QuickWire: Internet2 High-Speed Research Network Turns 15

April 12, 2011, 5:30 pm

Organizers of Internet2, the high-speed research network that connects more than 150 colleges, blew out virtual candles and celebrated their 15th birthday this week, leading Network World to reflect on whether the superfast system has lived up to its promise. It has, the magazine concludes, noting such achievements as linking researchers in the United States to the Large Hadron Collider in Europe, which requires quicker connections than the standard Internet can provide. The new leader of Internet2 outlined his vision for the organization’s future recently on The Chronicle‘s Tech Therapy podcast. Meanwhile a project called Global Environment for Network Innovations, or GENI, hopes to come up with the next generation of networking technology for researchers.

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lslerner

The governor seems bent on destroying the once-envied Ohio public education system from bottom to top. A crime-fighter to head the university system seems consistent with his other actions so far.
ctaylor32

Look for increased fees and deadlines. The atty general is notorious for implementing those things. Just what Ohio’s University System needs…. #sarcasm
willynilly

This will work well – like setting out a bowl of ice cubes and expecting that your home will be air conditioned.
pfainc

The reference to GENI is appropriate, but woefully outdated (2008 pub date). Check geni.net for current information. The project is proceeding apace.
justanotherucprof

Of course, if you want a tax deduction for a gift to charity, you really need to make a gift to charity. If you retain, through a trust or otherwise, control over the use or disposition of the property then the IRS is not going to accept it as a bona fide gift. And even a gift that is given in a way that eliminates the donor’s future control but comes with strings that prevent the recipient from exercising the normal rights of ownership is going to have a value for tax purposes well below full market value. As a donor, you can’t have your cake and deduct it from your taxes too.