Archived News
Archived News Stories and Releases: 1998 - 2013
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Long Island Metropolitan Area Network Boosts BNL Connectivity Eightfold
ESnet continues to roll out its next-generation architecture on schedule with the March 14 completion of the Long Island Metropolitan Area Network, connecting Brookhaven National Laboratory to the ESnet point of presence (POP) 60 miles away in New York City. The new design is built on a diversely routed dual 10 gigabits per second (Gbp/s) dense wave division multiplexed (DWDM) ring that connects… Read More
DOE Network Researchers Get a Consistent View with New perfSONAR Network Monitoring
In collaboration with GEANT2 and Internet2 networks, ESnet has released the first working prototype of a new network monitoring architecture, provisionally named perfSONAR. The prototype is now providing information on link capacity and link utilization across the circuits of the Abilene, ESnet, GEANT, UNINETT, and SWITCH backbone networks. Access is being provided initially to a restricted… Read More
OSCARS Provides On-Demand Circuit Provisioning Service
ESnet is developing and deploying a prototype service that enables on-demand provisioning of guaranteed bandwidth, secure virtual circuits within the ESnet production network. The service, called OSCARS (ESnet On-Demand Secure Circuits and Advance Reservation System), is designed specifically to meet the science discipline-driven network requirement of dynamically provisioned quality of service… Read More
ESnet Plays Key Role in International Effort of Building Trust on Grids
When the International Grid Trust Federation (IGTF) was established in October 2005 during the 15th Global Grid Forum (GGF) in Boston, much of the groundwork for the project had been laid by ESnet over the past three years. With the establishment of the ITGF, users of Grid computing worldwide took a step closer to accessing computers and information in 50 countries in Asia, the Americas and… Read More
ESnet Increases 10 Gb/s Circuits/Connections by 880 Percent in 2005-06
ESnet will install at least 44 new 10 Gb/s circuits and connections in 2005‑06. Half of these were completed and in production by November 2005, and the remaining connections should go into production by the end of spring 2006. By comparison, only five 10 Gb/s links were in place in January 2005. These new connections are part of a new architecture that will provide 20‑40 Gb/s metro area… Read More
DOEGrids CA Enters Fourth Year of Operation
DOEGrids Certificate Authority (CA) entered its fourth year of operation in December 2005 with about 3,500 active certificates, making DOEGrids one of the largest certification authorities in Grid computing. The growth of service and host certificates continues to outpace user certificates. DOEGrids is supporting development of new technology to improve the usability of DOEGrids PKI by its… Read More
ESnet Newsletter: January 2006
ESnet Director Bill Johnston Lays Out his Vision of ESnet’s New Directions
ESnet Director Bill Johnston lays out his vision of ESnet’s new directions in a two-pager, explaining that meeting DOE’s science needs “ entails not only increasing end-to-end bandwidth, but becoming actively involved with other domestic and international research and education (R&E) networks in developing and deploying cutting edge operational technologies. Such collaboration is… Read More
Trust on the Grid Goes Global
International Grid Trust Federation News Release Boston, Mass., USA – Today (5 October, 2005), users of Grid computing worldwide are a step closer to accessing computers and information in 50 countries and regions[i], from Canada to China, Portugal to Pakistan. The International Grid Trust Federation (IGTF), established this week during the 15th Global Grid Forum (GGF) in Boston, brings… Read More
U.S. Department of Energy Selects National LambdaRail for Next-Generation Backbone Network
Note: This article was created as a National LambdaRail press release. Cypress, California – March 15, 2005 – National LambdaRail (NLR), a consortium of leading U.S. research universities and private sector technology companies, today announced that the U. S. Department of Energy’s Energy Sciences Network (ESnet), which supports the large-scale science and large-scale collaborations of… Read More
