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IN THIS EDITION:
INTERNET2 NEWS
Abilene Launches Operations
Abilene, the most advanced and far-reaching network for research and
education in the U.S., last week officially began operations as an
Internet2
backbone network. Abilene has been developed in partnership with Qwest
Communications, Cisco Systems, Nortel Networks, and Indiana University.
An
event held at Union Station in Washington, D.C. commemorated the milestone
by demonstrating advanced applications over Abilene.
For the
announcement
and more information on the Abilene network, see:
http://www.internet2.edu/abilene/home.html
For pointers to some of the media coverage, see:
http://www.internet2.edu/html/i2_press.html
First Deployment of I2-DSI
Led by the Innovative Computing Laboratory at the University of Tennessee
at
Knoxville, the Internet2 Distributed Storage Infrastructure initiative has
launched the first component of a new network infrastructure designed to
support advanced Internet applications. I2-DSI will enable the development
and testing of advanced applications, such as real-time broadcast quality
video over high performance networks. For more information about I2-DSI,
please see:
http://dsi.internet2.edu/
Internet2 Working Group Updates The Internet2 Working Groups chairs met in conjunction with Internet2 Working Group meetings held at Research Triangle Park on January 25 - 28. Updates on the latest developments in Internet2 QoS, DSI, Video, Network Management and other working groups are posted at: http://www.internet2.edu/members/html/wgreport-9902.html
Upcoming Events
for more information, see:
http://www.internet2.edu/html/activities.html
Internet2 Events
Internet2 Days
For more information about Internet2 Days, see:
http://www.internet2.edu/html/i2-days.html
or contact Ted Hanss
ted@internet2.edu
Internet2 Related Events
Do you know of an upcoming event that might be of interest to Internet2 members? Send information to ghwood@internet2.edu.
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