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	<title>&#45; CircleID</title>
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	<description>Postings from  on CircleID</description>
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	<dc:date>2026-04-13T18:34:00+00:00</dc:date>

	
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		<title> Architectural Details and Routing Protocols for Energy Internet (Featured Blog)</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Energy Internet is based on the same principles as that of the classic Internet except that energy rather data packets are routed between sources and destinations. It sometimes also referred to as mico-grids or nano-grids, but generally these terms are a misnomer as they really refer to a smaller version of the traditional electrical grid. Traditional power systems are passive, hierarchical and for the most part have no intelligence or management. <a href="https://circleid.com/posts20140129_architectural_details_and_routing_protocols_for_energy_internet">More...</a>]]></description>
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		<title> Major New Funding Opportunities for Internet Researchers and R&E Networks (Featured Blog)</title>
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		<link>https://circleid.com/posts20130516_major_new_funding_opportunities_for_internet_researchers</link>
		<description><![CDATA[Nationally Appropriate Mitigation Action (NAMA) is a new policy program that was developed at the Bali United Nations Climate Change Conference. As opposed to the much maligned programs like CDM and other initiatives NAMA refers to a set of policies and actions that developed and developing countries undertake as part of a commitment to reduce greenhouse gas emissions. Also unlike CDM, NAMA recipients are not restricted to developing countries. <a href="https://circleid.com/posts20130516_major_new_funding_opportunities_for_internet_researchers">More...</a>]]></description>
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		<title> Information and Communication Technologies (ICT) Industry Soon to Be Largest Source of Co2 Emissions (Featured Blog)</title>
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		<link>https://circleid.com/posts20130409_ict_industry_soon_to_be_the_largest_source_co2_emissions</link>
		<description><![CDATA[Although on the production side the tar sands are one of the biggest sources of CO2 emissions, the Information and Communication Technologies (ICT) industry, globally is the fastest growing and soon will be the largest source of CO2 emissions on the consumption side of the equation. ICT emissions are produced indirectly from the coal generated electricity that is used to power all of our devices. Currently it is estimated that ICT consumes around 10% all electrical power growing at about 6-10% per year. <a href="https://circleid.com/posts20130409_ict_industry_soon_to_be_the_largest_source_co2_emissions">More...</a>]]></description>
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		<title> The Myth of Population Density and the High Cost of Broadband (Featured Blog)</title>
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		<link>https://circleid.com/posts20130201_myth_of_population_density_and_the_high_cost_of_broadband</link>
		<description><![CDATA[One of the enduring myths that is used by apologists for incumbent broadband operators as to the high cost of broadband in Canada and the US is our low population density.
Since Canada and the US have low population density compared to The Netherlands or South Korea, they argue that therefore the cost of delivering broadband will be significantly higher because of the much greater distances that need to be covered. <a href="https://circleid.com/posts20130201_myth_of_population_density_and_the_high_cost_of_broadband">More...</a>]]></description>
		<dc:date>2026-04-13T11:34:00-07:00</dc:date>
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		<title> Lessons from Sandy: Building Networks and Cyber-Infrastructure to Survive Climate Change (Featured Blog)</title>
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		<link>https://circleid.com/posts20121104_lessons_from_sandy_building_networks_and_cyber_infrastructure</link>
		<description><![CDATA[Hurricane Sandy has been a badly needed wake up call for the Internet community as to the threat of climate change. Although most people have forgotten, Sandy is the second hurricane to hit New York in as many years with Irene last August and a third tropical depression headed to New York at the time of this writing. Two, supposedly once in a hundred year storms, within such a short time frame should even make the most die-hard denialist that something's afoot. <a href="https://circleid.com/posts20121104_lessons_from_sandy_building_networks_and_cyber_infrastructure">More...</a>]]></description>
		<dc:date>2026-04-13T11:34:00-07:00</dc:date>
