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5/11/2015 CEN May Newsletter

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CEN HOSTS ON MAY 15TH 2015MAKING CONNECTIONS THAT MATTER CONFERENCE

The CEN conference is fast approaching, on Friday May 15th at the Hartford

Convention Center. The conference is shaping up to be our best yet, with two

confirmed keynote speakers, over 400 registered participants and strong support

from our vendor community. We look forward to welcoming you on the day and

encourage you to post your thoughts and photos at: #CEN15Conference.

We are pleased to provide you detailed information about our sessions, including

abstracts on each presentation and speakers' biographies via our mobile app.

Download the mobile app so you will have access to our full

conference experience.

If you haven't done so already, please register to attend the conference. We will

also be accepting walk-ins on the day.

Member Spotlight: Benefits of Partnership withAkamai



CEN is part of Akamai's Accelerated Network Partner Program, making us one oftheir 1300 partners, across 28,000 locations in over 100countries. The advantage of this partnership to CEN members is that you areable to have faster, more reliable and more secure access due to the directaccess to local cache housed in East Hartford. Akamai delivers between 15-30%of all Web traffic. Specifically of interest to our research and education networkis the accessibility provided to Universities, news, social media and financialnews sources, the Department of Education, in addition to interconnectivity withInternet2.

Learn more about Akamai's network range or additional information on thecompany.

Is your organization interested in being featured in the spotlight member section

of our newsletter? We would like to hear from YOU about your latest news from

your school, town, library or organization that leverages technology. Tell us

about how you are using CEN that contributes to an accomplishment you have

recently achieved or how you are integrating technology in an educational

setting. Please contact [email protected] with your update.

Colocation with Cervalis in Norwalk

On March 12th, 2015, CEN members visited Cervalis' datacenter in Norwalk.CEN is pleased to facilitate access to Cervalis for power and rack space andmembers are encouraged to contract directly with Cervalis for these services.However, if you have a need for nonstandard equipment, please contact CENdirectly in regards to sharing CEN cage space. We are envisioning a future visitto Norwalk over the summer if there is sufficient interest. Please contact CEN ifyou would like to visit their Norwalk Datacenter ([email protected]).



CEN in the News100 Gigabit Connection with UConn

Press on how CEN facilitates research data transfer between UConn Health Center and Storrs with 100 Gigabit connection.

Partnership with Internet2 reaping rewards

The 2015 Quilt Circle is out and CEN is highlighted. Read here about how CENwas chosen for the Quilt Member spotlight as CEN has provisioned a layer2circuit via Internet2 allowing CCAT to connect with duPont Center in Florida.

What is the Quilt? The Quilt is a prestigious national association for leaders inadvanced networking in support of research and education.

Jackson Lab is leveraging Internet2s' international reach to engage withAustralian researchers. More here.

CTGig Project

You might have been seeing some of the press lately regarding the CTGigProject. If not, we've included some below.

The background story: Jan 2015 from Broadband Communities

The interplay with CEN: March 2015 from TriCorner News and April 2015 fromBackChannel.

This is a project aimed at providing gigabit Internet access in CT towns and citiesat the level of the local constituencies (residential). This project is seen as acomplement to services provided by CEN and should it move forward, would besomething that could work in partnership with our existing network, with theCTGig Project providing the last mile connections within their towns and cities tointerested individuals.

The Middletown Press highlights the synergy between the Municipality Projectand CTGig Project here.

Tech Update

CEN is currently working with its regional partners: NYSERNet, NEREN andOSHEAN in order to best plan CEN's backbone network extension to New YorkCity!

DNS Management



CEN has helped towns manage their domain names. So far, we have been

involved with enfield.org and newingtonct.gov with rockyhillct.gov in the works.

Contact CEN if you would like help with managing your DNS name records and

we can provide you with assistance in DNS server management.

CEN has previously run informational sessions focused on technical skills

involving networking technologies and software. Let us know if you are

interested in learning more about how our knowledgeable engineering

practioners could offer an outreach class for your university or school

([email protected]).

New Connections and Recent Updates New Members since February 2015

Municipality ConnectionsTown of Bloomfield

The Town of Bloomfield has brought up connections, one at library and oneat school using BGP at both locations so they can have failover in case oneof the devices goes down.

Town of Coventry

Town of Essex

Town of Newtown

Town of Norfolk

Town of Redding

Town of Ridgefield

Town of Rocky Hill

Town of Southbury

Town of Stafford Springs

Town of Stafford

Town of Southington

Town of Windsor

Frank Angelillo from Windsor told us, "At this point, we have the library and town staff fully on CEN. [It is a] definite improvement, especially the upload speed."

Town of Woodbridge

Library Connections Bridgeport Public Library- upgraded to 10gb backbone and 1Gb handoffs.

New Britain Public Library

Rocky Hill Library

Windsor Public Library



Other Connections

East Lyme Senior Center PSDN

Poquonnock Bridge Fire Department For more information on member benefits, please visit our website.

Municipality Project: Year Two Update

We are awaiting the announcement from theOffice of Policy and Management (OPM) and theGovernor's office on the second wave ofgrants associated with connecting MunicipalTown Halls across the state with the NutmegNetwork, made up of the Connecticut EducationNetwork and the Public Safety Data Network.This could mean new connections for up to 30towns/ COGs (those with pending grantrequests). This announcement could bring us up to a total of

85 connections for municipalities across CT. At present, CEN currently has 25Towns and COGs have connected so far from year 1 of this project, in additionto 30 towns from Year 2 (and 17 connections made outside the grant). Thisincludes Fairfield's connection to the Connecticut Education Network. For more information on this project, please contact [email protected] orcall her at (860) 622-4571.

Upcoming Events

Microsoft Office Specialist Certification Course, May 12, Hartford CT, withCREC Register

Android Studio Development Essentials, May 11-15, Live Online with MeritRegister

Merit Member Conference, May 13-14, Ypslanti, MI Register

CEN Annual Member Conference, Making the Connections that Matter, May15, Hartford Convention Center, Hartford, CT with CEN RegisterDownload CEN's May 15th Conference appPreview CEN's May 15th Conference program

Creating iOS 7 Applications, May 18-22, 2015, Live Online with Merit Register



SHLB Member Conference, May 20-22, Arlington VA Register- CEN attending

Java Programming (Java SE7), June 8-12, 2015 Live Online with MeritRegister

3D Printing, CEN hosts Kristi Sadowski and Chris Carney from the Booth &

Dimock Memorial Library in Coventry, June 10, 2015, 55 Farmington Ave.

Hartford. Morning session is full. Space available for 2-4. Register

OSHEAN Member Forum, June 12, East Greenwich, RI Register- CENattending

Microsoft Office Specialist Certification Prep Course, Microsoft Excel, July27, Hartford CT, with CREC Register

Preparing to Become a Transformative Leader, August 4, Hartford CT, withCREC August 20, Hartford CT, with CREC Register

EdCamp CT, August 14, The Ethel Walker School, Simsbury, CT Register- CENsponsoring!

Microsoft Office Specialist Certification Prep Course, Microsoft Word,August 20, Hartford CT, with CREC Register

Engage with the CEN Community, email your events ([email protected])

that would be of interest to CEN members, educators, municipalities, libraries,

local businesses, and state agencies. Next newsletter is circulated in October

2015.

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