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Internet2: Accelerating Tomorrow's Internet

Internet2 is on a mission to develop and deploy advanced network applications and technologies, enabling a new generation of applications and re-creating leading-edge R&E network capability. With over 200 university members and partnerships with industry, government, and international organizations, Internet2 is driving the creation of tomorrow's Internet.

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Internet2: Accelerating Tomorrow's Internet

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  1. Internet2

  2. Internet2 Mission • Develop and deploy advanced network applications and technologies, accelerating the creation of tomorrow’s Internet.

  3. Internet2 Goals • Enable new generation of applications • Re-create leading edge R&E network capability • Transfer technology and experience to the global production Internet

  4. Internet2 Universities202 University Members, March 2003

  5. Internet2 Partnerships • Internet2 universities are recreating the partnerships that fostered the Internet in its infancy • Industry • Government • International

  6. Additional Participation • Over 50 Internet2 Corporate Members • Over 30 Affiliate Members • Over 30 International Partners

  7. Internet2 Corporate Partners

  8. Arbor Networks BellSouth Ford Motor Company Foundry Networks inSORS Integrated Communications Ixia Opnix, Inc. Polycom Worldwide RADVision VBrick Systems Internet2 Corporate Sponsors

  9. Advanced Infrastructure Ventures American Fiber Systems Apple Computer, Inc. Aventis Blackboard, Inc C-SPAN Ceyba, Inc. CIENA Corporation Community of Science, Inc. EBSCO Information Services Eli Lilly Corporation Enterasys Networks, Inc. Fujitsu Laboratories of America General Motors Hewlett-Packard JalaaM Tehcnologies Internet2 Corporate Members

  10. Altarum American Distance Education Consortium Association of Universities for Research in Astronomy (AURA) CENIC CERN Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia Cleveland Institute of MusicCleveland Museum of Art Department of Commerce, Boulder Desert Research Institute EDUCAUSE Food and Drug Administration Howard Hughes Medical Institute Indiana Higher Education Telecommunications System (IHETS) Internet2 Affiliate Members

  11. Sponsored Education Group Participants

  12. People on the Internet Millions of People Source:Nua Internet Surveys

  13. Yesterday’s Internet • Thousands of users • Remote login, file transfer • Interconnect mainframe computers • Applications capitalize on underlying technology

  14. Today’s Internet • Millions of users • Web, email, low-quality audio & video • Interconnect personal computers and servers • Applications adapt to underlying technology

  15. Tomorrow’s Internet • Billions of users and devices • Convergence of today’s applications with multimedia (telephony, video-conference, HDTV) • Interconnect personal computers, servers, and embedded computers • New technologies enable unanticipated applications (and create new challenges)

  16. Why Internet2? • The Internet was not designed for: • Millions of users • Congestion • Multimedia • Real time interaction • But, only the Internet can: • Accommodate explosive growth • Enable convergence of information work, mass media, and human collaboration

  17. Today’s Internet Doesn’t • Provide reliable end-to-end performance • Encourage cooperation on new capabilities • Allow testing of new technologies • Support development of revolutionary applications

  18. Why University Leadership? • The Internet came from the academic community • Stanford -- the Internet protocols • NSFNet -- the scaled-up Internet • CERN -- the WWW protocols • University of Illinois -- the Web browser • Universities’ research and education mission require an advanced Internet and have demonstrated they can develop it

  19. Internet Development Spiral Commercialization Privatization Today’sInternet Internet2 Research and Development Partnerships

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