive committee.
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.
NSF Project Sets Up First Machine Learning Cyberinfrastructure – CHASE-CI
The National Science Foundation has issued a $1 million grant to Larry Smarr, director of Calit2, and his colleagues to create a community cyberinfrastructure in support of machine learning research.
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.