I.T. Times
Volume 2. No 4 Information Technology News of the University of California, Davis Summer 1994


BARRNet Under New Ownership


Bolt Beranek and Newman Inc. (BBN) has signed a letter of intent to acquire the Bay Area Regional Research Network (BARRNet) from Stanford University.

Over 200 area businesses and research, university, and medical facilities use BARRNet to access the Internet, including the UC campuses at Berkeley, Davis, Santa Cruz, and San Francisco. BBN, headquartered in Cambridge, MA, is a leader in the fields of communications, acoustics, and computer-based technologies.

This agreement would allow BBN to merge BARRNet with the New England Area Regional Network (NEARNet), which it also owns and operates.

"The pending merger," says Rodger Hess, UCDNet Network Manager of IT Communications Resources, "is very encouraging in terms of the quality of service we can expect here at UC Davis. NEARNet has a deeper expansion capital, and BBN was among the founders of the ARPANET [Internet predecessor] and a leader in developing Internet protocols. The short and sweet of it: it's a good situation getting better."

[Editor's Note: This item is adapted partially from "Business Wire," The International Press Relations Wire Service, posted 6-22-94 5:04 AM.]


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