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CENIC Recognizes Tribal Broadband Bootcamp for Fostering a Network of Indigenous People to Improve Broadband Access and Adoption on Tribal Lands

CENIC Recognizes Tribal Broadband Bootcamp for Fostering a Network of Indigenous People to Improve Broadband Access and Adoption on Tribal Lands

The Tribal Broadband Bootcamp receives the CENIC 2024 Innovations in Networking Award for Broadband Applications in recognition of its success in fostering a network of Indigenous people working across Tribal lands to build broadband networks.

CENIC Recognizes CSM Consulting for Maximizing Broadband Discounts for CA Schools and Libraries

CENIC Recognizes CSM Consulting for Maximizing Broadband Discounts for CA Schools and Libraries

For their decade-long partnership with CENIC to deliver broadband connectivity to California’s public K-12 schools and libraries at the lowest possible cost, CSM Consulting is being recognized with CENIC’s 2020 Innovations in Networking Award for Corporate Partner.

Indigenous Tribes in Southern California Are Now Participants in Pacific Wave

Indigenous Tribes in Southern California Are Now Participants in Pacific Wave

Fourteen Native American tribes in Southern California are now directly connected to the state-of-the-art International Internet Exchange, Pacific Wave, and its peering, high-performance scientific networks and ever-expanding global connectivity. Six more tribes are also expected to join in the coming months. This new connection enables tribal libraries, scientific research facilities, and cultural preservation institutions to collaborate with partners across the state, the nation, and the world.

GeoLinks Recognized with CENIC Corporate Partnership Award

CENIC is recognizing GeoLinks for their understanding of the importance of high-speed broadband for California research and education communities, and their strategy for reaching those with limited or no access to broadband due remote locations and challenging terrain using fixed wireless technology.

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

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.

California Department of Technology and City of Sacramento Connect to CENIC, the Premier Research an

California Department of Technology and City of Sacramento Connect to CENIC, the Premier Research and Education Digital Network Government Collaboration to Benefit All Public Entities

City of Los Angeles to tap into CENIC'S CalREN, California's High-Speed Research Internet Backbone

As the first large city government to join CENIC, California’s ultra-fast 100Gbps research and education network, Los Angeles will build stronger digital connections to California's innovators, researchers, educators, and students.

Path-Breaking 100Gb Connection Between Orange County Department of Education and CENIC Networks

Categories K-12 RENS & NRENS

Path-Breaking 100Gb Connection Between Orange County Department of Education and CENIC Networks CENIC is pleased to announce that CENIC, with its partners – the Orange County Department of Education (OCDE), the K12 High Speed Network (K12HSN), and the California Department of Education (CDE) – has established the world’s first 100-Gigabit per second K12 connection. The network connection went into production on March 24th, 2016.

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).