OMNInet Partners
The International Center for Advanced Internet Research at Northwestern University (iCAIR) accelerates leading-edge innovation and enhanced global communications through advanced technologies, in partnership with numerous international community, and national partners. The OMNInet partnership includes:
Nortel Networks is an industry leader and innovator focused on transforming how the world communicates and exchanges information. The company is supplying its service provider and enterprise customers with communications technology and infrastructure to enable value-added IP data, voice and multimedia services spanning Metro Networks, Wireless Networks and Optical Long Haul Networks. As a global company, Nortel Networks does business in more than 150 countries. More information about Nortel Networks can be found on the Web at www.nortelnetworks.com.
SBC Communications Inc. (www.sbc.com) is a global communications leader. Through its subsidiaries' trusted brands - SBC Southwestern Bell, SBC Ameritech, SBC Pacific Bell, SBC Nevada Bell, SBC SNET and Sterling Commerce - and world-class network, SBC companies provide a full range of voice, data, networking and e-business services, including local and long-distance, high-speed Internet access and data transport, network integration, software and process integration, Web site and application hosting, e-marketplace development, paging and messaging, as well as directory advertising and publishing. America's leading provider of high-speed DSL Internet service, SBC companies currently have more than 60 million access lines nationwide. SBC has a 60 percent equity interest in Cingular Wireless, its joint venture with BellSouth, which serves more than 20 million wireless customers. Internationally, SBC has telecommunications investments in 28 countries and has annual revenues that rank it among the largest Fortune 500 companies.
Electronic Visualization Laboratory (EVL) at the University of Illinois at Chicago is a internationally recognized research organization that has programs in advanced applications utilizing high performance infrastructure, including next generation advanced networks. EVL is the host organization of the National Science Foundation-funded Science, Technology, and Research Transit Access Point, STAR TAP. It also is a lead organization developing StarLight, the optical STAR TAP (startap.net/StarLight) (STAR TAP is a registered trademark of the University of Illinois Board of Trustees. StarLight is a registered trademark of the University of Illinois Board of Trustees and Northwestern University Board of Trustees). (www.evl.uic.edu)
CANARIE, the Canadian Advance Network for Advanced Research, Industry, and Education, was established in 1993 with support from Industry Canada. CANARIE is a not-for-profit industry-led corporation with over 120 fee-paying members and a 24 member board representing private and public sectors. CANARIE's mission is to facilitate the development of critical aspects of the communications infrastructure in Canada and to contribute to the nation's economy and quality of life. CANARIE was the first international network to connect to the STAR TAP and StarLight. This proposal builds on existing efforts undertaken by to develop CA*net3, a Canadian National Optical Network, the world's first national optical Internet, and CA*net*4. (www.canarie.ca)
The Math and Computer Science Division (MCS) of Argonne National Lab's mission is to increase scientific productivity in the 21st century by providing intellectual and technical leadership in the computing sciences -- computer science, applied computational mathematics, and computational science. MCS is a recognized leaders in next generation advanced information technology infrastructure, including Grid computing, high performance networks, network middleware, and high performance applications. (www.mcs.anl.gov)
GigaPort/SURFnet (Netherlands). GigaPort is a joint project of the Dutch government, trade and industry, educational institutions and research institutes. The aim of GigaPort is to provide the Netherlands with advanced, innovative technology. The GigaPort Network is one of the world's leading research networks (GigaPort is implemented under the authority of the GigaPort Steering Committee. GigaPort Network is realised by SURFnet; GigaPort Applications by the Telematica Instituut. (www.gigaport.nl, www.surfnet.nl)
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