IN THIS EDITION:
INTERNET2 NEWS
Internet2 Middleware Initiative: GlueWorks Website Unveiled
The Internet2 Middleware Initiative's GlueWorks website provides an
overview
of middleware and the specific activities and initiatives being undertaken
and explored within the Internet2 Middleware Initiative. The goal of the
Internet2 Middleware Initiative (I2MI) is to assist in the creation of
interoperable middleware infrastructures within the Internet2 community,
including services such as identification, authentication, directories,
authorization, and PKI.
For the complete picture, see:
http://www.internet2.edu/middleware/
Abilene Update: New Connections
Newly activated links will join the Abilene network to the Southern
Crossroads (SoX) and STAR TAP at 622 Mbps (OC-12). The connection to STAR
TAP, in addition to providing improved connectivity to international
networks peering with Abilene, also will result in improved performance
between Abilene and the very high performance Backbone Network Service
(vBNS).
For the latest information on Abilene, see:
http://www.internet2.edu/abilene/
For more information about the vBNS, see:
http://www.vbns.net/
Details and news from SoX and STAR TAP are at:
http://www.sox.net/
http://www.startap.net/
Internet2 Member Spotlight: University of Hawaii
The University of Hawaii (UH) is now connected to Abilene at the Ames
NGIX,
through a pioneering agreement that permits UH to share high-speed Defense
Research and Engineering Network (DREN) capacity from Hawaii to the
mainland. The astronomical observatories atop Mauna Kea, arguably the
premiere nighttime viewing site on the planet, should be connected at high
speed this fall through a cooperative relationship with Gemini and with
NSF
support. UH used its new link to host the March GOIN99 Workshop which
brought together scientists from the U.S., Japan and other countries to
study and share the application of high performance networks for global
change research.
In August, Hawaii is the site of NLANR's first
in-depth,
regional tutorial addressing topics of interest to network engineers and
scientists using high performance networks.
For more information on Internet2 at the University of Hawaii, see:
http://www.hawaii.edu/internet2/
Final Report from NLANR/Internet2 Techs Workshop, June 6-9, 1999
A final summary report as well as presentation slides from the Third
NLANR/Internet2 Techs Workshop held June 6-9, 1999 in Pittsburgh are now
available. Two points received particular emphasis throughout the
workshop:
the need to build a constituency for advanced networks and a renewed
emphasis on multicast.
For the complete report, see:
http://www.internet2.edu/html/99june-techsreport.html
New Internet2 Members
Corporate Partners
Alcatel
New Corporate Members
J.P. Morgan
Foundry Networks
CapRock Communications
On-line Resources
Internet2 Glossary and Style Guide
GigaPoP: to capitalize or not to capitalize? As Internet2 members
dive
into
unexplored networking territory, the jargon used to describe the Internet
frontier is being charted as well. Now there's a roadmap for this
linguistic
journey. The evolving Internet2 Glossary and Style Guide is available at:
http://www.internet2.edu/resources/i2gsg.shtml
Upcoming Events
For more information, see:
http://www.internet2.edu/html/activities.html
Internet2 Events
Internet2 Working Groups and WG Chairs,
August 16-18, 1999,
Boulder, CO
http://www.internet2.edu/html/wg_meetings.html
Fall 1999 Internet2 Project Meeting
11-13 October 1999,
Seattle, WA
http://www.internet2.edu/html/fall99seattle.html
NetStore '99,
14-15 October 1999,
Seattle, WA
http://dsi.internet2.edu/netstore99/
4th NLANR/Internet2 Techs Workshop, 5-9 December 1999, Miami, FL
Internet2 Days
Do you have a news item or event you'd like the Internet2 community to
know about? Send a brief description to Greg Wood at:
ghwood@internet2.edu.
Oklahoma University (September 28)
Oklahoma State University (September 29)
For more information about Internet2 Days, see:
http://www.internet2.edu/html/i2-days.html
or contact Ted Hanss
Kansas State University
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