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The Quilt
The Quilt is a UCAID Project whose participants
are non-profit advanced regional network organizations dedicated to advancing
research and education in the United States by (a) providing a broad range of
advanced networking services to their constituents, including network engineering,
management, and operation; regional connectivity and exchange; promotion and
coordination of regional activities; and (b) facilitating innovative and successful
projects and productive working relationships. The Quilt's specific purposes
and objectives are to (a) provide advanced network services to the broadest
possible research and educational community; (b) promote end-to-end continuity,
consistency, reliability, interoperability, efficiency and cost-effectiveness
in the development & delivery of advanced network services by means which,
at the same time, foster innovation & reflect the diversity of its members:
and (c) represent our common interests to backbone network service providers,
industry, government, standard-setting organizations, and other organizations
involved in or influencing the development and delivery of advanced network
services.
The Northern Crossroads is one of 17 Advanced Regional Networks in the United
States and a Quilt founding member. As such a senior technical analyst in the
Assistant Provost’s office contributes to the ongoing projects and goals of
the Quilt including the following:
Projects
The Commodity
Internet Services Project
The Regional Optical Networking Project
The Measurement Infrastructure Project
Local Peering
Interest Groups
The Quilt/Internet2
K20 Project
PBS
Vendor Relationship
Networking Initiatives
The Documentation Project
Network Futures
For further information:Leo Donnelly
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