VMware Training – Sign Up Today!

Recently, OSHEAN hosted two VMware training courses presented by a VMware-certified training company: View and vSphere. These courses provide in-depth lectures, hands-on labs, and prepare students to sit for VMware Certified Professional exams. Please note, all...

Big Data

The term “Big Data” is thrown around so much lately that we tend to gloss over its significance.  Some folks brush the trend off as nothing new; a natural evolution under Moore’s law.  As OSHEAN looks to 100+Gbps networks, I have become intrigued by...

Beyond Gigabit Access to the Internet

Members are increasingly interested in expanding their Internet connections beyond 1Gb.  In an ideal world, budgets would be plentiful enough to make investments in a (preferably redundant) 10Gb edge routing infrastructure.  But what if funding is...

What is a REN?

When I am asked about who OSHEAN is, the conversation often starts with a definition of a Research and Education Network (REN) and a companion discussion of Internet2. Internet2 was formed in 1996 by 34 universities who understood that the network and computing needs...