MAX and BYTEGRID Partner to Deliver High-Speed Cyberplatform for Life Sciences Research Community in Mid-Atlantic Region

Posted on September 25, 2014 by MAX

100-Gigabit Network to Provide Ultra-High Performance and Throughput Required by Research and Higher Education Communities

COLLEGE PARK, MD (September 25, 2014) — Mid-Atlantic Crossroads (MAX), a multi-state optical transport network operated by the University of Maryland, and BYTEGRID Holdings LLC, a provider of multi-tenant data centers, today announced a strategic partnership that will leverage the resources of both organizations to provide an advanced cyberinfrastructure platform serving the research and education (R&E) community across the mid-Atlantic region.

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MAX-Fujitsu Field Trial Successfully Records 400 Gbps and 800 Gbps Networking Speed, Reveals Bright Future for Terabit Networking Capabilities

Posted on March 6, 2014 by MAX

COLLEGE PARK, MD (March 6, 2014) – Mid-Atlantic Crossroads (MAX), in conjunction with Fujitsu Network Communications, Inc., announced today the successful transmission of data at rates of 400 Gbps and 800 Gbps over MAX’s optical network from Baltimore, MD, to McLean, VA, during a field trial based in College Park, MD. The week-long trial, which is the first ever to demonstrate Fujitsu’s new super-channel capabilities on a deployed network, showed that MAX will be able to provide a 400 Gbps-capable … Read More »

MAX Unveils Part Two of Double HELIX PoP at Johns Hopkins University Montgomery County Campus

Posted on December 18, 2013 by MAX

COLLEGE PARK, MD (December 17, 2013) – Mid-Atlantic Crossroads (MAX) announces the addition of a second point of presence (PoP) under the Double HELIX (Health, Education, Life Sciences, and Internet eXchange) family, located at the Johns Hopkins University Montgomery County Campus in Rockville, Maryland. Like its predecessor at the Institute for Bioscience and Biotechnology Research, the new PoP offers high-speed big data transfer services through a 100 Gbps-capable networking infrastructure to the surrounding life sciences research … Read More »

MAX Awarded NSF and GENI Grants to Expand High-Performance Network

Posted on September 18, 2013 by MAX

COLLEGE PARK, MD (September 18, 2013) – Mid-Atlantic Crossroads (MAX) was recently awarded more than $900,000 as the result of two separate grant proposals, which were submitted to the National Science Foundation (NSF) and the Global Environment for Network Innovations (GENI) Project Office respectively. Both awards will take effect on October 1, 2013, and the funds will be allocated over the next two years. The awards will enable growth of MAX’s research and high-performance networking infrastructure, which facilitates big science … Read More »