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		<title> Google's Secret Strategy With the Kansas City Fiber Project (Featured Blog)</title>
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		<link>https://circleid.com/posts20120712_google_secret_strategy_with_the_kansas_city_fiber_project</link>
		<description><![CDATA[I have long been perplexed at how Google plans to make a profit with their Kansas City Fiber project. Originally the project was touted as an altruistic move by Google to really understand the underlying costs of deploying fiber in a large municipality. But as anyone who has been in the trenches can tell you, it is not the technology that determines the cost of a fiber deployment, but the tyranny of the take-up. <a href="https://circleid.com/posts20120712_google_secret_strategy_with_the_kansas_city_fiber_project">More...</a>]]></description>
		<dc:date>2026-04-13T11:34:00-07:00</dc:date>
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		<title> Why CDNs Are Critical to Future of R&E Networks, Big Data and the Internet (Featured Blog)</title>
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		<link>https://circleid.com/posts20120606_why_cdns_are_critical_to_future_of_rnetworks_big_data_and_internet</link>
		<description><![CDATA[Netflix has announced that they are deploying their own Content Delivery Network (CDN) for delivery of their video streams to Internet Exchange Points (IXPs) around the world. More importantly they are making the hardware and software design of their CDN servers freely available. That means any network can deploy Netflix CDN boxes deep into their network to significantly reduce traffic volumes and improve performance for users. <a href="https://circleid.com/posts20120606_why_cdns_are_critical_to_future_of_rnetworks_big_data_and_internet">More...</a>]]></description>
		<dc:date>2026-04-13T11:34:00-07:00</dc:date>
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		<title> Hewlett Packard and Other Companies Deploying Zero Carbon Data Centers (Featured Blog)</title>
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		<link>https://circleid.com/posts20120604_hewlett_packard_other_companies_deploying_zero_carbon_data_centers</link>
		<description><![CDATA[I am pleased to see that several companies are starting to recognize that building zero carbon data centers is a more sustainable direction rather than focusing on energy efficiency (i.e. PUE). As China, India and the rest of the developing world starts to deploy data centers, GHG emissions will continue to increase in portion to the number of data centers regardless of the PUE. But building zero carbon data centers powered only by renewable energy means that as the world deploys many more hundreds of data centers, GHG emissions will remain virtually unaltered and close to zero. <a href="https://circleid.com/posts20120604_hewlett_packard_other_companies_deploying_zero_carbon_data_centers">More...</a>]]></description>
		<dc:date>2026-04-13T11:34:00-07:00</dc:date>
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		<title> IXPs and CDNs Critical to the Future of Competitive Broadband Internet (Featured Blog)</title>
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		<link>https://circleid.com/posts20120510_ixps_cdns_critical_to_the_future_of_competitive_broadband_internet</link>
		<description><![CDATA[We continue to see consolidation in the broadband market and various games played by the cablecos and telcos to thwart competition or undermine network neutrality. Until regulators create true structural separation between infrastructure and service providers the chances of seeing genuine broadband competition are slim. It is interesting to note telecom regulators in North America have imposed structural separation in the past. <a href="https://circleid.com/posts20120510_ixps_cdns_critical_to_the_future_of_competitive_broadband_internet">More...</a>]]></description>
		<dc:date>2026-04-13T11:34:00-07:00</dc:date>
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		<title> Software Defined Networks and Integration of Wifi with 3G/4G for R&E Networks (Featured Blog)</title>
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		<link>https://circleid.com/posts20120508_software_defined_networks_and_integration_of_wifi_with_3g_4g</link>
		<description><![CDATA[A number of R&amp;E networks such as SURFnet, JANET, AARnet, etc. are actively promoting mobile services and looking at integration of campus Wifi with 3G/4G networks using Eduroam. Mobile wireless services promises to be major service offering for R&amp;E networks as the Internet of Things and Machine to Machine (M2M) becomes increasingly critical for research. Applications such as personal medical devices on (or in) the body, environmental sensors, traffic monitors and even garbage truck tracking will need such networks. <a href="https://circleid.com/posts20120508_software_defined_networks_and_integration_of_wifi_with_3g_4g">More...</a>]]></description>
