IU Networks: Indiana University

A long history of innovative networking across Indiana and around the world

Over 20 years ago, at the dawn of the commercial Internet, IU launched a strategic plan to join the burgeoning movement to build a research and education networking community that would protect and support research and discovery. Today, IU Networks remains at the forefront of network operations and initiatives, propelling research and fostering collaboration for scientists and scholars throughout Indiana and the United States and around the globe. IU Networks is proud to extend its services to external partners within R&E as part of a continually growing collaborative advancing networking.

GlobalNOC

Collaborating with some of the nation’s most important network partners to provide cutting-edge network operations, monitoring, software, and engineering to facilitate research and advance discovery across the United States—and beyond

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I-Light and Indiana GigaPOP

Supporting the state’s higher education institutions with high-speed, reliable connections to the world’s R&E community

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International Networks at Indiana University

IN@IU

Studying network performance and utilizing optimal networking to foster scientific collaboration and create “on-ramps” that connect researchers around the globe

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OmniSOC

Protecting research and higher education with a pioneering cybersecurity operations center and multi-institutional initiative to monitor and mitigate threats quickly and effectively

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ResearchSOC

Addressing the unique cybersecurity concerns of the research community by making scientific computing resilient to cyberattacks and capable of supporting trustworthy, collaborative research across a highly diverse infrastructure

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Each division of IU Networks has a distinct focus and function, but they all share the same goal: to provide the highest quality of service to institutions, agencies, and consortia in the research, education, and the public interest by transmitting and securing critical data across Indiana and around the world using the most advanced, effective technology available.

Read the 2021 Networks Annual Report