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Archived News Stories and Releases: 1998 - 2013
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NSF to Help Campuses Embrace 'Science DMZ' Strategy
Many university campuses need to improve their local network infrastructure to keep pace an exponential growth in science data. This is why the NSF is offering significant funding to universities across the US to upgrade campus networks. One of the NSF’s suggested upgrades include an architectural strategy pioneered by the Department of Energy’s ESnet: the “Science DMZ.” Read More
A New Kind of Neutrino Transformation
Neutrinos, the wispy particles that flooded the universe in the earliest moments after the Big Bang, are continually produced in the hearts of stars and other nuclear reactions. Untouched by electromagnetism, they respond only to the weak nuclear force and even weaker gravity, passing mostly unhindered through everything from planets to people. The inside of a cylindrical antineutrino detector… Read More
Two states climb aboard new, 100-gigabit fast train
Indiana and Ohio are the first states to take advantage of the next-generation backbone being built out by Internet2 and the Energy Department's ESnet, linking in-state academic research networks to the 100-gigabits/sec cross-country network. Read More
ESnet Policy Board Holds Inaugural Meeting at Berkeley Lab
This month the ESnet Policy Board held its first annual meeting at the Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (Berkeley Lab). The seven-member board was created last summer to provide scientific and executive-level advice to the Laboratory’s Director regarding the overall ESnet program. Read More
Breaking Ground on the Computational Research and Theory Facility
Department of Energy Secretary Steven Chu, along with Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (Berkeley Lab) and University of California leaders, broke ground on the Lab’s Computational Research and Theory (CRT) facility on Feb. 1. The CRT will be at the forefront of high-performance supercomputing research. Read More
ESnet Staff Share Expertise, 100G Experiences at Joint Techs Meeting
Twice a year, staff from ESnet and Internet, two of the leading research and education networks, meet to exchange information and experiences on topics of mutual interest. The meetings, known at the Joint Techs, also draw an international crowd of networking experts. The Winter 2012 meeting was held Jan. 22-26 in Baton Rouge, La., where ESnet staff gave a series presentations. Read More
Winter 2012 Joint Techs Conference Announces Four Focus Areas
Ann Arbor, Mich. and Berkeley, Calif.—The Winter 2012 Joint Techs conference, the premier international conference of network engineers, will focus on software-defined networking (SDN), cloud computing, emerging technologies, and infrastructure support for data-intensive science. The meeting, co-sponsored by the ESnet Site Coordinating Committee (ESCC) and Internet2, will be held… Read More
New Scientific Networking Division Created as Home to ESnet
The U.S. Department of Energy’s Energy Sciences Network will become the core of the newest scientific division at Lawrence Berkeley National Laborator. The change comes as ESnet Department Head Steve Cotter announced he has accepted a position in New Zealand as Chief Executive Officer of REANNZ, the Research & Education Advanced Network New Zealand Ltd. Read More
Three DOE Labs Now Connected With Ultra-High Speed Network That is 10 Times Faster Than Commercial Internet Providers
WASHINGTON, D.C. – The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) is now supporting scientific research at unprecedented bandwidth speeds – at least ten times faster than commercial Internet providers – with a new network that connects thousands of researchers using three of the world’s top supercomputing centers in California, Illinois and Tennessee. The new network will be officially… Read More
ESnet Celebrates 25th Anniversary at SC11
This SC is very special for ESnet as we mark a quarter century of serving science. Join us in the Berkeley Lab booth (512) as we celebrate our proud history and look forward to new horizons with demos, workshops, roundtables and a special toast. Read More
