October 2017

New virtual firewall services will offer improved digital security to Albertaโ€™s public sector

Two new cloud-based systems from Cybera and CIRA are giving educators โ€œdefence in depthโ€, while improving the cost and flexibility of their online systems The rise and increasing pervasiveness of the internet in our work, education, and play has also led to the rise of malware, spam, and harmful websites. Firewalls are a necessary tool […]

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Alberta Educators Save Nearly $1.7 Million in IT Procurement in 2017

Six months into the launch of Cyberaโ€™s ShareIT procurement service, Albertaโ€™s education institutions have already saved nearly $1.7 million. ShareITย began in June 2017 as a collaboration between 19 post-secondary institutions who were looking to reduce the cost of their IT hardware and service purchases. Facilitated by Cybera (Albertaโ€™s not-for-profit technology accelerator), the program has leveraged

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Cybera boosts network to increase capacity, reduce costs

With Cyberaโ€™s network transporting more data than ever before, staff have taken steps to boost the overall capacity of CyberaNet, while improvingย the affordability of ourย bulk buying group. Reducing the cost of the Internet Buying Group This past summer, Cybera reduced the rates for the Internet Buying Group for the ninth time, from $3.75 per Mbps

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High-speed drug discovery

A supercomputing collaboration between Alberta and Ontario, made possible by the national research and education network (NREN), is speeding up life-saving drug discoveries. How do you screen billions of drug compounds to find the right one? Connect a research team at the University of Alberta with a supercomputer 2,700 km away in Ontario using a

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What Digital Services Does Your Education Institution Need? (And What Is Already Available?)

This month’s Convergence Conference in Calgary will feature a pre-conference workshop on Making the Most of Cybera: Albertaโ€™s Public, Digital Resourceย on Wednesday, October 25. Thisย half-day session will provide an overview of the many services Cybera members have access to, including: Internet Buying Group (the internet bulk buying program) Shared firewall pilot High-speed National Research and

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