Kansas Research and Education Network
Update: All seats for all sessions have been filled. If your organization would like to see this course repeated, please let us know via an email to info@kanren.net. Thanks to everyone for the overwhelming response!
More Information and Registration: http://www.kanren.net/events/training/ipv6_course.html
Cort Buffington, Lawrence, has been appointed to the position of Executive Director of the Kansas
Research and Education Network (KanREN, Inc.), the KanREN Board of Directors announced at
their June meeting. His position became official on July 1, 2008 after serving as interim director
since January 1, 2008. Matt Fuoco, Director of Telecommunications and Networking for KU
Medical Center and KanREN Board Chair remarked, “for over ten years Cort has been a computer
networking visionary where he has helped to shape data communications for our members. The
Board is excited to have Cort accept the position of Executive Director of KanREN.”
KanREN is a Lawrence-based, not-for-profit corporation serving the stateʼs research, education
and networking technology needs since 1994. KanREN operates as a consortium of state
universities, private colleges, community colleges, libraries and school districts to provide
networking engineering, data communication and educational technology direction to all members.
Their state-wide network backbone and connections to both commercial commodity Internet
service and Internet 2 ensures the highest quality data communication and connectivity for Kansas
students at all levels and membersʼ community patrons.
A native of Frontenac, Kansas, Buffington has served KanREN and the state/regional educational
networking community for over 10 years. In 1994 he received his degree from Pittsburg State
University in Engineering Technology and has worked in the technology and education field since
that time. Buffington currently serves on several professional groups at the state, regional and
national level promoting network design and engineering best practices.
KanREN, Inc. is a major partner with other state networking organizations such as Kan-ed and
Division of Information System and Communications (DISC), plus commercial relationships relating
to the field of data communications such as Sunflower Broadband, AT&T, and Cox
Communications. Locally, KanREN is a member of the Lawrence Chamber of Commerce.
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KanREN has scheduled its Annual Meeting for Monday, April 14th, 2008 from 1:00pm until 3:00pm.
This Annual Meeting will have four satelite sites:
Please check the Annual Meeting webpage for directions and additional information.
KanREN has called a special member meeting scheduled for Wednesday, December 19th 2007 beginning at 1:30pm.
A special page has been setup for this event and pertinent documents can be found there as they are finalized.
Sunday, July 8th, 2007 at 4:00pm KanREN deployed the first router on the new backbone with assistance from Richard Becker from Kansas State University.
The new router is a Foundry NetIron 4000 XMR. Transitioning services to the new router was overall very painless… the only problems being a) a forgotten BGP peering password and b) a platform difference between other Foundry products.
Check out the pictures taken during the day.
Registrations for the 2007 Annual Meeting are now being accepted. Please visit our Annual Meeting page at http://www.kanren.net/events/annual_meeting/ to register and to view additional meeting information.
HITS 2007 – Higher Education IT Security Conference
Security 504: Hacker Techniques, Exploits, and Incident Handling
Monday–Saturday, April 23–28, 2007
Holiday Inn Holidome
Lawrence, Kan.
The universities of the Big 12 along with SANS will host a six-day course covering hacker techniques, exploits and incident handling in Lawrence, KS.
Special discounts are available for faculty or staff members from any accredited EDU (k-12, community college, higher education), law enforcement at the state and local level, and state employees.
While this training opprotunity is not offered by KanREN, it presents a wonderful opprotunity for anyone working in a security role at their respective organizations. Those interested in attending the training should register soon.
KanREN cut over to its new website on January 27, 2007. Questions or comments? Email the Webmaster.
KanREN has lowered its I1 bandwidth price from $95/mb/mo. to $75/mb/mo effective January 1, 2007. Credits will be issued on 4th quarter billing.
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Contact: Shannon O’Connor
Kansas Research and Education Network (KanREN, Inc)
1405 Wakarusa, Suite B
Lawrence, KS 66049
785-856-9800 (voice)
785-856-1377 (FAX)
oconnor@kanren.net
http://www.kanren.net
Lawrence Non-Profit Corporation Donates Bandwidth to Stream Kansas State Supreme Court Hearing Live on May 11, 2005
Lawrence, Kansas, May 6, 2005 — When the Kansas State Supreme Court justices hear oral arguments about school finance, anyone with an Internet connection can watch the events live through a streaming server that uses 200Mbps of Internet 1 bandwidth donated by a Lawrence non-profit consortium, the Kansas Research and Education Network (KanREN, Inc.). This is a joint effort among KanREN, Kan-Ed and ESSDACK (Educational Services and Staff Development Association of Central Kansas) to bring such an important hearing to the public.
KanREN operates a state-wide public network with six points of presence across the state. Multiple connections, providers and redundant links enable KanREN to provide the 200 Mbps service for one day without interrupting or decreasing service to any of the eighty institutions in the state connected to KanREN’s backbone. The Kan-Ed Live! streaming server will be set to allow 500 connections at one time, but the event will be archived and available for viewing on demand after the event is over. Instructions for accessing the stream are available via the Kansas Judicial Branch Web site, http://www.kscourts.org.
Kan-Ed, the state-funded private network facilitating video collaboration among the state’s public institutions, contracts with ESSDACK to operate the Kan-Ed Live! system where the video stream will be archived, and contracts with KanREN for network operations services. This event epitomizes the public/private partnerships Kan-Ed was organized to facilitate.
KanREN, based in Lawrence, Kansas, is an independent, non-profit consortium of colleges, universities, school districts, libraries and other organizations in Kansas for the purpose of providing dedicated connectivity to the Internet and advanced network services on behalf of its members. KanREN operates a state-wide private backbone network of .5 Gbps I1, and is the exclusive Internet 2 connector for the state. Members also benefit from technological innovation, partnership and advocacy at the local, state, and federal level.
Oral arguments begin promptly at 9:30am on Wednesday, May 11. PBS out of Topeka will also be taping the event for later broadcast.