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21st
Century
REGIONAL
INTERNETWORKING
CENTER
Benefiting
our communities with
Shared
technology assets for
multipoint videoconferencing
Linking
Western New Yorkers to each
other and the world
Delivering
Education, Healthcare and
Government Services
Jane
Goodall
“Connecting
WNY to the World
… Bringing the World to WNY”
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COMMUNITY BENEFITS
Provides
Direct Access for Collaboration
and
Partnerships among Contributors
from Education, Government and
Healthcare.
Serves
as a Model and Catalyst to find
Regional Solutions to Complex
Obstacles in
Future WNY Projects.
Promotes
the distribution of Distance
Learning Courses including Healthcare
and
Workforce Development courses to
Underserved Regions in
WNY.
Offers
more robust Technology through the
sharing of Equipment, Maintenance and
Technical Support than could be
Afforded by Individual Members.
Enhances
Public Safety through Regional
Training, Continuing Education, and
Terrorism
Preparedness.
Advances
Great Lakes Environmental
Education within the Region and across
the Continent.
Affords
Communication across Geographic
Areas and among numerous Agencies.
Allows access to Internet2 for greater ease in
Transmission of Videoconferencing.
Places
WNY on the Leading Edge of
Collaborative Video Technologies.
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WESTERN
NEW YORK
PARTNERSHIP for
REGIONAL
INTERNETWORKING
With a vision for regionalism
and improving our community, the WNY Partnership for Regional Internetworking (WNYPRI) was formed from the WNY High Performance Network Video Initiative,
founded in 1995. Today the consortium represents over 30 public and non-profit
organizations from across Western New York. The MISSON of the
consortium is to advocate for
improvements to the regional network infrastructure that allow for high quality videoconferencing and
other large bandwidth applications.
WNYPRI members were faced with
an immediate problem involving the duplication of expensive and highly
technical multipoint videoconferencing equipment including the need for trained
expertise to support that equipment. The proposed 21st Century Regional Internetworking Center is an
ideal solution, which will bring live interactive video to multiple points
simultaneously in support of high quality applications for education,
healthcare and government services, creating the regional on-ramps to the
information superhighway.
Visit: http://wny-hpnvi.buffalo.edu/wny-
hpnvi/webs/PRIwg/index.html |
