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28
Jan
2022

Advanced Networking Security

ARIN’s Deadline Looms for 60+ Organizations to Take Action to Preserve Efficient Internet2 Connectivity

By Steven Wallace, Internet2 Security Architect

Estimated reading time: 3 minutes Update: This blog has been updated to reflect ARIN’s revised deadline for the IRR transition. With the April 2022 deadline for ARIN’s IRR transition fast approaching, here’s what network operators need to know now: Over 60 organizations that…

18
Jan
2022

Advanced Networking Internet2 Announcements

Internet2 Next Generation Infrastructure Operational, Transition to Fully-Automated, 400G National Infrastructure Complete

Estimated reading time: 8 minutes New services, capabilities, and efficiencies for the research and education community that accelerate scientific collaboration at a global scale WASHINGTON, D.C., Jan. 18, 2022 – Internet2 today announced the completed transition of its research and education (R&E) network…

14
Dec
2021

Advanced Networking

Internet2 Next Generation Infrastructure Project Substantially Complete: Productive, Unexpected 2021 Ready for the History Books

By Rob Vietzke, Vice President, Network Services

Estimated reading time: 7 minutes As we head into the new year, Internet2 is delighted to share that our five-year process to renew and enhance the Internet2 network is now substantially complete. The new infrastructure makes improvements in service agility, service reliability, capacity…

09
Dec
2021

Internet2 Announcements Advanced Networking

Guam–Singapore Connectivity Consortium Expands Support for Data-Intensive Science in the Asia Pacific Oceania Region

Estimated reading time: 6 minutes New 100-gigabits circuit from Guam to Singapore contributes a critical path and boosts resiliency for the region’s research and education network fabric WASHINGTON, D.C., December 9, 2021 – The recently formed Guam–Singapore Connectivity Consortium announced today new high-speed connectivity…

19
Nov
2021

Advanced Networking

Automation and Orchestration No Longer a ‘Nice to Have’ for Internet2’s Next Generation Infrastructure

By Amber Rasche

Estimated reading time: 11 minutes Chris Wilkinson and Karl Newell Chris Wilkinson is the network services director of planning and architecture at Internet2, and Karl Newell is the network software architect at Internet2. In this Q&A, Chris and Karl discuss how software-driven automation…

03
Nov
2021

Advanced Networking

Internet2 Next Generation Infrastructure Update: Transition Substantially Complete, Now Transitioning Toward 2022 Objectives

By Rob Vietzke, Vice President, Network Services

Estimated reading time: 3 minutes November 2021 marks a number of milestones in the completion of the Next Generation Infrastructure (NGI) and a transition to 2022 activities. We are very pleased to share this progress and begin to think about these important…

21
Oct
2021

Advanced Networking

Next-Generation Performance Assurance: Internet2’s Mike Simpson on Expanding perfSONAR Capabilities to Support the New Network

By Amber Rasche

Estimated reading time: 4 minutes Mike Simpson is the director of infrastructure systems and software in the network services division of Internet2. In this Q&A, Mike talks about expanding and upgrading Internet2’s perfSONAR capabilities to support the Next Generation Infrastructure. One of…

20
Oct
2021

Advanced Networking

A Pipeline of Input for Better Network Performance Measurement: Internet2’s Mark Feit on the perfSONAR Collaboration

By Amber Rasche

Estimated reading time: 5 minutes Mark Feit is a principal software engineer at Internet2, one of the core developers on the perfSONAR team, and a presenter at the upcoming Internet2 TechEXtra: perfSONAR Day, which is being held virtually…

07
Oct
2021

Advanced Networking

Internet2 Next Generation Infrastructure Update: OESS and Cloud Connect Migrations Begin October 11

By Linda Roos, Internet2 Senior Director, State and Regional Networks

Estimated reading time: 2 minutes Internet2 is making steady progress on the transition of services to the Next Generation Infrastructure. We are now planning to begin the OESS and Internet2 Cloud Connect (I2CC) migrations on October 11, 2021. Over the…

07
Oct
2021

Advanced Networking

Internet2 Next Generation Infrastructure Packet Platform: Update on Interdomain Multicast Phase-Out

By Chris Wilkinson, Internet2 Network Services Director of Planning and Architecture

Estimated reading time: 3 minutes As Internet2 completes its transition to a new core network architecture, it will no longer support Layer 3 protocol-independent multicast (PIM) as part of the Advanced Layer 3 Service (AL3S). This is due to minimal community utilization of…

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