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NIHnet News


The purpose of this page is to provide updates on NIHnet engineering initiatives, network upgrades, service enhancements, and similar topics.

Our goal is to offer information that is accessible to all staff while we also include some technical details targeted towards our colleagues within the IT community.

In FY 2008,  the Network Engineering Branch provided support for more than 2,260 devices comprised a single system that supported 30,000+ users and $28 billion in scientific research.Notable statistcis included:

  • 522 Change Management Tasks
  • 22,524 Internet Firewall Updates
  • 1,051,286 VPN Sessions
  • 240,155 Wireless Sessions
  • 22,362 Total Enabled ENS ports
  • 60+ individuals comprised a single branch that supported 30,000+ users and $28 billion in scientific research
  • The Fernwood move
  • Change Control v2
  • IPv6 Testing

2009 goals include:


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This page last reviewed: March 02, 2009