IEEAF: First 10 Gigabit Connection from US to Europe Dedicated to Research and Education to be Inaugurated at iGrid2002; HDTV and Other High Bandwidth Applications Supported.Business Editors/Hi-Tech Writers iGrid2002 AMSTERDAM, Netherlands--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Sept. 19, 2002 The first long-term, trans-Atlantic 10 gigabit per second wavelength circuit dedicated to research and education, provided by Tyco Telecommunications to the Internet Educational Equal Access Foundation (IEEAF IEEAF Internet Educational Equal Access Foundation ), and provisioned from the US to Europe through the efforts of Internet2 and SURFnet, will be inaugurated at iGrid2002 with a demonstration of uncompressed HDTV over IP sponsored by the Pacific Northwest Gigapop and the Research Channel. The connection is provided as part of a long-term commitment by Tyco Telecommunications to the research networking community through an agreement with the non-profit organization IEEAF. Internet2, the consortium led by US universities focused on accelerating the development of the Internet, and SURFnet, the Dutch national research network and hosts of iGrid2002, have put the 10 gigabit per second circuit into operation between their networks in New York and Amsterdam. The trans-Atlantic connection was established in time to support iGrid2002, the biennial International Grid applications-driven testbed event being held this week in Amsterdam. iGrid2002 showcases how extreme networks, combined with application advancements and middleware innovations, can advance scientific research. One of many applications showcased, the 1.5 Gbps uncompressed HDTV stream from Seattle to Amsterdam used the new Tyco Telecommunications link. The 10 Gbps connection is made possible by a five-year commitment by Tyco Telecommunications to the IEEAF, a non profit organization whose mission is to realize the opportunities in the global telecommunications marketplace on behalf of the research and education community. "Our goal is to enable the `Global Quilt,'" says IEEAF Board Chair Don Riley, VP and CIO CIO: see American Federation of Labor and Congress of Industrial Organizations. (Chief Information Officer) The executive officer in charge of information processing in an organization. , University of Maryland University of Maryland can refer to:
(2) "Parent over shoulder." See digispeak. POS - point of sale ) circuit to the IEEAF. Geographic Network Affiliates International (GEO), which has played a pivotal role in the Tyco Telecommunications donation to the IEEAF, will be present at iGrid2002 promoting the Global Medical Research Exchange (GMRE) initiative, a worldwide application that exemplifies the collaborative capabilities of the Grid for high bandwidth utilization of IP for medical purposes. The Internet Educational Equal Access Foundation (IEEAF) is a non-profit organization whose mission is to obtain donations of telecommunications capacity and equipment and make them available for use by the global research and education community. Through partnerships and alliances between government, private sector entities, educational institutions and other non-profit organizations, IEEAF fosters global educational collaboration and equitable access to network resources: the "Global Quilt." IEEAF's member institutions include the Corporation for Education Network Initiatives in California The Corporation for Education Network Initiatives in California (CENIC) is a nonprofit corporation formed in 1996 to provide high-performance, high-bandwidth networking services to California universities and research institutions. (CENIC CENIC Corporation for Education Network Initiatives in California CENIC Centro Nacional de Investigaciones Cientificas (Cuba) - represented by California State University Enrollment  at Hayward, California Politechnic University at San Luis Obispo San Luis Obispo (săn l `ĭs ōbĭs`pō), city (1990 pop. 41,958), seat of San Luis Obispo co., S Calif., near San Luis Obispo Bay; inc. 1856. , and University of Southern California The U.S. News & World Report ranked USC 27th among all universities in the United States in its 2008 ranking of "America's Best Colleges", also designating it as one of the "most selective universities" for admitting 8,634 of the almost 34,000 who applied for freshman admission ), the Pacific Northwest Gigapop (represented by University of Washington), the Pacific Internet2 Coalition (represented by University of Hawaii (body, education) University of Hawaii - A University spread over 10 campuses on 4 islands throughout the state.http://hawaii.edu/uhinfo.html. See also Aloha, Aloha Net. ), the University of Maryland, the University Corporation for Advanced Internet Development (UCAID (University Corporation for Advanced Internet Development, Washington, DC, www.ucaid.edu) The non-profit consortium founded in 1997 that began the development of Internet2. It started with 34 universities in late 1996 and grew so large in one year (more than 100 universities and 20 ), Indiana University, and Geographic Network Affilites, Inc (GEO). For more information about IEEAF, visit www.ieeaf.org. Tyco Telecommunications (a Tyco Electronics Company), Morristown, New Jersey Morristown is a town in Morris County, New Jersey, United States. As of the United States 2000 Census, the town population was 18,544. Its estimated population in 2004 was 18,842. It is the county seat of Morris CountyGR6. is one of the world's largest providers of advanced broadband communications solutions. The company is deploying and selling secure city-to-city capacity and colocation and data center services on it's global fiber optic network - TGN. Their portfolio of network services ranges from international city-to-city broadband capacity, to colocation and data center services. They also are the world's only fully integrated supplier of transoceanic optical networks. For more information on Tyco Telecommunications and TGN contact Andy Kowalik at 973-656-8331, or visit the Tyco Telecommunications Web Site at: www.tycotelecom.com. Tyco Electronics is a wholly owned subsidiary Wholly Owned Subsidiary A subsidiary whose parent company owns 100% of its common stock. Notes: In other words, the parent company owns the company outright and there are no minority owners. of Tyco International Ltd. (NYSE NYSE See: New York Stock Exchange :TYC; LSE LSE - Language Sensitive Editor :TYI; BSX:TYC). SURFnet operates and innovates the Dutch national research network, to which over 150 institutions in higher education and research in the Netherlands are connected. To remain in the lead SURFnet puts in a sustained effort to improve the infrastructure and to develop new applications to give users faster and better access to new Internet services. SURFnet is partner in GigaPort, a project of the Dutch government, trade and industry, educational institutions and research institutes, which aims to give the Netherlands a head start in the development and use of advanced and innovative Internet technology. Within GigaPort the advanced optical infrastructure NetherLight was established, which is used by researchers to investigate novel concepts of optical bandwidth provisioning and to gain experience with these new techniques. For more information, see: www.surfnet.nl/en and www.gigaport.nl. Led by 200 U.S. universities, working with industry and government, Internet2 is developing and deploying advanced network applications and technologies for research and higher education, accelerating the creation of tomorrow's Internet. Internet2 recreates the partnerships among academia, industry, and government that helped foster today's Internet in its infancy. For more information about Internet2, see: www.internet2.edu. ResearchChannel is a collaborative partnership of research universities and centers dedicated to broadening the access to, and appreciation of, our individual and collective activities, ideas, and opportunities in basic and applied research. ResearchChannel uses content, content creation, and manipulation processes as a workbench to test materials for our future analog and digital broadcast and on-demand multimedia offerings, thus providing an unusual opportunity to experiment with new methods of distribution and interaction on a global basis. ResearchChannel distributes research information 24x7 via satellite, direct-broadcast satellite (EchoStar's DISH Network), cable TV, webcast, on-demand library. For more information, see: www.researchchannel.org. Pacific Northwest Gigapop is the Northwest's Next Generation Internet See Internet2. , Internet2/Abilene applications cooperative, testbed, point of presence, and home to the Pacific Wave International Peering Service. PNWGP and Pacific Wave connect together high-performance international and federal research networks with universities, research organizations, and leading-edge r&d and new-media enterprises throughout Washington, Alaska, Idaho, Montana, Oregon, Canada, Australia, and Japan. For more information, visit www.pnwgp.org. |
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