Merit Network

Merit Network | March 22, 2016

Merit Network, an Internet pioneer and America’s longest-running regional research and education network, is celebrating its 50th anniversary throughout 2016. To mark the milestone, Merit has launched a dynamic new web site (merit.edu) and will host a special celebration during its annual Merit Member Conference (MMC) on May 11, 2016....

Merit Network | March 16, 2016

STERLING HEIGHTS, Mich. – A new, publicly-accessible hub of the Michigan Cyber Range, powered by Merit Network, will open at the Velocity Center at Macomb-Oakland University on Friday, March 18. The Michigan Cyber Range leverages Merit’s extensive research and education network, which includes over 4,000 miles of fiber-optic infrastructure. A hub of the Michigan Cyber Range is a facility that is directly connected to Merit’s network. The focus of the hub will be cybersecurity education and train...

Merit Network | March 04, 2016

Merit Network debuted a new social collaboration environment, the Merit Commons, during the Collaboration Summit held at Washtenaw Community College on Tuesday, March 1, 2016. The Merit Commons is a social platform that offers real-time communication for Merit Members. Featuring organic message streams, much like Facebook or Twitter, the Merit Commons will allow Members to interact in a secure, online space....

SDxCentral | January 15, 2020

IoT and SD-WAN might not sound like they belong together, but ask VMware’s VeloCloud or managed service provider Apcela and you might be surprised by what they have to say. The two companies see SD-WAN as the key to making large IoT deployments manageable at a human scale. Sanjay Uppal, who co-founded VeloCloud and now serves as the head of VMware’s SD-WAN division, said the expanding scope of SD-WAN has opened the door to several applications that the technology wouldn’t norma...