Sponsor at RTI

[Michael Garvin]

Good directions!  As for who/what we are, MCNC is a non-profit that provides
the Internet connectivity to the UNC system (and various other state and
educational institutions) by operating the NCREN network in conjunction with
the universities.  This includes Internet, Internet2, Abilene, NLR and other
networks.  The network is multi-gigabit, with diverse paths and exit points,
and includes video.

We also are providing hosting for those entities through our data center
here in RTP (the aforementioned facility), which has direct connections to
the NCREN network.  Hosting at the core of the network makes sense for
applications that may have mixed-use, saving hops to the network edge.

MCNC also provides some HPC services to education, including a cluster and
SGI Altix.  We are also providing services to NLR in a technical role.

 - Mike

> Jeff The Riffer wrote:
> 
> > On Tue, 11 Oct 2005, Matt Frye wrote:
> >
> >>  I'd rather hold our meetings at MCNC,
> >
> > Er, so who/what/where is/are MCNC?
>
> In addition to the URL:
> 
> It is located at the other side of the bridge across HW147. About the
> same distance as you drive from the bridge to the RTI, you make right
> turn at the end of the ramp and pass one signal in front of GSK, MCNC
> is on your right.
>
> Their triangle white logo is sitting on the side of the Cornwallis Drive
> to attract eyes. If you reached the signal at Alexandra drive, you have
> just passed it. Again on your right hand side.
> 
> Liyun

--
Michael Garvin - SCSA, SCNA, SCSA Security
   Systems Programmer/Analyst
MCNC - Grid Computing & Networking Services
   3021 Cornwallis Road, PO Box 12889, RTP, NC 27709-2889
(919) 248-9212
mgarvin at mcnc.org
http://www.mcnc.org/