ESnet Awards and Honors
2012
InformationWeek’s Top 10 Government IT Innovators
For the second time in four years, ESnet was named one of the year’s top government IT innovators by InformationWeek Government magazine. In late 2012, the magazine announced its top 15 innovators in government IT, with ESnet cited for its new 100 gigabit-per-second nationwide network funded as the Advanced Networking Initiative and launched into full production in November 2012. Read More.
ESnet5 Deployment Team Named as “Fierce” Innovators
The ESnet5 Deployment Team, charged with rolling out the 100-Gigabit-per-second national network that entered production in November, was named to the first annual "Fierce 15" list of the top federal employees and teams who have done particularly innovative things. The list was announced Nov. 27 by Fierce Government, a newsletter covering the U.S. government.
2011
ESnet Receives Two Internet2 IDEA Awards
Two ESnet projects received IDEA (Internet2 Driving Exemplary Applications) awards in Internet2’s 2011 annual competition for innovative network applications that have had the most positive impact and potential for adoption within the research and education community. Internet2 recognized OSCARS (On-Demand Secure Circuits and Advance Reservation System), developed by the ESnet team led by Chin Guok, including Evangelos Chaniotakis, Andrew Lake, Eric Pouyoul and Mary Thompson. Contributing partners included Internet2, USC ISI and DANTE. ESnet’s MAVEN (Monitoring and Visualization of Energy consumed by Networks) proof of concept application was also recognized with an IDEA award in the student category. Read more.
ESnet Invited to Join GreenTouch Consortium
ESnet has been invited to join GreenTouch™, a global industry initiative dedicated to dramatically improving the energy efficiency of information and communications technology (ICT) networks by a factor of 1,000. ESnet will collaborate with existing GreenTouch members to research and invent technologies that will enable more energy-efficient networks, plus create the network architecture, specifications and roadmaps that will define them. Read more.
ESnet's OSCARS Receives University of California Larry L. Sautter Award Honorable Mention
ESnet’s On-Demand Secure Circuits and Reservation System (OSCARS) was selected for honorable mention in the 2011 Larry L. Sautter Award Program by the University of California Information Technology Leadership Council. The Larry L. Sautter Award was established in 2000 to encourage and recognize innovative deployment of information technology in support of the University of California's mission of teaching, research, public service and patient care. The Sautter Award honors projects developed by faculty and staff in any department at the 10 UC campuses, the UC Office of the President (UCOP), and Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (Berkeley Lab). Read more.
2009
InformationWeek’s Top 10 Government IT Innovators
ESnet, the U.S. Department of Energy's Energy Sciences Network, a high-speed network linking tens of thousands of researchers around the nation, was honored as one of Top 10 Government IT Innovators by InformationWeek. Read more.
ESnet Receives Excellence.Gov Award
ESnet was honored with a 2009 Excellence.Gov award for its achievements in leveraging technology. Read more.
