Advanced Networking

EDUCAUSE Library Items for Advanced Networking

Going VoIP

September 4, 2007

"IHEs are at different points when it comes to VoIP, but many see the same benefits, and face the same challenges." "IHEs are at d…

A Report on the EDUCAUSE Cyberinfrastructure Summit

August 20, 2007

EDUCAUSE, as part of its Grand Challenges Program, is hosting several summits on topics of particular importance to higher education. These summits are designed to bring together a small number o…

7 Things You Should Know About Cyberinfrastructure

August 20, 2007

Cyberinfrastructure is not a new technology, per se, or merely a better, faster Internet. While cyberinfrastructure brings together high-performance computing, remote sensors, large data sets, mi…

Deep packet inspection meets 'Net neutrality, CALEA

July 25, 2007

"Imagine a device that sits inline in a major ISP's network and can throttle P2P traffic at differing levels depending on the time of day. Imagine a device that allows one user access o…

CALEA: It doesn't apply to universities and libraries after all

May 17, 2007

"Back in 2005-2006, when CALEA (the Communications Assistance for Law Enforcement Act) was being expanded to cover broadband providers and VoIP companies, libraries and universities raised a…

IT Collaboration: A Preview of Findings from the 2007 ECAR Study

June 19, 2007

This ECAR research bulletin addresses a unique strength of higher education: its commitment to sharing ideas and promoting open access to knowledge. These values shape IT in higher education as w…

Guidelines for Responding to Compulsory Legal Requests for Information

May 11, 2007

Law enforcement requests for electronic records generally should be handled in the same way as other legal requests for other documents and by the same people. This is a guideline on how to handl…

The Year in Review

May 16, 2007

What's past is prologue. As we look ahead to the policy questions facing the Internet today and tomorrow, it's useful to recall what we've seen over the past 12 months, and that'…

Internet2: Not Just for the Big Boys

May 7, 2007 | A session at the EDUCAUSE Western Regional Conference 2007

Participation in Internet2 traditionally has only included large educational institutions with big budgets and fat network pipes. Art Center College of Design, a leader in art and design education,…

University Networking Program

January 1, 2004

Over the last decade, advanced networking became an indispensable component of academic life. From research and learning applications to the general explosion of Web-based communications, the nee…