SOURCE: Triangle Business Journal (Raleigh−Durham, NC) AUDIENCE: 2,416,947 [provided by Nielsen//NetRatings] DATE: 04−27−2012 HEADLINE: MCNC finishes first phase of Golden LEAF Rural Broadband Initiative Source Website MCNC finishes first phase of Golden LEAF Rural Broadband Initiative PR Newswire RESEARCH TRIANGLE PARK, N.C., April 27, 2012 Non−profit operator of NCREN is almost a year ahead of schedule; hosting live Twitter Town Hall today RESEARCH TRIANGLE PARK, N.C.,April 27, 2012/PRNewswire−USNewswire/ −−A, MCNC today announced the first round of the $144 million Golden LEAF Rural Broadband Initiative (GLRBI) is complete.A, All broadband fiber associated with this phase of the project is now active and serving Community Anchor Institutions (CAIs) including K−12 schools, universities, community colleges, health care facilities, public health facilities, libraries, research institutions, and other sectors of CAIs in western and southeastern North Carolina. Through first−phase commercial partner FRC LLC, which invested $4 million into the project, fiber is now available to serve commercial businesses and last−mile consumer broadband needs in these same regions. The GLRBI is funded through grants from U.S. Department of Commerce's Broadband Technology Opportunities Program(BTOP) and significant matching funds from private donations and investments including a $24 million investment from the Golden LEAF Foundation. Once complete through two phases, the GLRBI will greatly expand the reach and capacity of the North Carolina Research and Education Network (NCREN) in the state. This first phase of the project already is having a positive impact on student learning, patient outcomes in health care, economic outcomes in job creation and community development, and is accelerating innovation and research all across the state, said MCNC President and CEO Joe Freddoso. Our goal is to continue creating infrastructure that meets the advanced needs of research, education, and health care while stabilizing costs to consumers and small businesses in areas where affordable broadband currently isn't available. Since the project began, all North Carolina Community Colleges have been connected to NCREN; the video services infrastructure on the network was upgraded;East Carolina University received a 10gig network upgrade and now serves as a hub for most of eastern North Carolina; the National Climatic Data Center in Asheville now has a 10gig connection, Vidant Medical Center in Pitt County became the first not−for−profit hospital connected to the N.C. Telehealth Network via NCREN, and finally, spending on engineering and construction attributed to the project has created and/or saved hundreds of jobs throughout the state. To celebrate this achievement, MCNC will host its first online Twitter Town Hall today (Friday, April 27) at 11 a.m. EDT and will answer questions about the GLRBI and expansion of broadband connectivity in North Carolina live at www.mcnc.org/btop/townhall. This online−only event is an invitation from MCNC for anyone to participate in an open exchange about the project, its impacts, and future trends concerning networking and the rising need for bandwidth. Questions will be selected both in advance and in real−time during the event. To have your voice heard, tweet in questions using the hashtag#askMCNC. You can track the conversation three ways by watching the event live, follow live tweets from@MCNC or@GLRBI, or search out#askMCNC on Twitter. MCNC received federal approval to begin the second phase of the GLRBI in June 2011. Since that time, MCNC has mobilized efforts and made significant progress on this portion of the project, which is 1
three−times the size of the first phase. The total of new miles spanning both projects is currently 2,604. The routes for Round 1 as engineered represent 904 newly−operational miles of which 414 miles are new construction. All Round 1 fiber is now lit and placed into service. The routes for Round 2 as engineered represent 1,700 total miles, of which 1,338 are new construction and 362 are being obtained and/or leased via indefeasible rights of use (IRU) or existing fiber is being upgraded. As of today, 595 miles of new conduit has been built along the Round 2 project route, 292 miles of fiber has been deployed within that conduit, and nearly 307 miles of dark fiber have been obtained via IRUs. The participating vendors and contractors who worked on Round 1 include: Fiber Technologies for construction/installation of fiber in western North Carolina;A, Globe Communications for construction/installation of fiber in the southeast; Comtech for all the fiber splicing related to this portion of the project;A, Cisco Systems for providing the Cisco ONS 15454 Optical Design Network Solution; CommScope for supplying all fiber−optic cable and materials; and ONUG Communications for engineering design, project planning, and related services. All vendors and contractors associated with Round 1 project are either North Carolina−based