| IBM Announces Recipients Of | |
| Internet Research Grants | |
| Resources Will Help Universities Explore Internet2 | |
| Applications | |
| Waltham, Mass., January 15, 1998 -- As part of its $3.5 million | |
| commitment to support the development of Internet2, IBM has announced | |
| the names of seven higher education institutions that will receive | |
| resources through the company's sponsored research program. These | |
| resources will facilitate development of Internet2 applications and | |
| participation in the Internet2 project. The grant recipients are | |
| Clemson University in South Carolina, Duke University in North | |
| Carolina, Indiana University, Northwestern University in Illinois, | |
| the University of Chicago, the University of Michigan, and the | |
| University of South Carolina. | |
| Donated resources will be in the form of hardware, software, | |
| switches and other pieces of network infrastructure critical to | |
| Internet2 applications, connections, and operation. In addition, | |
| grant recipients have access to the technological expertise of IBM | |
| personnel. Many of the grant recipients will use the donations to create | |
| networked consortiums with other higher educational institutions in | |
| their areas. Grant resources will be used to enhance specific advanced | |
| technology applications -- ranging from telemedicine to the | |
| maintenance of a digital Movietone newsreel archive. | |
| Irving Wladawsky-Berger, general manager of IBM's Internet | |
| Division, emphasized the company's commitment to the new Internet. He | |
| said, The Internet has succeeded beyond our wildest imagination. More | |
| and more people are getting connected around the world, as the Internet | |
| is being embraced across the research community, educational | |
| institutions, businesses of all sizes, and society at large. The | |
| Internet2 efforts will take us all to the next levels, with significant | |
| improvements in bandwidth and quality of service. Most important, the | |
| Internet2 efforts will make possible all kinds of new, exciting | |
| applications. IBM is very proud to continue its associations and | |
| contributions to the Internet. | |
| Sean C. Rush, general manager of IBM Global Education, agrees. He | |
| said, Internet2 is being developed with the needs of higher education | |
| inmind. Internet2 capabilities include high speed, dependability, | |
| and networking power. For example, data base analysis that took hours or | |
| days will take minutes. Researchers worldwide will be able to share | |
| large amounts of data without interruptions or slow downs. And finally, | |
| Internet2 will serve as an important repository for a wealth of | |
| materials, and researchers will now have high quality, high speed | |
| access to books, art work, films, and music. | |
| Don Haile, vice president of IBM's Networking Hardware | |
| Development, has worked closely with several Internet2 universities | |
| over the past year. The recent revolutions in networking technology, | |
| including the advent of ATM, switched LANs and route-switching, are | |
| allowing today's university faculty to consider network-based | |
| applications that they previously only dreamed about, said Don. | |
| Professors can transmit voice and video in real time over a network, | |
| enriching research collaborations and distance learning classroom | |
| experiences. By providing high speed communication links, Internet2 | |
| is supporting research that will benefit students and local | |
| communities, across the country. | |
| Internet2 | |
| Since its recent inception, Internet2 has grown from 34 to over 100 | |
| research universities. With Internet2, network applications are | |
| better served by new network points-of-presence (PoPs) capable of | |
| transmitting gigabits (billions of bits) of information per second. | |
| Internet2 participants broaden their research and development | |
| expenditures to help create these GigaPoPs. Member universities, | |
| working with private member companies and non-profit organizations | |
| are developing tools for scientific research and highe | |
| r education in | |
| the 21st century. The Internet2 homepage is located at | |
| http://www.internet2.edu/ | |
| IBM Global Education Industry | |
| The Global Education Industry is a unit of IBM, the largest | |
| information technology company. The Global Education Industry | |
| provides targeted products, consulting, and services to K-12 | |
| education and institutions of higher education throughout North | |
| America, Latin America, Europe and Asia. IBM's Higher Education | |
| homepage is located at http://www.hied.ibm.com | |
| IBM Internet Division | |
| IBM is a leader in the development of the Internet and is dedicated | |
| to helping customers and developers exploit the potential of network | |
| computing, drawing on the resources of over 24 information technology | |
| products and services, including computer systems, software, | |
| networking systems, storage devices and microelectronics. | |
| Developers and customers can find out more about IBM's many initiatives | |
| relating to Internet technologies, products and services on the Web at | |
| http://www.internet.ibm.com | |
| IBM Networking Hardware Division | |
| IBM's Networking Hardware Division (NHD) develops and | |
| manufactures industry-leading networking technologies and | |
| products, providing global end-to-end solutions for Token-Ring, | |
| Ethernet, Gigabit Ethernet, ATM, IP and SNA networks. IBM NHD also | |
| provides consulting, education, service and support worldwide to help | |
| customers achieve their business objectives. For additional | |
| information on IBM's networking solutions, visit our Web site at | |
| www.networking.ibm.com or call 800-IBM-3333 or outside the U.S. | |
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