Heads up NLR business alliance partner Darkstrand announced a collaboration with the National Center for Supercomputing Applications (NCSA) at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. The joint effort will enable major corporations working with NCSA to shorten the path from discovery to product development by taking advantage of the advanced connectivity Darkstrand offers on the NLR network platform.
The collaboration agreement with Darkstrand complements Darkstrand's previously announced relationships with Calit2 at the University of California, San Diego; the New Mexico Computing Applications Center; the Ohio Supercomputer Center; the Pittsburgh Supercomputing Center; and the Electronic Visualization Laboratory at the University of Illinois, Chicago.
For further details, please visit darkstrand.com
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Tuesday, August 11, 2009 Wednesday, August 5, 200940GigE Line Up, Tested for SC09
A native 40-Gigabit Ethernet wave is up and tested in preparation for Supercomputing (SC) 09. Runs between NLR's Seattle CRS-1, which is shooting a 40-GigE alien signal (no transponder) to the Seattle 15454, then to the Portland 15454 and back to Seattle.
This 40-GigE connection will be available to all interested NLR users for the conference in November.
This 40-GigE connection will be available to all interested NLR users for the conference in November.
NLR Keynote, TelePresence at QUESTnet
It’s a busy week for National LambdaRail (NLR) at QUESTnet, Australia’s network technology conference in Queensland. NLR CEO Tom West gave the opening keynote yesterday on The Research and Education Network as Innovation Catalyst. NLR, in cooperation with QUESTnet and Cisco, hosted several sessions via Cisco TelePresence. And the Georgia Institute of Technology presented on their partnership with Barrow County (Georgia) Schools, which uses high-powered networks (including NLR) and video to bring scientists into classrooms.
In his remarks, Tom addressed how a ready and primed infrastructure like NLR’s, with established technical expertise, at an attractive price point, is in a compelling position to enable broad-based transformation. Tom’s presentation has been posted to the NLR website: http://www.nlr.net/presentations.php.
The TelePresence sessions included multi-point between the Renaissance Computing Institute (RENCI) in North Carolina, the Pittsburgh Supercomputing Center and Indiana University in Indianapolis on How to Connect and Use Cisco TelePresence. Other topics covered were the Indiana University Global Network Operations Center (from Indianapolis) and Cloud Computing (from Pittsburgh). All sessions were handled by NLR’s TelePresence Exchange, running over NLR in the US and peering at PacificWave in Seattle with AARNet of Australia.
GeorgiaTech’s Claudia Huff and Warren Matthews presented the Direct-to-Discovery program which aims to enhance K-12 science and math learning. More information available in NLR’s June/July 2009 newsletter: http://hosted.verticalresponse.com/472009/093b99b75e/1617001396/be77be9ceb/#classroom
In his remarks, Tom addressed how a ready and primed infrastructure like NLR’s, with established technical expertise, at an attractive price point, is in a compelling position to enable broad-based transformation. Tom’s presentation has been posted to the NLR website: http://www.nlr.net/presentations.php.
The TelePresence sessions included multi-point between the Renaissance Computing Institute (RENCI) in North Carolina, the Pittsburgh Supercomputing Center and Indiana University in Indianapolis on How to Connect and Use Cisco TelePresence. Other topics covered were the Indiana University Global Network Operations Center (from Indianapolis) and Cloud Computing (from Pittsburgh). All sessions were handled by NLR’s TelePresence Exchange, running over NLR in the US and peering at PacificWave in Seattle with AARNet of Australia.
GeorgiaTech’s Claudia Huff and Warren Matthews presented the Direct-to-Discovery program which aims to enhance K-12 science and math learning. More information available in NLR’s June/July 2009 newsletter: http://hosted.verticalresponse.com/472009/093b99b75e/1617001396/be77be9ceb/#classroom
NLR Selected for Large Hadron Collider Network
NLR announced today that it has been selected as a provider of 10-gigabit circuits linking U.S. institutions to the Large Hadron Collider (LHC), the world's largest and highest-energy accelerator, in Geneva, Switzerland. The project roadmap calls for introducing 40-gigabit and 100-gigabit technologies in the future to help facilitate the cutting-edge physics research made possible by the LHC.
“A robust and high-performance, highly available network interconnecting U.S. institutions and CERN is an essential resource for U.S. participation in the LHC experiments,” according to Harvey Newman, Professor of Physics at Caltech and Principal Investigator of US LHCNet. “NLR’s leading-edge optical infrastructure and long experience serving the research and education community were key factors in the decision to award NLR this contract. We also were pleased with NLR's flexibility and responsiveness in helping us to select the most cost-effective diverse routes between New York and Chicago.”
