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NMU Receives $6.5 Million for Broadband Expansion Northern Michigan University will receive a $6.5 million Investment Fund Award from the Michigan Strategic Fund to accelerate its effort to extend high-speed educational broadband throughout the Upper Peninsula. The funds will be…

The Michigan Cyber Range will bring the cyber security discussion to the forefront at its 2017 public conference, "Networking, Staffing and Securing the 21st Century Workplace." The event, open to Merit members as well as to the public, takes place…

NASA Taps MTU Professor to Lead $15 Million Space Technology Research Institute Michigan Technological University Professor Greg Odegard will lead a new, multidisciplinary and multi-institution Space Technology Research Institute (STRI). Odegard's team will include 22 faculty members from 10 universities,…

As CEO of a non-profit Membership organization, I continually focus on what uniquely sets Merit apart. It's essential that we understand our value proposition as we strive for success within a hyper-competitive environment. As one part of our mission we…

Why leadership and not management? What is the difference and why does it matter? Managers measure and control process to count value while leaders motivate and influence people to create value. Managers create circles of power while leaders create circles…

Streamlining the Internet of Things and Other Cyber-Physical Systems Researchers from Michigan Technological University, Boston University, University of California, Berkeley, and University of California, Riverside recently published a keynote paper in IEEE Transactions in CAD on improving the framework for…

I am sure you get inundated with professional development and technology learning opportunities, with price points—and quality—all over the map. There are some very large, and very small, companies who have a huge catalog of classes and spend a lot…

The 2016 Merit Member Survey recently concluded, and participants provided their feedback on several topics related to Merit, including services, email communications, support and the Merit Commons. The biggest IT or networking concern for survey participants for 2017 was by…

Internet2, the nation's high-speed research and education network, established a new record for data sent across its network in 2016. The network transmitted 1,022.3 petabytes of data in 2016, which is the equivalent of 1,022,300 terabytes. Internet2 is connected to…

Cybersecurity, networking and technology-related news highlights from our Members. Pinckney Cyber Training Institute Greets Community With Grand Opening Pinckney Community High School celebrated the grand opening of the Pinckney Cyber Training Institute (PCTI) in early December. PCTI is a cybersecurity…