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Paper describing the conceptual design of the Next Generation Internet being supported by the Clinton Administration and various agencies including the National Library of Medicine. Intended to support the continued growth of networking technologies and to address concerns of researchers and government agencies for a high-speed network.
This paper identifies and scopes new issues in authentication and access management for sharing information across organizations, maps best-practice approaches using existing and emerging technologies to accomplish access by multiple communities, provides a common vocabulary and framework to assist in development of licensing and resource-sharing agreements, highlights technological and policy considerations, and lays the foundation for community standards.
Offers industry perspective on program planning and implementation of Next Generation Internet R&D. Critiques the federal R&D programs that support the development of the Next Generation Internet. Offers recommendations and research areas that should be pursued.
The Coalition for Networked Information (CNI) reports on new research and tools for assessment and evaluation in higher education. The research and tools discussed in the documents linked to this site are specific to initiatives that support the academic mission relying on networks and networked resources.
The nation's security relies on a variety of infrastructures for telecommunications, finance, transportation, etc. All of these systems are increasingly dependent on computers and computer network technology. This report discusses the current state of knowledge regarding secure, trustworthy and reliable systems, and outlines a research agenda to improve trust in cyberspace.
An overview of the federal information technology context was presented, along with the discussions that led up to the vision of the Digital Government. The program's goals, current status and plans are described. The connection of the initiative with other groups such as the Federal Web Consortium and the Government Information Technology Services Board, and activities such as the Information Technology Management Reform Act (ITMRA) are described.
This document collects papers from this conference which cover a wide range of topics including encryption, intellectual property related metadata for rights management, secure servers, copyright management systems, etc.
This White paper discusses approaches that can be used for collecting and understanding relevant performance data. The paper focuses on establishing baselines, detecting anomalies, and identifying trends. An overview of the proposed measurement architecture is presented and then the proposed methodology and data analysis approach is explained. Explanations for how the data can be aggregated to produce relevant trends and baselines are also given.
This is a draft of a white paper on the discovery and retrieval of networked information that is currently under preparation. Currently only the outlines for four chapters are available.
Minutes from a presentation by Heather Boyles, Director, Government and International Relations, Internet-2 at the CENDI Meeting, April 21, 2000. The primary goal of Internet-2 (a consortium of universities dedicated to the advancement of telecommunications technologies in support of academic research) is to accelerate the availability of Internet technologies. Ms. Boyles discusses leading edge network capabilities including technology transfer, applications that allow for the sharing of resources, middleware applications and issues of quality of service.
This Brief discusses broadband or high-speed Internet access by residential home owners. Broadband access has the potential to transform the Internet in terms of what it offers and how it is used. The paper gives an in-depth look at some of the broadband technologies including cable, digital subscriber line, and satellite. The pros and cons of open access are discussed at length.
ITAA is a trade organization with over 26,000 members from a broad spectrum of the U.S. IT industry. The Web site focuses on information about the IT industry, its issues, association programs, publications, reports, new developments, electronic commerce, ASP, information security, and NextGen as well as many other topics.
The World Summit on the Information Society (WSIS) is the result of an initiative at the Plenipotentiary Conference of the International Telecommunicatiion Union (ITU) meeting held in Minneapolis in 1998. ITU recognized that telecommunications played an important role at the political, social, and cultural level and that the gap between information "haves" and "have nots" was increasing. The United Nations recognized the need for international cooperation among the various national and global initiatives fostering Information and Communication Technologies (ICTs) for development. In 2001, the ITU, with endorsements from the UN, decided to convene a Summit in two phases with the first phase to be held in Geneva, Switzerland from December 10 to 12, 2003 and the second in Tunis, Tunisia in 2005 from November 16 to 18th. The first phase will address a range of issues related to the Information Society and will adopt a Declaration of Principles and plan of action. The second phase will address development themes in the Information Society, assess any progress that has been made and make any changes to the plan of action from the first phase. The framework for the Summit was endorsed by the UN General Assembly Resolution 56/183 and an intergovernmental Preparatory Committee was established to plan the agenda and organize the Summit. The WSIS web site provides background information on the Summit, funding of the Summit, links to related sites, information on how to participate and the preparatory process for the Summit. WSIS will provide a unique opportunity for all key stakeholders (governments, private sector, civil society, and the United Nations) to assemble and develop a better understanding of the information society revolution and its impact on the international community.
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