Internet2 is growing in Ann Arbor, and has recently received a $1.84 million boost from the National Institute of Standards and Technology.
The Ann Arbor-based member-owned technology community provides a collaborative environment for U.S. research and education organizations to solve common technology challenges, and to develop innovative solutions. It received the $1.84 million grant from the
National Institute of Standards and Technology for a two-year project to build privacy infrastructure and tools to help individuals preserve their privacy.
"As the Internet becomes robust and activity for more services becomes more in demand, privacy is going to become a bigger issue," says Todd Sedmak, public & media relations manager for
Internet2. "How does that work with say healthcare regulations or data collecting? How does that impact the individual user."
Internet2 has also grown its ranks in the last year, expanding to 60 employees. Many of those hires have been to the organization's executive ranks. It is also working on a number of other tech projects. It worked with the University of Michigan to establish its
Box.com program, a cloud service that allows staff and students at the university to share documents across campus.
"There is a lot of activity here," Sedmak says.
Source: Todd Sedmak, public & media relations manager for Internet2
Writer: Jon Zemke
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