[Hen] Ruckus Joins Internet2 to Develop Next-Generation Content Distribution Technology

[Johnson, Bill]

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From: Lauren Rotman [mailto:lauren at internet2.edu]
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Subject: [I2-NEWS] Ruckus Joins Internet2 to Develop Next-Generation
Content Distribution Technology


Ruckus Joins Internet2 to Develop Next-Generation Content Distribution
Technology

Membership to also provide Internet2 universities with blazing fast
access to educational multimedia materials 

ANN ARBOR, Mich. and HERNDON, Va. - February 23, 2006 -Internet2 today
announced that Ruckus has joined the consortium as a corporate member
and will collaborate with the Internet2 community to develop and test
ground-breaking content distribution and authentication technologies to
enable fast and legal intra and inter-campus sharing of multimedia
materials. The membership will also allow the company to provide
students at its 208 member universities blazing fast access to Ruckus'
innovative multimedia service that enables schools to legally access and
share a massive digital library of classroom-related multimedia.  

Ruckus will work with the Internet2 community and leverage Internet2's
high-performance nationwide networks to facilitate research and
development on how digital media and campus communities can be enhanced
through peer-to-peer networking, content delivery optimization,
Shibboleth(R) authentication, and the creation of personal libraries.
This work builds on continuing research projects Ruckus has undertaken
with universities participating in the Ruckus network since its
multimedia service went live in October 2004. 

"The Internet2 community provides a view into the future of networking,
enabling our corporate members to experiment in ways not possible on
today's commercial Internet. Ruckus' partnership in our community will
play a critical role in advancing new content distribution and
authentication technologies as more and more students are demanding
materials online," said Jill Arnold, director of member and partner
relations for Internet2.

Ruckus is the first college-only service to blend social networking
features with academic library management. As a corporate member of
Internet2, Ruckus can leverage the speed of Internet2's backbone network
to offer extensive educational multimedia service to the university
community at speeds up to 1000 times typical Internet broadband service.
Universities that access Ruckus' unique academic content library and
distribution platform, Ruckus on Reserve, will be able to assign and
digitally distribute classroom related material from six of the largest
academic multimedia distributors - making it even simpler for students
to quickly access necessary academic materials from any point on the
campus network without any special hardware installation and minimal
technical integration.  

"We're proud to join Internet2, and will strive to make significant
contributions to the development of next generation technology and
content," said William J. Raduchel, CEO and chairman of Ruckus. "Our
partnership with Internet2 will not only increase the number of students
that can access Ruckus' multimedia service for educational purposes,
while eliminating implementation and installation costs, but will also
help to create an enhanced platform for collaboration and idea-sharing
for the growing
academic community which we jointly serve."   

About Ruckus
Ruckus is the premiere digital entertainment network designed
specifically for college students.  The Ruckus experience blends college
students' top interests - friends and entertainment - to create a strong
sense of community at universities across the country. The company's
academic initiative, Ruckus on Reserve, offers college professors and
libraries the same fast, flexible access to multimedia content for
classroom use. Today, the Ruckus service is available to hundreds of
thousands of U.S. college students and is quickly becoming the brand of
choice for higher education institutions nationwide.  For more
information, please go to www.ruckus.com.

About Internet2(R)
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.


MEDIA CONTACTS:
Marie Farrar
DBC PR for Ruckus
P: 202-298-7600 x214
Mobile: 202-368-8235
marie at dbcpr.com

Lauren Rotman
Internet2
202.331.5345
lauren at internet2.edu

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