IP-optical networks for research and education

Research and education networks (RENs) have long been where networking innovation happens first. Often years ahead of commercial service providers, RENs adopt advanced technologies to connect research communities, accelerate discovery and support data-intensive collaboration. With innovations in photonic transport, IP routing, open software control, automation and security, RENs can deliver the scalable, secure and sustainable IP-optical infrastructure needed for the next era of education, science and industrial research.