For full news release, please see: http://www.nlr.net/release.php?id=44.
“A robust and high-performance, highly available network interconnecting U.S. institutions and CERN is an essential resource for U.S. participation in the LHC experiments,” according to Harvey Newman, Professor of Physics at Caltech and Principal Investigator of US LHCNet. “NLR’s leading-edge optical infrastructure and long experience serving the research and education community were key factors in the decision to award NLR this contract. We also were pleased with NLR's flexibility and responsiveness in helping us to select the most cost-effective diverse routes between New York and Chicago.”
For full news release, please see: http://www.nlr.net/release.php?id=44.
Philadelphia Upgrade Completed
The upgrade to the NLR Philadelphia node has been completed. Philadelphia is now an Add/Drop node and a FrameNet switch has been added as well.
As a result, all NLR services are now available out of Philadelphia. If interested in using any services from this newly enhanced node, please contact NLR's Experiments Support Services at ess@nlr.net.
As a result, all NLR services are now available out of Philadelphia. If interested in using any services from this newly enhanced node, please contact NLR's Experiments Support Services at ess@nlr.net.
New NLR Board Chair: Kurt Snodgrass, Oklahoma State Regents
NLR is very pleased to announce the appointment of Kurt Snodgrass, Vice Chancellor for Information Technology and Telecommunications with the Oklahoma State Regents, as Chairman of NLR's Board of Directors. Please see news release available at:
http://www.nlr.net/release.php?id=43.
Snodgrass, also the Chief Operating Officer of longtime NLR member OneNet, Oklahoma's telecommunications network for education and government, has served on the NLR Board for many years and in various capacities.
"With his deep roots in both regional networks and information technology, Kurt Snodgrass is very well positioned to help guide NLR as it embarks on its next chapters as the network for advanced research and innovation," said outgoing chair Erv Blythe, VP, Information Technology, Virginia Tech. Blythe is stepping down to pursue a new strategic initiative for the university related to the convergence of technologies and protocols utilized for cyber and physical security.
According to Snodgrass, he is looking forward "to working with the NLR Board, staff and member organizations to harness NLR's unique capabilities to support the adoption of new technologies, applications and public/private partnerships that will grow opportunities for NLR members and move our nation to the forefront in network technologies and telecommunications."
http://www.nlr.net/release.php?id=43.
Snodgrass, also the Chief Operating Officer of longtime NLR member OneNet, Oklahoma's telecommunications network for education and government, has served on the NLR Board for many years and in various capacities.
"With his deep roots in both regional networks and information technology, Kurt Snodgrass is very well positioned to help guide NLR as it embarks on its next chapters as the network for advanced research and innovation," said outgoing chair Erv Blythe, VP, Information Technology, Virginia Tech. Blythe is stepping down to pursue a new strategic initiative for the university related to the convergence of technologies and protocols utilized for cyber and physical security.
According to Snodgrass, he is looking forward "to working with the NLR Board, staff and member organizations to harness NLR's unique capabilities to support the adoption of new technologies, applications and public/private partnerships that will grow opportunities for NLR members and move our nation to the forefront in network technologies and telecommunications."
NSF Solicitation Published: International Research Network Connections
Heads up today NSF published its solicitation for International Research Networks Connections grants that support infrastructure and services for international collaboration and communication that advance science and engineering.
More specifically, NSF expects to make a set of awards to: provide network connections linking U.S. research networks with peer networks in other parts of the world; leverage existing international network connectivity; improve the quality of end-to-end networking on international paths; explore experimental networking; stimulate the deployment and operational understanding of emerging technologies such as IPv6 in an international context.
Deadline for full proposals is August 21, 2009.
For details, see NSF solicitation 09-564 at:
http://nsf.gov/publications/pub_summ.jsp?ods_key=nsf09564
More specifically, NSF expects to make a set of awards to: provide network connections linking U.S. research networks with peer networks in other parts of the world; leverage existing international network connectivity; improve the quality of end-to-end networking on international paths; explore experimental networking; stimulate the deployment and operational understanding of emerging technologies such as IPv6 in an international context.
Deadline for full proposals is August 21, 2009.
For details, see NSF solicitation 09-564 at:
http://nsf.gov/publications/pub_summ.jsp?ods_key=nsf09564
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