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City of Los Angeles to Tap into CENIC’s CalREN, California's High-Speed Research Internet Backbone

Business Wire: Los Angeles Mayor Eric Garcetti today announced that the City of Los Angeles has signed an agreement to connect the City’s databases and computers to an Internet network 1000 times faster than available previously, sponsored by the CENIC community, at no additional cost to Los Angeles taxpayers.

The agreement with CENIC (Corporation for Education Network Initiatives in California) will allow the City to plug into the California Research and Education Network (CalREN). This connection will enable high-speed delivery of the City's data and services to California's K-20 students, educators, academic researchers, and 10,000 member institutions including LA-area institutions like Caltech, UCLA, USC, Cal State LA, and the Los Angeles Community Colleges. Following the connection to the City of Los Angeles, CENIC plans to enable other cities' open data initiatives, connecting them to CENIC's research community and to one another, creating a platform for sharing and analyzing data, and enabling the exchange of best practices and new applications.

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