Internet2
Internet2 is a consortium led by more than 200 universities working with
industry and government to develop and deploy advanced network applications and
technologies. The Internet2 partnership of academia, industry and government
helped to build the Internet of today and is accelerating the creation of the
Internet of the future.
The primary goals of Internet2 are to:
- Create a leading-edge network capability for the national research community
- Enable revolutionary Internet applications
- Ensure the rapid transfer of new network services and applications to the
broader Internet community.
At UW-Madison, the delivery mechanism for Internet2 services is WiscREN, the
Wisconsin Research and Education Network. WiscREN is a cooperative networking
effort of UW-Madison, UW-Milwaukee, and WiscNet,
who share the costs of providing high-speed research network access to their
users. The WiscREN partnership involves hardware, circuits, and participation in
regional and national research networks. It makes available a high-speed,
high-bandwidth resource to Wisconsin researchers and educators.
Links to Other Internet2 sites
