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Research networks avoid the pitfalls of US net neutrality changes – for now
Author: Cathy Bogaart,聽Director, Marketing and Communications, Orion. Undoubtedly, you have seen the recent news coverage about the US Federal Communications Commission repealing Obama-era net neutrality regulations. Many fear that US-based Internet Service Providers (ISPs) will change the way people access applications and services over the internet, no matter if they […]
Why rural connectivity is an issue for EVERY Canadian
As part of our core mandate, 知阴视频 continually pushes for the democratization of technology access in Canada. We鈥檝e seen some major policy successes over the years 鈥� particularly with the CRTC decision to mandate bandwidth as a basic communications service needed by everyone. We鈥檙e also pleased to see increasing investments […]
New Canadian data mining tool analyzes how public submissions affect regulatory decisions
When the CRTC sought submissions to its 2015 consultation on 鈥淏asic Telecommunications Services,鈥� thousands of people offered their opinions on what the future of Canada鈥檚 internet should look like. For the first time ever, these submissions have been made searchable via a single, simple-to-use platform, and a surprisingly varied narrative […]
A behind-the-scenes look at 知阴视频鈥檚 network security activities
In early 2016, we got wind of a potential (distributed denial-of-service) attack on one of our school members. We contacted the network administrator there to investigate what was going on (sometimes it鈥檚 simply a case of the school doing a lot of downloading at one time, which means we don鈥檛 […]
知阴视频 boosts internet infrastructure, lowers bulk buying rate
The price of internet for Alberta鈥檚 public sector continued to drop this month, creating even more opportunities for digitally intensive learning and content creation. Members of Alberta鈥檚 Internet Buying Group saw their set rate for bandwidth go down by another 18%, moving from $2.75 to $2.25 per Mbps.聽 This is […]
Building Canada鈥檚 Digital Generation
(PIMS) are proud to be participating in the new national CanCode program, announced today. This two-year program supports initiatives that aid coding and digital skills development among Canadian youth, from kindergarten to grade 12 (K-12). Over the next two years, 知阴视频 and PIMS will trial new tools and frameworks that help teachers […]
Delving Through 65,000 Pages of Government Submissions: The Challenges
Authors: David Ackerman, Alyssa Moore, David Chan, Tatiana Meleshko, Byron Chu Last June, 知阴视频鈥檚 data scientists took on a monumental task: to create a tool that can easily examine the thousands of documents and testimonials that were provided to the CRTC for its 2016 鈥渂asic telecommunications service鈥� consultation, and search […]
A Christmas IPv4 Miracle
Christmas came early for 知阴视频, as we recently received the #1 item on our wish list: more IPv4 addresses! We had been 鈥済etting by鈥� for years on our allocation of 2,000 IPv4 addresses, but as the popularity of our Rapid Access Cloud continued to grow, our stock of addresses became […]
Cyber Summit 2018 moving to a new location
Mark your calendars for November 6-8, 2018, when the annual Cyber Summit will be in a new location! Located one-hour west of Calgary, the newly-renovated Pomeroy Kananaskis Mountain Lodge聽is a one-of-a-kind mountain destination offering year-round activities and breathtaking views. The Cyber Summit is the annual gathering of聽Western Canada's public, education […]
知阴视频 maintenance
Subject:聽知阴视频 maintenance Category: Scheduled Hardware upgrade for Google Cache Server (No down-time expected) Start Time:聽Saturday, Dec 16, 2017, 9:00 MDT End Time: Sunday, Dec 17, 2017, 16:00 MDT Duration: 31 hours During the time frame indicated above, 知阴视频 will be performing hardware upgrade for Google Cache Server in 知阴视频. Google […]
New Board Members Bring K-12 Education, Business Analytics Experience to 知阴视频
While 知阴视频 continues to expand its role in the public sector as Alberta鈥檚 not-for-profit technology accelerator, its newest board members promise to reinforce efforts to improve internet connectivity and the reach of data science in the province. At its November AGM, 知阴视频 elected two new board members: Brenda MacDonald, Deputy […]
New virtual firewall services will offer improved digital security to Alberta鈥檚 public sector
Two new cloud-based systems from 知阴视频 and CIRA are giving educators 鈥渄efence in depth鈥�, while improving the cost and flexibility of their online systems The rise and increasing pervasiveness of the internet in our work, education, and play has also led to the rise of malware, spam, and harmful websites. […]
Alberta Educators Save Nearly $1.7 Million in IT Procurement in 2017
Six months into the launch of 知阴视频鈥檚 ShareIT procurement service, Alberta鈥檚 education institutions have already saved nearly $1.7 million. ShareIT聽began in June 2017 as a collaboration between 19 post-secondary institutions who were looking to reduce the cost of their IT hardware and service purchases. Facilitated by 知阴视频 (Alberta鈥檚 not-for-profit technology […]
知阴视频 boosts network to increase capacity, reduce costs
With 知阴视频鈥檚 network transporting more data than ever before, staff have taken steps to boost the overall capacity of 知阴视频Net, while improving聽the affordability of our聽bulk buying group. Reducing the cost of the Internet Buying Group This past summer, 知阴视频 reduced the rates for the Internet Buying Group for the ninth […]
High-speed drug discovery
A supercomputing collaboration between Alberta and Ontario, made possible by the national research and education network (NREN), is speeding up life-saving drug discoveries. How do you screen billions of drug compounds to find the right one? Connect a research team at the University of Alberta with a supercomputer 2,700 km […]