Internet 2

• The Internet 2 initiative is a collaborative effort by the nation's leading research universities, teamed with government and industry partners, to accelerate the next stage of Internet development in support of higher education. The Internet 2 project has three basic goals:

  • the creation of a leading edge network capability for the research community;
  • the development of a new generation of network applications that will support media integration and real time collaboration necessary to support national research objectives, distance education and life long learning;
  • the rapid transfer of new network services and applications into the commercial marketplace, thereby improving production Internet services to all members of the academic community.

• More information about Internet2:

  • http://nysernet.org/nysernet2000/II_and_nysernet.html
  • http://www.internet2.edu/

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