The Quilt Selects NTT/VERIO High Performance Network Services; Verio Named Preferred Provider to Deliver Advanced Broadband Services for Research and Educational Consortium.Business Editors/High-Tech Writers PITTSBURGH & ENGLEWOOD, Colo.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Jan. 14, 2003 Verio, a leader in global IP solutions, today announced it has been selected as an authorized provider of high performance network services for The Quilt's Commodity Internet Services (CIS Cis (sĭs), same as Kish (1.) (1) (CompuServe Information Service) See CompuServe. (2) (Card Information S ) project, a project sponsored by 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 ). The Quilt provides a forum for communication among advanced regional network organizations, UCAID and others dedicated to advancing research and education in the United States Education in the United States is provided mainly by government, with control and funding coming from three levels: federal, state, and local. School attendance is mandatory and nearly universal at the elementary and high school levels (often known outside the United States as the , such as higher learning higher learning n. Education or academic accomplishment at the college or university level. institutions and large research universities. The CIS aggregates the buying power Buying Power The money an investor has available to buy securities. In a margin account, the buying power is the total cash held in the brokerage account plus maximum margin available. Also referred to as "Excess Equity. of The Quilt participants to get the best value and lowest priced commodity Internet services. "The Quilt participants serve over a hundred institutions, whose aggregated bandwidth requirements Bandwidth requirements (communications) The channel bandwidths needed to transmit various types of signals, using various processing schemes. Every signal observed in practice can be expressed as a sum (discrete or over a frequency continuum) of sinusoidal for commodity Internet service are expected to grow to more than 17 gigabits per second in the next year," said Gwendolyn Huntoon, executive director of The Quilt. "The high performance, NTT/VERIO advanced networking solutions designed for large organizations will provide the speed and capacity The Quilt's institutions require to move large amounts of data quickly and reliably, and bring the power of this technology to bear on their organizations' service delivery." Specific parameters were met by Verio prior to its selection as an authorized provider for the CIS project, including: -- National pricing for The Quilt participants; -- Peering, including number and location of public and private peering points; -- Availability of advanced services such as Multicast and IPv6; and -- Backbone and support services. "NTT/VERIO advanced network services are gaining tremendous traction in the education and research sectors as we continue to enhance our portfolio. Our selection as an authorized partner for The Quilt is evidence of this," said Mike Stewart This article is about the bodyboarder Mike Stewart. For the novelist, see Mike Stewart (novelist). Mike Stewart (1963 - ) is a nine time World Champion bodyboarder, one of the early pioneers of the bodyboarding sport, a pioneer of big-wave tow-in , president of Verio Broadband Services business unit. "The Quilt's CIS project is at the forefront of networking technologies for the educational and research sector and we look forward to working with the top institutions in the country to deliver on their objectives." About The Quilt The Quilt gathers over twenty leading research and education networking organizations in the United States United States, officially United States of America, republic (2005 est. pop. 295,734,000), 3,539,227 sq mi (9,166,598 sq km), North America. The United States is the world's third largest country in population and the fourth largest country in area. to promote consistent, reliable, interoperable and efficient advanced networking services that extend to the broadest possible community; and to represent common interests in the development and delivery of advanced network services. Participants in The Quilt provide network service for over 150 Internet2 universities and thousands of other educational institutions. The University Corporation for Advanced Internet Development (UCAID), a university-led research and development consortium, provides organizational support for The Quilt. For more information, see: http://www.thequilt.net/ About Verio Verio Inc. 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 NTT NTT Nippon Telegraph and Telephone Corporation NTT New Technology Telescope NTT National Technology Transfer, Inc NTT Name That Tune (TV game show) NTT National Tree Trust NTT Number Theoretic Transform Communications (NTT Com), which provides long distance and international telecommunications reaching over 200 countries worldwide. Verio is the world's largest operator of Web sites for businesses and a leading provider of global IP solutions. NTT Com and Verio market their global IP solutions under the NTT/VERIO brand. The company offers businesses a broad range of Internet services, including Web hosting Making a Web site available on the Internet. Many ISPs host a few personal Web pages for an individual at no additional cost above the monthly service fee, but the address is subordinate to the ISP; for example, www.friendlyisp.com/pat_smith. , dedicated access, virtual private networks, and managed service offerings, among other enhanced services. Verio supports its operations with highly reliable and scalable global infrastructure and systems including the NTT/VERIO Global IP Network, and provides Web hosting services to customers in more than 170 countries. The combination of Verio and NTT Com offers services to meet the growing and diverse needs of all businesses, including small to medium businesses, large global enterprises and multi-national corporations. More information can be found at www.verio.com and www.ntt.com/index-e.html. |
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