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UCSD, CENIC PARTNER ON FIRST U.S. CAMPUS PRODUCTION 10 GIGABIT
ETHERNET BROADBAND CONNECTION FOR RESEARCH, EDUCATION


Cypress, CA (January 13, 2005) – The Corporation for Education
Network Initiatives in California (CENIC) announced today that the first
production 10 gigabit Ethernet campus connection in the United States was
installed from the University of California, San Diego (UCSD) to CENIC’s
high-performance backbone network, CalREN.  Upgrading from their one
gigabit connection, this new link provides unprecedented wide area
network capacity to UCSD’s students, faculty and staff. UCSD chose to
pursue this connection as its researchers have extreme needs for ever
larger data transfer and more powerful distributed collaboration
particularly in the biomedical and ocean sciences. 
 
Now spanning each of California’s 58 counties, CENIC’s CalREN is the
nation’s most powerful statewide, education and research-focused network.
Serving all educational institutions in California (from K-12 on up),
CalREN network connections offer educators and researchers the ability to
access and use state-of-the art resources throughout California and the
nation. The network enables delivery of advanced curriculum, access to
advanced research resources and service to schools regardless of size or
location and provides a flexible growth path for continued high-quality,
education-focused Internet connectivity.  Currently, other major
research universities in California are connected at one
gigabit.

“UCSD prides itself in offering the best research and education assets to
its faculty, staff, and students.  Being first with our production
10 Gigabit connection to CENIC’s CalREN backbone network enables our
researchers to have the best tools available, right at their desktop,”
said Marye Anne Fox, UCSD’s chancellor.  “While we have other,
faster connections for specialized research projects on campus, the new
10 gigabit Ethernet connection enables every campus member to access the
full power of broadband and access the global Internet and Internet2
community at large.” 

Other institutions at UCSD that are participating in the high-performance
campus network include the San Diego Supercomputer Center and the
California Institute for Telecommunications and Information Technology.
 
“This connection represents both a major milestone for California’s
research and education community and a revolutionary model for the rest
of the nation. CENIC continues to demonstrate success in building out
advanced network capabilities and enabling the best research in the
nation,” says Jim Dolgonas, president and chief operating officer of
CENIC.

CENIC is a not-for-profit corporation serving the California Institute
of Technology, California State University, Stanford University,
University of California, University of Southern California, California
Community Colleges and the statewide K-12 school system.  CENIC's
mission is to facilitate and coordinate the development, deployment and
operation of a set of robust multi-tiered advanced network services for
this research and education community.  More information about CENIC
can be found at
http://www.cenic.org.

UCSD is a powerful magnet for those seeking a fresh, next-generation
approach to education and research. Since its founding four decades ago,
UCSD -- one of the ten campuses in the world-renowned University of
California system -- has rapidly achieved the status as one of the top
institutions in the nation for higher education and research. 
UCSD’s interdisciplinary ethos and tradition of innovation and
risk-taking underlie its research strength and ability to recruit top
scholars and students. For more information on UCSD visit
http://ucsdnews.ucsd.edu.

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