UTSA, UTHSCSA connect to Internet2 platform
(Sept. 4, 2003)--The UTSA Office of Information Technology (OIT) network services team announces that UTSA's connection to Internet2 is active.
Internet2 connects more than 200 universities, research institutions, and a few corporate members. The Internet2 connection runs on the Abilene network, which is wholly separate from the commercialized Internet that the world has come to know and use on a daily basis.
Today's headlines
- UTSA making progress on Tularemia Research
- UTSA to launch outdoor public safety notification system
- UTSA presents 'New Art/Arte Nuevo,' July 2-Aug. 10
- Beldon scholarship helps student research hearing
Article tools
Printable format
E-mail this story
RSS FeedsThe new platform provides an opportunity to collaborate on research projects and to efficiently transfer large data files. Internet2 will also be used to separate super-computing tasks from less intensive computing tasks among several institutions.
UTSA, in partnership with the University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio (UTHSCSA), received a National Science Foundation grant to help underwrite costs. The connection to Internet2 is completely transparent to the user, and between member institutions regular Internet traffic is automatically routed through it.
For more information, contact Jeff Noyes, UTSA chief information officer and associate vice president for information technology, at 210-458-5866.