[Hen] The World Bank joins Internet2

[Johnson, Bill]

The announcement below means that OneNet schools, thru OneNet and
Internet2s "SEGP" agreement, can now take advantage of QOS IP routing to
any GDLN DL room in the world, including many of the poorest nations in
the world. Please see http://www.gdln.org/ and http://www.worldbank.org/
.


Bill Johnson
Director of Network Operations - OneNet
Director - Netrad Infrastructure for CASA
President - Oklahoma Distance Learning Association
405-225-9444
cell 405-919=1718
video 164.58.250.185
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 THE WORLD BANK JOINS INTERNET2
Bank to Utilize Internet2's High Performance Network for Global Learning
Initiative 

Washington D.C. and Ann Arbor, MI - May 4, 2005 - Internet2, the
foremost U.S. advanced networking consortium led by the research and
higher education community, today announced that the World Bank has
joined Internet2 as an affiliate member. Through its membership, the
Bank will connect its headquarters in Washington D.C. to Internet2's
high performance Abilene Network. By leveraging Internet2's backbone
network and its connections to over 50 global peer networks, the Bank
will greatly enhance its collaboration efforts with universities and
research institutions in the U.S. and around the world. 
 
"The World Bank remains focused on providing countries with the training
and resources they need to facilitate economic growth," said Mohamed
Muhsin, World Bank Vice President and CIO. "Through our partnership with
Internet2, the World Bank can now more effectively work with remote
countries and provide a richer, more comprehensive learning experience
for its global community." 

The World Bank's connection to Abilene will permit the existing Global
Development Learning Network (GDLN) videoconference network to
interconnect with the Internet2 community in the U.S. and to
institutions connected to its 50 partner national research and education
networks (NRENs) around the world. GDLN centers currently aid the World
Bank in providing remote instruction and training workshops via IP
videoconferencing. 

Both U.S. and international universities working together on projects
with the World Bank, such as the GDLN, can now leverage their existing
Internet2 or Internet2 partner NREN connections to link with the Bank.
At the same time, Internet2 and its partner networks will be able to
access sites (such as GDLN centers) connected to the Bank's network -
especially important in countries where no current national research
network exists.

"In working with the World Bank, Internet2 continues to fulfill its
mission to support the global research, teaching and learning needs of
its member community," said Doug Van Houweling, president and CEO of
Internet2. "In the future, we hope our work together will be successful
in encouraging the development of many research and education networks
to enable greater global collaboration and discovery in countries
currently without good network infrastructure."

ABOUT INTERNET2
Led by more than 200 U.S. universities working with industry and
government, Internet2 develops and deploys advanced network applications
and technologies for research and higher education, accelerating the
creation of tomorrow's Internet.  Internet2 recreates the partnerships
among academia, industry, and government that helped foster today's
Internet in its infancy. For more information, visit: www.internet2.edu.

ABOUT THE WORLD BANK GROUP
The World Bank Group's mission is to fight poverty and improve the
living standards of people in the developing world. It is a development
Bank which provides loans, policy advice, technical assistance and
knowledge sharing services to low and middle income countries to reduce
poverty.


MEDIA CONTACTS:
Internet2
Lauren B. Kallens
202 331 5345
lkallens at internet2.edu
	
World Bank
Le Vu
202 473 2012
lvu at worldbank.org

Vili Brajovic
202 473 2188
vbrajovic at worldbank.org


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