Investments in Canada’s National Research and Education Network (NREN) extend and strengthen essential infrastructure for research

June 13, 2018 Comment

NREN partners’ investments extend network reach, increase capacity, and strengthen resiliency of network infrastructure supporting data-rich, collaborative innovation Cybera and its partners [...]

Cybera boosts network to increase capacity, reduce costs

October 12, 2017 Comment

With Cybera’s network transporting more data than ever before, staff have taken steps to boost the overall capacity of CyberaNet, while improving the affordability [...]

Why switch to IPv6? So you can get free internet!

May 16, 2017Jean-Francois Amiot Comment

The global shortage of IPv4 addresses got a bit of a reprieve last month, when MIT announced it would be selling 8 million [...]

“CY-Fi” brings super-fast Wi-Fi speeds to Calgary’s tech innovators

August 2, 2016

Visitors accessing the public Wi-Fi at Calgary’s Alastair Ross Technology Centre (ARTC) will now experience some of the fastest internet in Calgary. The [...]

Students helping students with tech at the Calgary Girls’ School

January 13, 2016March 31, 2016Site Admin Comment

The Calgary Girls’ School focuses on using technology progressively and intentionally. This has been an important driving force in their pedagogy, and has led learners to many wonderful and sometimes unexpected places. [...]

Demonstrating Big Data Transfer at Supercomputing 2015

December 12, 2015February 12, 2016John Shillington Comment

Modern research often requires the use of specialized scientific instruments (which may be located thousands of miles away from the researcher in question). [...]

New internet web cache in Calgary will bring faster connections to all Albertans

December 3, 2015February 15, 2016

A new “web cache” has opened in Calgary. This means much of Alberta’s internet queries will not have to travel from Seattle or Vancouver, but can stay in the province. [...]

New Light Rail Transit Line Opens Up Connectivity to Edmonton Educators

December 1, 2015April 12, 2017

A much-needed high-speed network connection to Edmonton’s downtown core is now up and running. This link will support connections to NAIT and MacEwan University that are thousands of times faster than conventional internet speeds. [...]

Contributing to Canada’s growing digital infrastructure

November 10, 2015February 15, 2016

CANARIE and its provincial partners in Canada’s National Research and Education Network (NREN) have announced the results of their collaboration to extend the reach and capacity of this powerful digital asset. [...]

Calgary-based research team helps astronomers around the world visualize big data

November 3, 2015February 15, 2016 Comment

A software tool developed at the University of Calgary is helping over 500 astronomy experts around the world process massive volumes of space data. [...]