{"id":182105,"date":"2025-10-06T18:32:08","date_gmt":"2025-10-06T18:32:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/182105\/"},"modified":"2025-10-06T18:32:08","modified_gmt":"2025-10-06T18:32:08","slug":"iowa-communications-network-to-collaborate-with-boreas","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/182105\/","title":{"rendered":"Iowa Communications Network to collaborate with BOREAS"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tPress Release<br \/>\nBOREAS was created by Iowa State University, the University of Iowa, the University of Minnesota, and the University of Wisconsin-Madison.<\/p>\n<p>News provided by: <a href=\"https:\/\/icn.iowa.gov\/news\/2025-09-29\/building-collaborative-network-relationships\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Iowa Communications Network (ICN)<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Iowa Communications Network (ICN) is excited to announce that it\u2019s working with the Broadband Optical Research, Education and Sciences Network, also known as <a href=\"https:\/\/boreas.net\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">the BOREAS Network<\/a>. As a trusted internet service provider, ICN\u2019s involvement with BOREAS will bring added network diversity and redundancy to ICN\u2019s statewide fiber optic network.<\/p>\n<p>Upon completion of this project in 2026, ICN will have connectivity for additional resiliency to Internet Exchange Points (IXP) content providers, such as AWS, Google, Microsoft, Oracle, etc. The BOREAS network will provide a 100-gigabit path to ICN\u2019s ingress (entry) point to the cloud in Chicago. As a result of this working relationship, BOREAS will gain access to ICN\u2019s extensive fiber backbone in the State of Iowa for educational research use.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.terrapinn.com\/BBC26\/Blog\/Home\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-27765\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/BBC-2026-Banner-1-1-1024x120.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"1024\" height=\"120\"  \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe are looking forward to a long collaborative relationship with BOREAS,\u201d said ICN\u2019s Director of Networking and Engineering Patrick Kazeze. \u201cThis new relationship will allow us to leverage the extensive BOREAS Network that will provide cost savings to some of our core locations and potential access to other IXPs.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>BOREAS is a collaborative network that was created by four major Midwest research institutions: Iowa State University, the University of Iowa, the University of Minnesota, and the University of Wisconsin-Madison. The high-speed advanced regional network enables large data transfers and supports collaborative research activities, which help member institutions complete extensive research projects.<\/p>\n<p>ICN is a state-owned, high-speed fiber optic network that provides critical infrastructure for secure and reliable communications throughout Iowa. The Network serves State and Federal government agencies, public safety entities, educational institutions, and healthcare facilities. The ICN\u2019s transport network is 100% fiber, which is the leading technology for telecommunications networks.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/bbcmag.com\/newsletter\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Subscribe to the Broadband Communities newsletter!<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Press Release BOREAS was created by Iowa State University, the University of Iowa, the University of Minnesota, and&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":182106,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[18],"tags":[1638,86,56,54,55],"class_list":{"0":"post-182105","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-internet","8":"tag-internet","9":"tag-technology","10":"tag-uk","11":"tag-united-kingdom","12":"tag-unitedkingdom"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/182105","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=182105"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/182105\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/182106"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=182105"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=182105"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=182105"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}