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Lunch & Learn “Free Cloud Resources Available for Developers”
presented by CANARIE DAIR, SRnet, and TRLabs
Monday December 12, 2011 12:00-13:00
Candle and Span Rooms
Innovation Place
The Atrium - 111 Research Drive
SASKATOON, Saskatchewan
Tuesday December 13, 2011 12:00-13:00
Training Room
Springboard West Innovations Inc.
120 - 2 Research Drive
REGINA, Saskatchewan
Free for small-medium sized Canadian businesses, the CANARIE Digital
Accelerator for Innovation and Research (DAIR) program provides access
to a Canadian cloud (compute and storage), high-speed network, and
wireless (wi-fi and cellular) test-bed for development, testing and
product demonstration. This Lunch & Learn will cover an overview of "The
Cloud", describe the DAIR program, and demonstrate access to the DAIR cloud.
Lunch and beverages are provided. Please RSVP to Ms. Virginia Tomas
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or 306-668-9309) to confirm your spot and
indicate if you will be attending in Saskatoon or in Regina. Seating is
limited.
For immediate release
June 8, 2011
Canada’s advanced networks promote World IPv6 Day
Enabling IPv6 for research and education across Canada
OTTAWA – Canada’s advanced research and education (R&E) networks are leading the way in helping their users adopt the next-generation Internet Protocol version 6 (IPv6) and celebrating World IPv6 Day today to help raise awareness of the need for organizations to transition to IPv6.
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Supply of IPv4 addresses is running out. As of April 15, 2011, when APNIC ran out of IPv4 addresses to allocate, it became irrevocable that there were not enough IPv4 addresses available for everyone who desired one. (Source: Wikipedia) Total possible IPv4 addresses (all time): 4,294,967,296 of which greater than 90% have been allocated. Total possible IPv6 addresses: 340,282,366,920,938,463,374,607,431,768,211,456
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Sponsored by the Internet Society, World IPv6 Day was established to motivate organizations across the industry – including Internet service providers, hardware makers, operating system vendors and web companies – to prepare their products and services for IPv6 to ensure a successful transition as IPv4 addresses run out.
Without IPv6 functionality, Canadian researchers involved in international research collaboration projects will find themselves unable to access data or collaborate with their peers around the world who are IPv6-enabled. This is particularly true with leading IPv6-enabled countries like China and South Korea. The issue will become increasingly urgent in the next year, as more and more websites and online resources and applications are only available in the IPv6 space.
Therefore, it is essential that Canada’s research and education institutions migrate to IPv6, so that participation in international research collaborations is not interrupted.
Internet Protocol version 4 (IPv4) addresses, which connect computers and other devices to the Internet, are widely expected to run out by 2012. In some regions, this has already happened. IPv6 addresses this issue, which is growing in part due to the proliferation of “connected” devices – cell phones, cars, appliances, watches, even refrigerators – that require an IP address. IPv6 provides greater IP addressing capacity – more than 4 billion times more addresses than IPv4 – and it enhances security.
Internet users will not need to do anything differently on World IPv6 Day. Web services, Internet service providers, and operating system manufacturers will be updating their systems to ensure Internet users enjoy uninterrupted service. Participating websites will not switch from IPv4 to IPv6; they will enable IPv6 in addition to IPv4.
The CANARIE Network has been IPv6-enabled since 2000, and has championed efforts to transition Canada’s provincial and territorial research and education networks to the IPv6 platform. Over the past several months CANARIE has led an IPv6 working group whose objectives are to help Canadian universities and other institutions move towards IPv6 readiness and to promote and to support IPv6 awareness and training. CANARIE has also provided funding to its provincial network partners to complete their deployment plans, and conducted a series of 10 webinars on the technical requirements of the transition. The webinars have been recorded and are available as an ongoing resource.
About Canada’s advanced network alliance
Canada’s advanced network alliance is a community of advanced networks offering ultra-high-speed, fibre optic connectivity that links researchers, educators and innovators to each other and to data and tools across the country and around the world. These advanced networks enable secure, lightning-fast transmission of high-volume data sets (like DNA sequences), tools (like videoconferencing), and analyses (like climate models) that could not be transmitted over a commercial Internet without interfering with other users. Canada’s advanced network alliance is made up of all of the provincial, territorial and national networks for research and education. Learn more at http://digitalinnovators.wordpress.com/.
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Media Contacts:
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Kathryn Anthonisen |
Tamara Klein |
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Tamara Stoll |
Meagan Hampel |
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Ginette Labarre |
Gerry Miller |
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Cy Scheske |
Todd Farrell |
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Terry Dalton |
Terry Nikkel |
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Blair Vessey |
Jason Panter |
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Yukon Technology Innovation Centre |
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The goal of the presentation is to demonstrate the power of the CANARIE network in its ability to allow individuals to conduct experiments and to remote-control instruments thousands of kilometres away from the laboratory. Moreover, the versatility of the network also allows for collaboration to take place between diverse groups using video conference.
Held on June 26th, 2008, the presentation will consist in offering remote control of the VENUS undersea observatory camera located in the Saanich Inlet at a depth of 95 meters to a classroom of grade seven students from Argyle School in Regina, SK. While operating the camera, the students will be able to get live explanations on what they see from a scientist located in Victoria. The scientist will see the current camera field of view as well as the students. This is using technology to enhance the learning experience at its leading edge.
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On August 20th, 2007, the Saskatchewan Research Network (SRnet), in conjunction with Saskatchewan Learning and the Canadian Space Agency, connected the Churchill Community High School in La Ronge to Canadian astronaut Dave Williams, at the International Space Station (on board the NASA shuttle Endeavour).
Students from CCHS were allowed to submit questions to the Canadian Space Agency ahead of time, and the CSA selected the eight best questions, allowing those students to ask Williams in real-time. Representatives were eagerly attending the event, including the minister of Northern Affairs, the Chief of the Lac La Ronge Indian Band, a representative of Northlands College, the mayors of La Ronge and Air Ronge, and the regional director from Saskatchewan Learning.
The event had been in the planning for more than a year, and the concept was made possible when Cyril Scheske of SRnet undertook a large project to lay fibre into northern Saskatchewan and connect La Ronge, allowing endless possibilities for research and education for the northern city.
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