Press Releases
OARnet to Host Worldwide Testing of New Video Conferencing Technology Today
More than 80 national and international research institutions and networking organizations are participating in Megaconference
Columbus, Ohio (October 11, 1999) - More than 80 national and international research institutions and networking organizations are participating in Megaconference, the world's largest H.323 Internet video conference, being held today in Seattle. Megaconference runs in conjunction with the Fall Internet2 Meeting, taking place today through Wednesday. The Megaconference is a permanent, continuous multipoint H.323 Internet video conference organized and supported by the Ohio Supercomputer Center (OSC) located in Columbus.
Ohio High School Students Witness the Future
Tomorrow's world is being experienced today -- at least by 11 Ohio high school students.
Columbus, Ohio - (July 21, 1999) - Tomorrow's world is being experienced today -- at least by 11 Ohio high school students.
These high school students are using technologies most of us never will. And it's all happening during the 1999 Ohio Supercomputer Center (OSC) Summer Institute: Computing and Networking for the New Millennium. The Institute, which runs July 12-23, immerses freshmen and sophomores in the technologies that are helping to shape the future -- high performance computing and networking.
CALL TO PARTICIPATE Collaboration and Visualization Over the Network
WHAT: The Ohio Supercomputer Center and Wright State University are co-sponsoring a one-day conference on November 10, 1997 on the topics of network applications for collaboration, visualization, and virtual reality.
WHAT: The Ohio Supercomputer Center and Wright State University are co-sponsoring a one-day conference on November 10, 1997 on the topics of network applications for collaboration, visualization, and virtual reality.
Internet 2 in Ohio A Discussion Paper for Internet 2 Ohio Members and other Higher Education Institutions
(March 3, 1997) - Internet 2 is a high performance networking initiative whose mission is to:
Facilitate and coordinate the development, deployment, operation and technology transfer of advanced, network-based applications and network services to further U.S. leadership in research and higher education and accelerate the availability of new services and applications on the Internet. (http://www.internet2.edu/html/about_i2.html)
Lake Erie Forecasting Models Demonstrate ACTS Capabilities
First ever public demonstration of the high data rate capability of NASA Advanced Communications Technology Satellites
ECLIPS Program Director Appointed to Internet Law Task Force
Internew Law Task Force Organizing to Achieve Consensus on Internet Legal Issues
Seattle, WA (October 31,1995) - The first international conference on the law of the Internet served as the platform for the announcement of an effort to establish the Internet Law Task Force (ILTF) to facilitate the progressive development of law and public policy in the global information age.
OARnet Announces Additional Connectivity Via MCI Telecommunications
In mid-February, OARnet and MCI Telecommunications completed the installation and testing of OARnet's expanded gateway service to the Internet.
Columbus, Ohio (March 15, 1995) - In mid-February, OARnet and MCI Telecommunications completed the installation and testing of OARnet's expanded gateway service to the Internet. The new service establishes connections between OARnet and internetMCI Direct Connect Access. As a result of this new service, OARnet, headquartered in Columbus, Ohio, now maintains a total of 10.5Mbps total gateway throughput to the Internet through three different diverse paths.