or have strong N.C. presence. To date, the overall project has been a $73 million infusion of spending with private engineering, materials manufacturing, and optical equipment manufacturers, construction companies in addition to acquiring fiber segments from telecommunications, cable companies, and electric membership cooperatives. All construction for the GLRBI is to be complete by 2013. Additional Quotes MCNC's goal in seeking private funds and NTIA BTOP matching funds was to provide our Community Anchor Institution users of NCREN a network that would scale to rapidly increasing bandwidth demand at stable costs. Today, with the completion of the first phase of the Golden LEAF Rural Broadband Initiative, we move a significant step closer to that goal. Mike Murphy Chairman of the MCNC Board of Directors In carrying out its three−part mission of teaching, research and outreach, the University of North Carolina is increasingly reliant on technology and broadband infrastructure. These critical upgrades and the expansion of the North Carolina Research and Education Network will help ensure that our UNC campuses have the digital infrastructure required to scale to our future needs. Every sector of education in the state will benefit from this important investment. Tom Ross President of the University of North Carolina The future of North Carolina through improved access to education, better healthcare and robust economic development is enhanced with the completion of the first phase of the Golden LEAF Rural Broadband Initiative.A, We can only imagine today the innovation and economic growth that will occur in the future due to the expansion of this infrastructure that allows the great minds of North Carolina to collaborate with the world. Governor Bev Perdue
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State of North Carolina By 2015, Internet video is projected to be 62 percent of consumer Internet traffic and the number of devices connected to IP networks will be twice as high as the global population. A robust and intelligent network is essential to keeping up with the exponentially increasing demand for access by students, consumers, businesses and organizations in North Carolina and across the world. Edward D. Paradise Vice President for Cisco's Global Government Solutions Group and RTP Site Executive Cisco Systems The potential impact of this project on our region's healthcare system can be tremendous. From helping address healthcare disparities in rural areas to addressing the growing physician shortage, this investment comes at a pivotal time in the transformation of our region's and nation's healthcare system. Broadband will serve as the underlying infrastructure for the health information technology that has the potential to improve health care outcomes and control costs. Edward J. Macko Director and CTO, Healthcare & Life Sciences Solutions IBM CommScope has been involved in this project since the first shovel went into the ground in two years ago. We are excited that the first phase of this project is completed because it has the potential to provide tremendous, long−lasting benefits to our state's residents. CommScope is proud to be part of several broadband initiatives around the country, bringing high−speed networks to rural and underserved communities. MCNC and its efforts to expand the North Carolina Research and Education Network through the Golden LEAF Rural Broadband Initiative is just one great example. Ric Johnsen Senior Vice President of Broadband CommScope (CommScope, based in Hickory, N.C., was selected by MCNC to provide materials for both project phases) From the beginning, the MCNC team knew we needed great collaborators to successfully implement the BTOP project.A, CommScope, ONUG, Cisco, K&L Gates, FiberTech, Comtech,A, Globe Communications, the Office of Governor Bev Perdue, the North Carolina General Assembly, the North Carolina Congressional Delegation, the N.C. Institute for Minority Economic Development, NCDOT, and NCDENR are just a few of the key organizations that joined the MCNC staff in leading this phase of the project to a successful completion.A, Tommy Jacobson MCNC Vice President of Network Initiatives and Chief NCREN Architect MCNC & NCREN Community MCNC is an independent, non−profit corporation. MCNC's main focus is to operate the North Carolina 3