		<dc:date>2026-04-13T11:34:00-07:00</dc:date>
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		<title> 7 Reasons Why R&E Networks and Universities Are Critical to Future of Broadband (Featured Blog)</title>
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		<link>https://circleid.com/posts20120230_7_reasons_why_re_networks_universities_critical_for_broadband</link>
		<description><![CDATA[There has been considerable discussion about the future of broadband in terms of infrastructure i.e. fiber, wireless, community owned etc. However, there has been little discussion, to borrow a phrase from Internet 2, on Net+ broadband services. It is in the Net+ services where I think R&amp;E networks can play a critical in helping communities and small commercial ISPs deploy advanced services and applications that will provide new business models to underwrite the costs of next generation broadband. <a href="https://circleid.com/posts20120230_7_reasons_why_re_networks_universities_critical_for_broadband">More...</a>]]></description>
		<dc:date>2026-04-13T11:34:00-07:00</dc:date>
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		<title> Why R&E Networks Should Be Aware of the CDN Interconnect Initiative (CDNI) (Featured Blog)</title>
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		<link>https://circleid.com/posts20120330_why_research_networks_must_be_aware_of_cdn_interconnect_initiative</link>
		<description><![CDATA[At the recent IETF meeting there has been considerable discussion about interconnection of Content Delivery Networks. A lot of this is being driven unfortunately by the incumbent telco/cableco's who never understood CDN in the first place, and now want to assert control over this critical new Internet architecture, much in the same way that they want to take control over open WiFi hot spots as part of an integration strategy with their 3G/4G networks. <a href="https://circleid.com/posts20120330_why_research_networks_must_be_aware_of_cdn_interconnect_initiative">More...</a>]]></description>
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		<title> Critical Role for R&E Networks+Commercial Clouds in US Government "Big Data" Initiative (Featured Blog)</title>
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		<link>https://circleid.com/posts20120329_critical_role_for_research_networks_commercial_clouds</link>
		<description><![CDATA[It is great to see US and European governments undertake initiatives to promote the development of research into Big Data utilizing commercial clouds. Many cloud providers are offering free resources to support these initiatives. R&amp;E networks will play a critical role in linking researchers to the commercial clouds and developing collaboration platforms and portals. <a href="https://circleid.com/posts20120329_critical_role_for_research_networks_commercial_clouds">More...</a>]]></description>
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		<title> Europe to Deploy Commercial Clouds to Support Big Science (Featured Blog)</title>
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		<link>https://circleid.com/posts20120302_europe_to_deploy_commercial_clouds_to_support_big_science</link>
		<description><![CDATA[It is good to see Europe take an important leadership role in recognizing the critical contribution that commercial cloud providers can play in providing solutions for big science through their recent Helix Nebula -- the Science Cloud announcement. It is estimated that 1/3 of the science applications running on expensive HPC facilities could easily run on commercial clouds, freeing up these facilities to focus on true high computational problems. <a href="https://circleid.com/posts20120302_europe_to_deploy_commercial_clouds_to_support_big_science">More...</a>]]></description>
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		<title> Green IT Revolutionizing UK Cyber-Infrastructure via Networks, Cloud, Outsourcing, Finan. Incentives (Featured Blog)</title>
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		<link>https://circleid.com/posts20120210_green_it_revolutionizing_uk_cyber_infrastructure_networks_cloud</link>
		<description><![CDATA[As readers of my blogs may know I have long argued that advances in research and education through cyber-infrastructure (or eInfrastructure) can be largely justified, if not entirely paid for through the energy savings of using clouds, networks or outsourcing. But a big impediment in adopting cyber-infrastructure in most jurisdictions is the lack of financial incentives. The energy savings of cyber-infrastructure are usually earned by the facilities or estates department or rarely based on to researchers and educators. <a href="https://circleid.com/posts20120210_green_it_revolutionizing_uk_cyber_infrastructure_networks_cloud">More...</a>]]></description>
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