Ruckus Joins Internet2 to Develop Next-Generation Content
DistributionTechnology
Membership to also provide Internet2 universities with blazing fast
accessto educational multimedia materials
ANN ARBOR, Mich. and HERNDON, Va. - February 23, 2006 -Internet2
today announced that Ruckus has joined the consortium as a corporate
member and will collaborate with the Internet2 community to develop
and test ground-breaking content distribution and authentication
technologies to enable fast and legal intra and inter-campus sharing
of multimedia materials. The membership will also allow the company
to provide students at its 208 member universities blazing fast
access to Ruckus' innovative multimedia service that enables schools
to legally access and share a massive digital library of classroom-
related multimedia.
Ruckus will work with the Internet2 community and leverage
Internet2's high-performance nationwide networks to facilitate
research and development on how digital media and campus communities
can be enhanced through peer-to-peer networking, content delivery
optimization, Shibboleth(R) authentication, and the creation of
personal libraries. This work builds on continuing research projects
Ruckus has undertaken with universities participating in the Ruckus
network since its multimedia service went live in October 2004.
"The Internet2 community provides a view into the future of
networking, enabling our corporate members to experiment in ways not
possible on today's commercial Internet. Ruckus' partnership in our
community will play a critical role in advancing new content
distribution and authentication technologies as more and more
students are demanding materials online," said Jill Arnold, director
of member and partner relations for Internet2.
Ruckus is the first college-only service to blend social networking
features with academic library management. As a corporate member of
Internet2, Ruckus can leverage the speed of Internet2's backbone
network to offer extensive educational multimedia service to the
university community at speeds up to 1000 times typical Internet
broadband service. Universities that access Ruckus' unique academic
content library and distribution platform, Ruckus on Reserve, will be
able to assign and digitally distribute classroom related material
from six of the largest academic multimedia distributors - making it
even simpler for students to quickly access necessary academic
materials from any point on the campus network without any special
hardware installation and minimal technical integration.
"We're proud to join Internet2, and will strive to make significant
contributions to the development of next generation technology and
content," said William J. Raduchel, CEO and chairman of Ruckus. "Our
partnership with Internet2 will not only increase the number of
students that can access Ruckus' multimedia service for educational
purposes, while eliminating implementation and installation costs,
but will also help to create an enhanced platform for collaboration
and idea-sharing for the growing academic community which we jointly
serve."
About Ruckus
Ruckus is the premiere digital entertainment network designed
specifically for college students. The Ruckus experience blends
college students' top interests - friends and entertainment - to
create a strong sense of community at universities across the
country. The company's academic initiative, Ruckus on Reserve, offers
college professors and libraries the same fast, flexible access to
multimedia content for classroom use. Today, the Ruckus service is
available to hundreds of thousands of U.S. college students and is
quickly becoming the brand of choice for higher education
institutions nationwide. For more information, please go to
www.ruckus.com.
About Internet2(R)
Led by more than 200 U.S. universities working with industry and
government, Internet2 develops and deploys advanced network
applications and technologies for research and higher education,
accelerating the creation of tomorrow's Internet. Internet2
recreates the partnerships among academia, industry, and government
that helped foster today's Internet in its infancy. For more
information, visit: www.internet2.edu.
MEDIA CONTACTS:
Marie Farrar
DBC PR for Ruckus
P: 202-298-7600 x214
Mobile: 202-368-8235
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Lauren Rotman
Internet2
202.331.5345
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