INTERNET2, NYSERNET AND
HIGH-PERFORMANCE NETWORKING
EXCHANGE
research and education
networks
University today announced
MAN LAN, a new high performance exchange
point in
international research and
education networks.
network; and HEANet, the
Irish research and education network are
already connected to MAN
LAN. NYSERNet’s network and CA*net 4,
research and education
network, are expected to connect in the next few
months.
MAN LAN, as the
"Manhattan Landing" exchange point is known, has been
established at NYSERNet's
co-location space in The Hub at 32 Sixth in
downtown
MAN LAN. With over 15
gigabits per second (Gbps) of trans-Atlantic
connections serving the
research and education community,
key location for
international research and education networking.
The exchange point is built
on gigabit Ethernet technology, providing 1
and 10 Gbps connections to
research and education networks. Internet2’s
connections and HEANet is
connected at 1 Gbps. CA*net 4 expects to
connect with two 1 Gbps
connections and NYSERNet plans to connect at 10 Gbps.
MAN LAN builds on the
expertise and success of other international
exchange points such as
StarLight in
(http://www.startap.net/starlight/);
Pacific Wave in
(http://pacificwave.net/) and AMPATH in
(http://www.ampath.fiu.edu/) that have
been established and are operated
by Internet2 members.
For more information about
MAN LAN, see: http://international.internet2.edu/intl_connect/manlan/
About Internet2(R)
Led by over 200
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: http://www.internet2.edu/
About NYSERNet
NYSERNet is a not-for-profit
organization that serves
educational and research
institutions by facilitating member
organizations’ use of
advanced network services. The services
include a
dedicated New York State
Research Network, access to national and
international research
networks and cost effective access to high speed
commodity Internet
services. Founded in 1985, NYSERNet was
among the
first organizations in the
nation to deploy Internet services statewide
and is one of the country’s
original regional networks established to
support research
nationally. More information about
NYSERNet can be
found at www.nysernet.org.
About the Global NOC(R)
The Global
University manages the
international network connections from advanced
research and education
networks in the Asia/Pacific,
(STAR TAP) and the leading
networks such as
high performance Backbone
Network System (vBNS) and the Department of
Energy's ESNET. For more
information, visit http://globalnoc.iu.edu/.
Contacts:
Gregory Moore
gmoore@indiana.edu
+1-812-855-0429
Internet2
Greg Wood
ghwood@internet2.edu
+1-202-331-5360
NYSERNet
Jim Brennan
jbrennan@nysernet.org
+1-518-283-3584 ext 25
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