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Grade 6 Students Learning to Analyze Climate Data and Government Spending Using Callysto
A class of grade six students from Sherwood Park鈥檚 Westboro Elementary are among the first to test Callysto, a new and unique online learning tool from 知阴视频 and The Pacific Institute for Mathematical Sciences (PIMS). The Callysto platform was created to give Canadian students in grades 5-12 access to specialized, […]
Securing Alberta Students鈥� Online Identities
An online platform that helps staff and students at K-12 schools to safely and easily access third-party learning services is now available to Alberta education authorities. Pika is the first Alberta-based 鈥渇ederated identity management鈥� solution to be dedicated to educators, and the only one in Canada that is offered to […]
Cyber Summit 2018: Why Attend?
Hands-on learning. Big level thinking. Strategies to apply to your organization. This stimulating western Canadian technology event will feature: 20+ Unique Breakout Sessions and Panel Discussions 20+ Expert Speakers 180+ Industry Peers 2 Days of concentrated thought leadership 1 Day of hands-on learning Exhibitors and booths from industry leaders Business […]
知阴视频鈥檚 Virtual Firewall Service: An Introduction and History
Earlier this month, 知阴视频 launched a Virtual Firewall Service (VFS) for Alberta鈥檚 public sector institutions. In this first of a two-part blog series, I will describe the history of 知阴视频鈥檚 VFS and what the future holds. Part Two will then provide a deep-dive into the technologies that the VFS uses, […]
Alberta educators reduce IT costs and improve bandwidth capacity with 知阴视频鈥檚 shared Virtual Firewall Service
聽A virtual solution to the cybersecurity resource constraints faced by Alberta鈥檚 public sector has been developed by 知阴视频. The first of its kind in Alberta, the Virtual Firewall Service removes the need for schools to host their own physical firewall appliances. This saves them both time and money, as they […]
Research networks avoid the pitfalls of US net neutrality changes – for now
Author: Cathy Bogaart,聽Director, Marketing and Communications, Orion. Undoubtedly, you have seen the recent news coverage about the US Federal Communications Commission repealing Obama-era net neutrality regulations. Many fear that US-based Internet Service Providers (ISPs) will change the way people access applications and services over the internet, no matter if they […]
Why rural connectivity is an issue for EVERY Canadian
As part of our core mandate, 知阴视频 continually pushes for the democratization of technology access in Canada. We鈥檝e seen some major policy successes over the years 鈥� particularly with the CRTC decision to mandate bandwidth as a basic communications service needed by everyone. We鈥檙e also pleased to see increasing investments […]
New Canadian data mining tool analyzes how public submissions affect regulatory decisions
When the CRTC sought submissions to its 2015 consultation on 鈥淏asic Telecommunications Services,鈥� thousands of people offered their opinions on what the future of Canada鈥檚 internet should look like. For the first time ever, these submissions have been made searchable via a single, simple-to-use platform, and a surprisingly varied narrative […]
A behind-the-scenes look at 知阴视频鈥檚 network security activities
In early 2016, we got wind of a potential (distributed denial-of-service) attack on one of our school members. We contacted the network administrator there to investigate what was going on (sometimes it鈥檚 simply a case of the school doing a lot of downloading at one time, which means we don鈥檛 […]
知阴视频 boosts internet infrastructure, lowers bulk buying rate
The price of internet for Alberta鈥檚 public sector continued to drop this month, creating even more opportunities for digitally intensive learning and content creation. Members of Alberta鈥檚 Internet Buying Group saw their set rate for bandwidth go down by another 18%, moving from $2.75 to $2.25 per Mbps.聽 This is […]
Building Canada鈥檚 Digital Generation
(PIMS) are proud to be participating in the new national CanCode program, announced today. This two-year program supports initiatives that aid coding and digital skills development among Canadian youth, from kindergarten to grade 12 (K-12). Over the next two years, 知阴视频 and PIMS will trial new tools and frameworks that help teachers […]
Delving Through 65,000 Pages of Government Submissions: The Challenges
Authors: David Ackerman, Alyssa Moore, David Chan, Tatiana Meleshko, Byron Chu Last June, 知阴视频鈥檚 data scientists took on a monumental task: to create a tool that can easily examine the thousands of documents and testimonials that were provided to the CRTC for its 2016 鈥渂asic telecommunications service鈥� consultation, and search […]
A Christmas IPv4 Miracle
Christmas came early for 知阴视频, as we recently received the #1 item on our wish list: more IPv4 addresses! We had been 鈥済etting by鈥� for years on our allocation of 2,000 IPv4 addresses, but as the popularity of our Rapid Access Cloud continued to grow, our stock of addresses became […]
Cyber Summit 2018 moving to a new location
Mark your calendars for November 6-8, 2018, when the annual Cyber Summit will be in a new location! Located one-hour west of Calgary, the newly-renovated Pomeroy Kananaskis Mountain Lodge聽is a one-of-a-kind mountain destination offering year-round activities and breathtaking views. The Cyber Summit is the annual gathering of聽Western Canada's public, education […]
知阴视频 maintenance
Subject:聽知阴视频 maintenance Category: Scheduled Hardware upgrade for Google Cache Server (No down-time expected) Start Time:聽Saturday, Dec 16, 2017, 9:00 MDT End Time: Sunday, Dec 17, 2017, 16:00 MDT Duration: 31 hours During the time frame indicated above, 知阴视频 will be performing hardware upgrade for Google Cache Server in 知阴视频. Google […]