Research and Education Network (NCREN). For a more than a quarter century, NCREN continues to provide advanced Intranet and Internet connectivity to a constantly expanding number of Community Anchor Institutions throughout North Carolina. Today's users of NCREN include all 17 institutions of the University of North Carolina System, all 58 North Carolina Community Colleges, all 115 K−12 public school districts as well as a growing number of K−12 charter and private schools, the majority of the state's private colleges and universities, several non−profit and public health care facilities, and a number of the state's premier research institutions. NCREN also serves as the Internet gateway network for all state employees. MCNC currently is working on a $144 million expansion of NCREN scheduled to be completed by summer 2013. This initiative has been labeled the Golden LEAF Rural Broadband Initiative. Visit www.mcnc.org or follow@MCNC or@GLRBI. About Golden LEAF Rural Broadband Initiative MCNC currently is working on a $144 million expansion of NCREN scheduled to be completed by 2013. This initiative has been labeled the Golden LEAF Rural Broadband Initiative (GLRBI). To fund this expansion, MCNC applied for and received two U.S. Department of Commerce Broadband Technology Opportunities Program (BTOP) awards totaling $104 million. In addition, MCNC raised $40 million in private matching funds as required by the BTOP program. MCNC's sources of matching funds included $24 million from the Golden LEAF Foundation,$8 million from the MCNC Endowment,$4 million from private−sector wholesale telecommunications company FRC, and an estimated $4 million through donations of land and existing conduit from individual community colleges, universities, and others including the Albemarle Pamlico Economic Development Corporation. No direct funding from the State of North Carolina was required. MCNC estimates this project will create or save 2,500 engineering, construction, and manufacturing jobs in the state. Both MCNC awards are a part of a coordinated strategy developed by the Office of North Carolina Governor Bev Perdue, the N.C. Office of Economic Recovery & Investment, and e−NC Authority to improve broadband access for businesses and residents in underserved areas. Once all work is complete, the two rounds of BTOP infrastructure have the potential to serve directly, or through MCNC partnerships with private−sector service providers, more than 1,500 community anchor institutions, 180,000 businesses, and reach more than 300,000 underserved families. About The Golden LEAF Foundation The Golden LEAF Foundation is a nonprofit organization established in 1999 to help transform North Carolina's economy. The foundation receives one−half of North Carolina's funds from the 1998 Master Settlement Agreement with cigarette manufacturers and places special emphasis on assisting tobacco−dependent, economically distressed and/or rural communities across the state. The Golden LEAF Foundation works in partnership with governmental entities, educational institutions, economic development organizations and nonprofits to achieve its mission. The foundation has awarded 1,096 grants worth over $490 million since its inception. To learn more about applying for a grant, visit www.goldenleaf.org or call (888) 684.8404.A, Editorial Contacts MCNC Communications Hotline: (919) 248.4105 Noah Garrett, NGC Communications, on behalf of MCNC: (252) 423.1277 or press@mcnc.org Source: MCNC The information on this page is provided by PR Newswire. All rights reserved.
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By RICK SMITH, WRAL Tech Wire Editor The Skinny blog is written by Rick Smith, editor and co-founder of WRAL Tech Wire and business editor of WRAL.com. RESEARCH TRIANGLE PARK, N.C. – More than 40 companies, from startups to global power players, are in the running to receive one or more of five corporate awards in WRAL Tech Wire's first "Full Steam Ahead Awards," a salute to North Carolina's tech and life science industries or companies using tech to help recreate the way they do business. Our panel of judges (entrepreneurs, executives, investors – i.e. people who really know the business) have made their nominations, and the winners will be announced next Thursday, May 24, at Fullsteam Brewery in Durham. We are playing off a full-steam railroad theme, and here are the corporate nominees: I. The Express – Non-stop on way to success Appia EMC SAS Red Hat LabCorp Windsor Circle ShoeBoxed Bandwidth.com Sensus Argyle Social ShareFile (recently acquired) iContact (recently acquired) II. The Turnaround – (The railroad turntable, turning engines around to run in opposite direction) – A rebuilt, refocused or restructured company Metabolon Advanced Liquid Logic BioAgilytix
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ShareFile SciQuest Lenovo SpringMetrics Charles & Colvard III. The Golden Spike - A solid, grind-it-out day-to-day company Railinc Bronto ChannelAdvisor Reverb Nation Cree Relevance SAS Red Hat Quintiles Geomagic Two Toasters IV. The Subway – A company emerging from stealth mode or relative obscurity Xanofi EvoApp Bandwidth.com 519 Games Fitsistant ShareFile Plotwatt Valencell Two Toasters Semprius BoostSuite Bronto
V. Riding The Third Rail – A company achieving success on a deadly “third rail” where other companies have tried and failed Bandwidth.com Appia Netsertive MCNC For nominees in 10 individual award categories, read here. Be sure to come to the party, which also will celebrate the 10th anniversary of WRAL Tech Wire. There's no charge to attend, but you need to register and space is limited. Hope to see you there!
