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EDUCAUSE Library Items for Network Planning
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Beyond Bandwidth...
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January 1, 2003
What are the implications and possibilities for colleges and universities as higher education goes "beyond bandwidth" -beyond the computing speed, innovative applications, and technologic…
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Building a Network Control Strategy for Your Campus
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October 14, 2010
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A session at the EDUCAUSE 2010 Annual Conference
Many universities have homegrown network security solutions that are unsuited for today's sophisticated threats. This session will describe how Pepperdine built a better network control strate…
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Building a Statewide Dark Fiber Network: Ohio's Experience
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January 1, 2003
Responding to rising costs for leased network circuits, Ohio will build a new network. More than 1,600 miles of dark fiber will be lit with dense wave-division multiplexing equipment in one of high…
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Building New Mexico's Public Fiber Network Under the Radar
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February 23, 2006
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A session at the EDUCAUSE Southwest Regional Conference 2006
A new partnership in IT between higher education and state government has brought together New Mexico's public organizations on a common network. The project has broken barriers to funding and…
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Campus Cyberinfrastructure: A Crucial Enabler for Science
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January 1, 2005
© 2005 Peter A. Freeman and Guy T. Almes EDUCAUSE Review, vol. 40, no. 1 (January/February 2005): 64–65. Campus Cyberinfrastructure: A Crucial Enabler for Science Peter A.…
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Campus Network Upgrades: Guidelines for the President
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July 3, 2003
This paper details a list of concerns a president should consider when planning a campus network upgrade. This paper details a list of concerns a…
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Choosing the Right Wireless Network: A Technology Challenge for Higher Education
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June 11, 2002
As wireless network technologies and standards change, institutions face decisions about acquiring and upgrading their wireless networks. This Research Bulletin examines competing wireless techno…
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Collecting and Managing Network Traffic Data
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February 8, 2005
Managing and tuning today's research networks requires ongoing detailed analysis of traffic data. The data archives feeding this analysis must themselves be managed to limit access to private …
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Community Networking Around the World
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April 26, 2006
Community networks are a growing national trend, and federal agencies, intergovernmental organizations, and private sector organizations are launching broadband initiatives seeking to ensure that c…
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Creating a "Producer Network" Advantage
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January 13, 2005
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A session at the EDUCAUSE Mid-Atlantic Regional Conference 2005
Traditional telecommunications networks focus exclusively on the consumer network in which users merely consume information but do not produce content or services. Higher education institutions are…

















