Volume 4. No 5
Information Technology News of the University of California, Davis February 1996
Information Technology News of the University of California, Davis February 1996
Weather permitting, construction will begin this month on the installation of Network 21's high-speed fiber optic cable that will interconnect over 200 buildings on campus.
Digital Equipment Corporation has been awarded the contract to perform the detailed design and installation of the fiber optic cable and electronic cabinets for Network 21.
Once in place, Network 21 will allow many campus users to connect directly to the campus network. The new fiber optic cable will support the tremendous demand being placed on the campus network by the popularity of the World Wide Web, e-mail, and other networked applications.
Digital has networked more than 13 million users for a wide variety of industrial, financial, and educational institutions, using all types of network technologies. A recent example is Digital's design and implementation of a high-speed fiber optic backbone for Memorial University, St. John's Newfoundland. The implementation included the integration of over 4600 multivendor PCs into a completely redesigned communications infrastructure. Digital has provided similar network services to companies like Bank of America, Oracle, Microsoft, and Lotus as well as the State of California.
Information Technology will be coordinating a partnership meeting with representatives from each of the Deans' and Vice Chancellors' offices, Digital, and the Network 21 Implementation Team.
The contract between UC Davis and Digital calls for work to be performed in eight phases, spanning a period of 528 calendar days.
If you have questions , send e-mail to net21info@ucdavis.edu.