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By RICK SMITH, WRAL Tech Wire Editor The Skinny blog is written by Rick Smith, editor and co-founder of WRAL Tech Wire and business editor of WRAL.com. DURHAM, N.C. – Dr. Charles Hamner, the "biodad" of North Carolina's growing biotechnology industry, and Epic Games stole the spotlight at WRAL Tech Wire's first "Full Steam Ahead Awards" Thursday night. Dr. Hamner, a driving force behind North Carolina's becoming the third largest biotech cluster in the U.S., received two honors - the only person to do so. ("Biodad" or "biofather" is The Skinny's nickname for Dr. Hamner. The late James Graham was North Carolina's "sodfather" in agriculture, so The Skinny came up with a nickname that Dr. Hamner told us he does enjoy.) First, he received a lifetime achievement award. Jane Smith Patterson, the longtime director of e-NC, former science advisor to Gov. Jim Hunt and a tireless visionary who helped bring broadband access to North Carolina, also received the achievement award. Later, Hamner received the "Yardmaster" honor for his visionary leadership in the state as the long-time chief executive officer at the N.C. Biotechnology Center, his continuing role as an advisor to state and industry leaders, and also his efforts to expand The Hamner Institutes in RTP. Epic Games, meanwhile, received two honors. Dr. Michael Capps, Epic's president, and Tim Sweeney, the company's CEO, chairman and technical director, shared the "Engineer" award, which went to the top CEO as nominated by a panel of independent judges from the Triangle's entrepreneurial community. Capps, Sweeney and their team have built Epic into one of the world's top video game companies with its "Unreal," "Gears of War" and "Infinity Blade" franchises. Epic also has created a series of videogame engines, called Unreal, which is used across all major game platforms and by companies around the globe. Unreal also is being used for virtual reality training. Their Gears franchise alone has produced more than $1 billion in sales.
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Epic's other award went to Cliff Bleszinski, who shared the "Inventor" award with Dr. Joseph DeSimone, who teaches at both UNC-Chapel Hill and N.C. State when not discovering inventions and launching new companies. Bleszinski is the creative director at Epic where his task is to invent and create new universes for game play. An overflow crowd of more than 250 people packed the Fullsteam Brewery for the event, which was a salute the best companies and technology leadership North Carolina has to offer. We played off a train theme, thus the "Full Steam" name, and every award winner received an engineer's hat. Why railroads? Well, they were America's original broadband. Special Recognition Because immigrants played such a key role in the building of the transcontinental railroad, we chose to recognize to immigrants to America who became successful entrepreneurs - true examples of living the American Dream. Ping Fu, the chairman and CEO of 3-D software firm Geomagic Vivek Wadhwa, now a professor at Duke and Stanford as well as a widely published columnist FULL STEAM WINNERS INDIVIDUALS The other winners: People's Choice Award Troy Tolle, co-founder and chief technology officer at educational software firm Infinity Learning Solutions, sped all the way from Atlanta to Durham to receive the People's Choice award. Tolle edged past Joe Carr, chief executive officer at solar energy firm Semprius. However, Carr did not go home empty handed. Semprius did receive the Subway award as the emerging tech success story. The Mogul Jim Goodmon and Capitol Broadcasting The Conductor Jim Goodnight, SAS The Engineer (shared) Dr. Michael Capps and Tim Sweeney, Epic Games The Fireman David Spitz, ChannelAdvisor
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The Brakeman Charlie Peters, Red Hat The Signalman Gail Roper, City of Raleigh The Rookie/top entrepreneur Jesse Lipson, Sharefile The Steward/Mentor Joan Siefert Rose and the Council for Entrepreneurial Development team The Yardmaster Dr. Charles Hamner, The Hamner Institutes The Inventor (tie) Dr. Joseph DeSimone, UNC and NCSU plus multiple companies Cliff Bleszinski, Epic Games CORPORATE WINNERS The Express – Non-stop on way to success: Appia The Turnaround – (The railroad turntable, turning engines around to run in opposite direction) – A rebuilt, refocused or restructured company: SciQuest The Golden Spike - A solid, grind-it-out day-to-day company: Bronto The Subway – A company emerging from stealth mode or relative obscurity: Semprius Riding The Third Rail – A company achieving success on a deadly “third rail” where other companies have tried and failed: MCNC
