Internet2 2003 Annual Report
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International Partners: Providing Access to Advanced International Networks
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International partnerships
link Internet2 members to
global research and education
networking organizations.
The principal goal of Internet2
international partnerships
is to enable collaboration in
research and education by
providing access to advanced
international networks. By
creating a global proving
ground for new technologies,
and by providing channels for
international Internet technology
transfer, Internet2’s
international partnerships help
ensure that the next generation
of Internet technologies
and applications will be globally
interoperable.
Most international partners
operate networks that are
reachable via the Abilene
Network, providing Internet2
members access to the
research and higher education
communities in more than 50
countries. Internet2 members
and international partners use
this worldwide infrastructure
to support global collaboration
in science, research, teaching,
and learning, as well as to
develop and test new technologies
on a scale not possible
on the commercial Internet.
Internet2 international partners
bring expertise in network,
middleware, and applications
technologies through their participation
in Internet2 member
meetings, Working Groups,
and projects. For example,
JISC and UKERNA in the
United Kingdom have funded
staff to work on the Internet2
End-to-End Performance
Initiative’s Performance
Environment System project,
providing resources to the
Internet2 community, and
ensuring interoperability of
performance measurement
and monitoring infrastructures
between the United States and
Europe.
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