SURF’s up!

Next week we will be having our annual SURF event at the Tiki Bar at Paddy’s Beach Club on Misquamicut Beach.  Last year was my first year at the event and I have to say, it was outstanding.  I find it always fun and interesting to get folks out of the work...

OSHEAN Anniversary

Next month, OSHEAN will celebrate its 15th  anniversary.  While my tenure here has  been a short one so far, I  have a natural interest in using milestones like this as an opportunity for reflection.  To that end, I located the original...

New Web

Welcome to our new Web environment.  Last year we put this tool in for the development of a database of members and to begin to focus on the implementation of a social platform for members to collaborate and to learn.  We recently went through phase two of...

Internet2 Series, Part 3: SDN

Several of our discussions turned to the significant progress that has been made in the area of Software Defined Networks (SDN) over the last couple years.  I was in a session which demonstrated an OpenFlow controller that was used to call up a wavelength...