Oct 14 2010
Provider of data and Internet networking solutions, tw telecom is collaborating with Louisiana Optical Network Initiative (LONI), to offer metro network resources for developing a powerful fiber-optic network. The network will start its operation at the time of the SC10 conference to be held in New Orleans, from November 13 to 19.
The fiber-optic project, known as SCinet, will offer more than 260 Gbps speed. This allows transfer of the complete collection of books present in the Library of Congress in less than a minute. SCinet will offer the platform to the attendees and exhibitors of the conference, for demonstrating networking experiments and high performance computing (HPC) applications.
LONI, leaders from tw telecom, and the HPC staff of the Louisiana State University have been working together with the SC10 conference, to assure that sufficient networking operations are available. LONI started developing the network from 2010’s second quarter. The sturdy infrastructure will support more than 10,000 attendees expected for the conference.
From 2008, tw telecom has provided Ethernet-based Internet access services to LONI for connecting 12 key research universities in Louisiana. The Internet access services allow enhanced collaboration on research projects. It also delivers faster results with improved network performance.