Internet 2

Mission

Facilitate and coordinate the development, deployment, operation and technology transfer of advanced, network-based applications and network services to further U.S. leadership in research and higher education and accelerate the availability of new services and applications on the Internet.

Goals

• Enable a new generation of applications
• Recreate a leading edge research and education network capability
• Transfer new capabilities to the global production Internet

SOURCE: http://www.internet2.edu