My top 10 predictions for Internet and R&E networks for 2012

[Well folks its that time of year again when self professed pundits make their various forecasts and projections on technology trends on the coming year.

How clouds are transforming education, research and libraries

[I recently the great pleasure of visiting JISC and JANET in the UK and was very impressed on their understanding of the potential of commercial clouds to radically transform education, research and libraries.

Internet bigger than agriculture or energy sectors - importance of R&E networks

[Several months ago McKinsey did a very interesting study on the economic value of the Internet.

Open Lightpath Exchanges, The Data Deluge, Software Defined R&E Networks

[Several readers of this blog have pointed to the article in last week’s NYTimes on the genomics data deluge.

Named Data Networking - how LTE networks will soon be extension of enterprise WiFi

[It amazes me how still many people think that the Internet network architecture is a variant of the telephone system.

OECD report: Internet Traffic Exchange Points

[Here is an excellent report on IXPs recently released by the OECD.

Forbes: Cloud Computing is Fueling the Next Startup Boom - role of funding councils and R&E networks

[Here is a great article from Forbes on how cloud computing is fueling the next startup boom.

A wider role for National Research and Education Networks?

[Here is a great blog on a topic dear to my heart that I have been blogging about for some time. National R&E networks I believe can play an important role through disruptive innovation in a number of ways:

SURFnet and KPN to collaborate on next generation mobile networks, Internet and IPv6

[Kudos to SURFnet on an exciting new initiative between SURFnet and KPN (Dutch incumbent telephone company).

The role and purpose of R&E networks

[Neelie Kroes, European Commission Vice-President for the Digital Agenda, recently received the GEANT Expert group report with its views on the future of the pan-European research and education networking.

How university IT departments can make money selling spare compute cycles through SpotCloud

[A very innovative  Canadian startup called Enomaly is offering a service called SpotCloud that allows IT departments to sell spare compute cycles into the global cloud market.

Commercial cloud services for universities and HPC gain momentum - Internet 2 announcement

[Today’s Internet 2 announcement of brokering commercial cloud services from HP, Box and SHI is the start of a major trend that will transform computing at universities and eventually businesses.

IPv6 Transitional Uncertainties and the role of R&E networks and universities

[Here is an excellent article on the uncertainties of IPv6 transition. R&E networks and universities probably have the single largest number of unallocated IPv4 address space.

Very cool project between SURFnet and Ericsson for LTE on Dutch universities

[I am always astounded and amazed how a small R&E networking organization like SURFnet has become such a powerful engine of innovation, not only for Dutch universities, but the Dutch economy in general.

R&E networks once again revolutionizing Internet through content peering

[I recently attended the annual GLIF meeting (Global Lambda Integrated Facility) in Rio de Janeiro where there was a lot of buzz and excitement about recent developments in lambda networking and new transformative business models for R&E networks.