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By RICK SMITH, WRAL Tech Wire Editor The Skinny blog is written by Rick Smith, editor and co-founder of WRAL Tech Wire and business editor of WRAL.com. RESEARCH TRIANGLE PARK, N.C. – More than 150 tech entrepreneurs, executives, investors, advisors and leaders are in the running for the first "Full Steam Ahead Awards" from WRAL Tech Wire. We're playing off a railroad theme as we celebrate North Carolina's tech and life science industries as well as groups and organizations that support tech or utilize the latest in IT to transform their businesses. Our panel of judges (entrepreneurs, executives, investors – i.e. people who really know the business) will name winners in these categories: Mogul – Top investor/owner Conductor – Board chairman Engineer – CEO Fireman – COO (operations) Brakeman – CFO (spending) Signalman – CIO/CTO (technology/information) Rookie – Top entrepreneur Steward – Mentor/advisor to startups Yardmaster – Developer/visionary driving regional development and/or a type of technology Inventor – Creator/mastermind Without further delay, here are the nominees: I. THE MOGUL Jason Caplain, David Jones at Southern Capitol Ventures Steve Vanderwoude Marc Noel Jim Goodmon, Capitol Broadcasting Bruce Boehm Steve Wiehe, SciQuest
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Eric Boggs, Argyle James Avery, Adzerk Mike Doernberg, Reverb Nation Ping Fu, Geomagic Joe Freddoso, MCNC Joe Carr, Semprius Cindy Marshall, AT&T North Carolina Victoria Haynes, RTI Norris Tolson, NC Biotech Center Yang Yuanqing, Lenovo Bob Freedman, SimpleAuctionSite.com Joe Epperson, MaxPoint Chuck Swoboda, Cree IV. THE FIREMAN Alan Hughes, BCBSNC Tony Cockerham, Duke Net Communications David Spitz, ChannelAdvisor Chaz Felix, Bronto Software Tobi Walter, Shoeboxed Bob Pickens, Secure Enterprise Computing Tom Kurke, Geomagic Tom Jacobson, MCNC John Murdock, Bandwidth.com Vince Beese, Amadesa Scott Frederick, Automated Insights Marco Fregenal, EvoApp Earl Philmon, NDSL V.THE BRAKEMAN Bruce Bocher, Liquidia Ricky Ayers, Work Smart Dana Guzzo, Martin Marietta Tom Staab, Biocryst Richard Eisinstadt, Tranzyme Charlie Peters, Red Hat John Kuntzweil, Cree Pat Moody, MCNC Toby Walter, Shoeboxed Tim Grist, Charles & Covard VI. THE SIGNALMAN Rob Simora, Railinc Jim Baxley, Square 1 Bank
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Lee Congdon, Red Hat Jeff Stovall, City of Charlotte Gail Roper, City of Raleigh Ralph Kasuba, iContact Delisa Alexander, Red Hat Tim Sweeny, Epic Keith Collins, SAS Joe Davy, EvoApp Adam Covati, Argyle Social Nathaniel Talbot, Speedly Robert Hubbard, Reverb Nation VII. THE ROOKIE/TOP ENTREPRENEUR Dara Keatts and Jess Shorland, Pengo Loans Andrew Fu, Goodfit Jud Bowman, Appia Peter Bourne, James Avery, Adzerk Josh Whiton, Transloc Eric Boggs, Argyle Social Keith Shephard, Imangi Studios Matt Williamson, Windsor Circle Aaron Houghton, iContact and BoostSuite Jesse Lipton, ShareFile Ryan Allis, iContact Robbie Allen, Automated Insight VIII. THE STEWARD/MENTOR Chris Heavly and Dave Neal, Triangle Startup Factory Tom Miller, N.C. State Council for Entrepreneurial Development team Dhruv Patel, CED Charles Buenzli, CED Venture Mentoring Service Lee Buck Brian Handly, StepLeader Ken Romley, Zift Solutions Charles Buenzli, BlackBook Solutions Group Sean O’Leary, StrikeIron Steve Nelson, Wakefield Group Scot Wingo, ChannelAdvisor John Austin, Joystick Labs Bill Warner, Cary Innovation Center Andy Schwab, First Flight Venture Center IX. THE YARDMASTER
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Jim Whitehurst, Red Hat Pam Lewis, Venture AVL, Asheville Michael Goodmon, Capitol Broadcasting Keith Collins, SAS John Covan, 6Fusion Rick West, Advanced Liquid Logic Chris Heavly, Triangle Startup Factory Justin Gehtland, Relevance Software Merrette Moore Jason Caplain, Southern Capitol Ventures Adam Klein, Durham Chamber of Commerce Joe Procopio, Automated Insight and The Exit Event Robbie Allen. Automated Insight Joan Myers Jame Smith Patterson, formerly eNC Monica Doss, formerly CED Joe Freddoso, MCNC Charles Hamner, The Hamner Institutes Josh Whiton, Transloc X. THE INVENTOR Joe DeSimone, UNC and NCSU, multiple ventures Tom Dempsey, Sylvan Sport Ric Boucher Cliff Bleszinski, Epic Games Miles Palmer, 8 Rivers Capital Charles Hamner, The Hamner Institutes Matt Williamson Robbie Allen, Automated Insights Aaron Houghton, iContact and BoostSuite Jud Bowman, Appia For the five corporate award nominees, read here. So who will win? Join us Thursday, May 24, at the Fullsteam Brewery in Durham and find out. You need to register today. There's no charge - but space is limited. Finally, we also will have a “people’s choice” winner – someone nominated and selected by Tech Wire readers.
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