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GLORIAD Network Infrastructure
The GLORIAD network "infrastructure" connects users at very high speeds, such as 10 Gbps. The network is open to all noncommercial use across political boundaries. Monitoring data flow ensures mutual "cybersecurity." Applications and databases from disparate sources can interact across the network through the help of "grid middleware." The system enables "global collaboration": researchers--the end users--may share data, instrumentation and processing power.
This image accompanied NSF press release, "NSF's Cyber-network Now Expands Across the Northern Hemisphere and Connects Half the Globe."
Credit: Zina Deretsky, National Science Foundation
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