As a result of collaboration between two Mid-Atlantic research networks announced Monday, the University soon will be able to draw upon an expanded network of research resources.
Virginia Tech announced that the Mid-Atlantic Terascale Partnership and the Mid-Atlantic Crossroads, research networks that serve as consortiums for research institutions in Virginia, Maryland and Washington, D.C., have joined together to improve and expand their networks, said Mike McPherson, University associate vice president and deputy chief information officer. The University currently uses the MATP network, which its officials helped to create six years ago.
The MATP network and the MAX network provide access to Internet2 and National LambdaRail, Internet-like networks that allow universities and government organizations to share these research resources in a collaborative manner, McPherson explained.
Internet2 is a network dedicated solely to research and education allowing universities to connect more quickly than regular Internet connections would.
McPherson explained that while Internet2 is a shared network, NLR’s focus is to provide access to connections dedicated to universities unable to work on a shared network.
The collaboration between MATP and MAX, McPherson said, is about connecting these two organizations in a way that will allow each network to receive the benefits of the other. While MATP has the ability to allow its users to take advantage of Internet2 as well as NLR, MAX originally only had access to Internet2. The result of this, he explained, is a more efficient connection.
The collaboration, McPherson said, is about connecting the two networks to allow people to research from either Internet2 or NLR.
“This new collaboration will offer additional opportunities for science and technology research at the University as well as opportunities for faculty members to work with their colleagues in their region and across the nation more efficiently,” University spokesperson Carol Wood said.
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