January 2009


Canadian Museum of Nature joins ORION
The Canadian Museum of Nature is connecting to ORION and CANARIE.
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ORION engages users on priorities and new network services
ORION has dramatically ramped up its consultations with network users, responding to growing demands for new tools and resources to take advantage of ORION's exceptional capabilities...
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CUCCIO wish list for university networks of the future
Canadian universities need more bandwidth, more computing power and more storage-intensive services in order to support their research and education activities.
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Industry draws lessons from ORION network upgrade
While ORION quietly completed a major upgrade of its core network infrastructure, the information technology industry was taking notice and is now drawing lessons on how a small organization with limited resources approached a "high-risk" and highly complex feat of engineering.
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Ryerson lab experiments with next-generation videoconferencing
Ryerson University researchers are experimenting with extending AccessGrid to enable HD visualization and remote desktop control - the next generation of videoconferencing.
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UHN takes the "better path" with ORION
ORION is the "better path" for researchers at the University Health Network (UHN), introducing dramatic improvements in connectivity...
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  • ORION network usage soars again
  • Obama inauguration maxes out ORION peering pipe
  • U of T student improves video-sharing websites
  • York, Western & Queen's announce research initiative
  • CANMET breaks ground at McMaster Innovation Park
  • Concordia creates outdoor wireless network
  • MIRARCO launches visualization & data integration software
  • Laurentian's Living with Lakes Centre wins award
  • Waterloo manufacturing sector adopts Web 2.0 tools
  • Free WiFi on UK school buses
  • ICEL 2009 Call for Papers
  • Megaconference Jr. 2009
  • KMDI lecture series: digital media research & innovation
  • Interacting with Immersive Worlds 2009
  • Digging into Data Challenge
  • People News
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