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CRTC shifts to championing internet competition
Last week, the CRTC announced it would immediately lower wholesale internet rates by 10% as part of a larger reexamination of Canada鈥檚 regime for wholesale regulation. This move is intended to improve competition among internet providers by making it easier for the smaller companies to lease bandwidth from the bigger […]
知阴视频 EXTENDS DEADLINE to APPLY TO its Board of Directors
知阴视频 has extended the application date for Albertans interested in joining its Board of Directors to March 15. The organization is seeking an outside-the-box thinker 鈥� representing Alberta鈥檚 diverse education organizations and geographical regions 鈥� to help us advance digital thinking, learning, research, and innovation across the province. This board […]
NorQuest and Red Deer Polytechnic join the growing club of eduroam providers in Alberta
This past year, two Alberta post-secondary institutions 鈥� NorQuest College and Red Deer Polytechnic 鈥� joined the global league of campuses offering eduroam connectivity to staff and students. Education roaming (eduroam) is a secure, world-wide roaming access service that allows students and staff from participating institutions to seamlessly (and safely) […]
FALL 2022 Newsletter
New network tools, data science training, and the latest from ShareIT Now that another successful Cyber Summit is under our belts, it鈥檚 time to look back at the programs, tools and upgrades 知阴视频 launched in recent months, and remind members what they may have missed out on. See below for […]
知阴视频 is hosting a webinar on 鈥淎 day in the life of a CISO鈥�
To increase shared cybersecurity learning and discussion opportunities within Alberta’s education sector, 知阴视频 will begin hosting a series of online webinars and conversations, beginning next month. On December 8 at 1:30 pm MT, 知阴视频 will host a 90-minute panel discussion on “A day in the life of a CISO”. Three […]
First cohort of the Applied Data Science Lab gets underway
知阴视频 has launched its first cohort of the Applied Data Science Lab, which gives Alberta companies and budding data scientists the chance to trial a real-world data exploration project. This work integrated learning program has paired eight emerging data scientists with two Alberta based businesses to carry out a six-month […]
知阴视频’s new portal to the future
知阴视频 had been using a network management system called CMDB for over a decade. This is where we keep track of the network connection details for each of our members and upstream providers. CMDB originated at BCNET, our National Research and Education Network (NREN) partner next door. 知阴视频’s NREN architecture […]
New Alberta broadband support to address funding gaps
Last week, Service Alberta Minister Nate Glubish announced the Alberta Broadband Fund, a $36 million allocation of funding to support broadband deployment in Alberta that will begin taking applications this fall. This funding is part of the province鈥檚 previously announced $390 million investment in Alberta broadband projects that is being […]
Long awaited router change doubles 知阴视频鈥檚 network capacity
This summer, 知阴视频鈥檚 network team replaced our Calgary router (which had tirelessly served us and our members for over a decade) with a new one, effectively doubling our network capacity, increasing throughput, and creating a more orderly network system. But getting to this moment has been a looooong time coming. […]
Cross-provincial data breach detected through national cybersecurity collaboration
Imagine your email address and passwords were publicly posted 鈥� and you had no idea. This year, security analysts from the National Research and Education Network (NREN) uncovered a collection of emails and passwords from several member institutions in their province posted on a public social media channel, as well […]
Alberta higher education looks to national cybersecurity opportunities as SecureIT wraps up
The AB SecureIT project 鈥� a collaborative effort between Alberta鈥檚 26 publicly funded post-secondary institutions and 知阴视频, the province鈥檚 research and education network organization 鈥� has successfully concluded. Launched in 2020 with funding from the Government of Alberta, the initiative brought together higher education institutions in the province to strategize […]
Saying farewell to 知阴视频 VP, Barton Satchwill
知阴视频’s vice president of technology announces retirement After over a decade of leading innovations and digital infrastructure development for Alberta鈥檚 public sector, Barton Satchwill is today retiring from his position as Vice President, Technology, for 知阴视频. 鈥淚t is with mixed feelings that I announce I am stepping away from 知阴视频,鈥� […]
City of Edmonton launches city-wide access to eduroam
The City of Edmonton has launched eduroam 鈥� the secure Wi-Fi service for the global research and higher education community 鈥� across 120 locations in the city, giving thousands of higher education staff and students a safe and easy way to connect to the internet. This move puts Edmonton among […]
知阴视频 unveils intrusion detection service for Alberta schools and smaller public institutions
知阴视频 is pleased to launch its third and final offering as part of the new suite of cybersecurity services recently announced for Alberta鈥檚 research, education, and public sectors. Miridor is an intrusion detection system that gives organizations connected to 知阴视频鈥檚 network a simple 鈥� but detailed 鈥� overview of potential […]
Extending the 知阴视频 Security Nexus assessment registration deadline
知阴视频 members are asked to register for the cybersecurity assessment by September 16, 2022. To ensure maximum participation in a cross-Alberta cybersecurity assessment that will help institutions become more threat resistant, 知阴视频 has extended the deadline to sign up until the fall. The 知阴视频 Security Nexus was launched in May 2022 […]