EMERYVILLE, Ca. – Internet2 has opened a West Coast office to work more closely with the technology companies in California and beyond.
Internet2 also recently hired former UC-Berkeley?s Associate Vice Chancellor and Chief Information Officer Shelton Waggener. Along with Waggener, other strategic hires and resources will be based in Emeryville to serve the growing demand for Internet2?s high performance network, cloud, research support services, industry relations and other programs. Waggener leads Internet2?s implementation of emerging cloud and advanced technologies on behalf of the member campuses supporting large-scale adoption of new research and education.
In 2012, Internet2 engaged 29 cloud computing companies and more than 150 of its university members to drive down the cost and complexity of adopting these emerging solutions and developing higher education specific cloud services. This represents tens of millions of dollars in value for its members.
Internet2 includes more than 220 major research universities, such as Caltech, Stanford, University of California-Berkeley, University of California-Davis, California State University-East Bay, University of Oregon, University of Utah and Washington State, and nearly 120 industry, affiliate and research and education members. Internet2?s California regional network partner, California?s Corporation for Education Network Initiatives (CENIC), will also share space with the consortium giving them a Northern California presence to complement their Southern California headquarters.
