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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