CLINTON TOWNSHIP - Nearly 20 years ago, Macomb Community College pioneered a new partnership concept, establishing the Macomb University Center to bring bachelor's degree-completion and master's degrees home to Macomb County residents through relationships with senior educational institutions. With the…
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In 2006, Liz Fagel, wide area network administrator for Northeast Michigan Consortium (NEMC), was invited to be part of a fiber-optic network consortium in Alpena, the Alpena Regional Fiber Consortium (ARFC). The goal of the organization was to improve network…
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In July 2005, Michigan State Medical Society released the results of its study on physician supply. The findings painted a grim picture for Michigan if current trends continued into the future, showing that Michigan would face a shortage of nearly…
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DEARBORN, MI - Merit Network Inc., in collaboration with Arbor Networks, will host the 47th meeting of the North American Network Operators' Group (NANOG) from October 18th-21st. NANOG47 marks the sixth occasion the operational forum will take place in Michigan…
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ANN ARBOR - A record crowd of over 200 information technology professionals from organizations across Michigan came to Ann Arbor on June 11-12 to attend the 2009 Merit Member Conference, Merit Network's annual two-day networking and technology conference. This year's…
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In June 2007, MidMichigan Health contacted Merit Network to investigate how to cost effectively engineer a wide-area network to accommodate the explosion in data traffic expected as the healthcare system transitioned to using digital diagnostic imaging, scanned records, and electronic…
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Merit Network, Inc. and Internet2 announced today a collaborative effort to provide all Merit Sponsored Education Group Participants (SEGPs) with connectivity to the Internet2 Network. Schools, libraries, institutions of higher learning, museums and government agencies across Michigan that connect to…
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ANN ARBOR - Merit Network understands that in order to remain on the leading-edge of networking and services it is essential to consistently refresh hardware and components. The Equipment Refresh Schedule Process is at the center of Merit's service initiative,…
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ANN ARBOR - Merit Network has reached a new commodity service agreement that simplifies backbone routing. The new service agreement minimizes the number of egress points where Merit traffic accesses the commodity Internet. Whereas traffic of this nature on Merit's…
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Each year, National Library Week honors the contributions of libraries and librarians. Throughout the second week of April, libraries across the nation celebrated the 2009 campaign under a common banner: "Worlds Connect @ Your Library." For members of the Ann…
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