Serving State and Local Government
KeystoneREN is a collaborative community of education, research, healthcare, economic development, libraries, government and public media organizations that utilizes the high-performance Research and Education Network. By offering essential services and exceptional member support, KeystoneREN will help your government organization achieve its mission and goals through the ongoing discovery, application and transfer of new network technologies. Essentially, KeystoneREN provides access to connectivity, content, and collaboration.
KeystoneREN believes in the strength of a vibrant, collaborative community that can work with leading technology firms to address challenges of common interest for the common good. By connecting organizations, building relationships and sharing services, government and public safety organizations can achieve far more together than they can alone.
Network Engineering Expertise
KeystoneREN’s engineers are respected experts in the field and can provide customized configurations to link one office or multiple locations to Keystone REN. Whether it’s configuring BGP, IPv6, subnetting, or multicast, our networking team can find the right solution to meet the network needs of government and public safety organizations.
Cybersecurity Training and Workforce Development
Governmental organizations can benefit from KeystoneREN’s strategic partnerships with trusted security focused organizations and associations that are providing essential workforce development and professional training to enable a more cybersecurity aware workforce in Pennsylvania.
Why Government and Public Safety Organizations Love Keystone REN
- Enables access to essential network services like Disaster Recovery and colocation in world-class data centers, access to which result in a more efficient and cost-effective delivery of services.
- Provides an opportunity to aggregate services at affordable costs.
- Provides discounted training opportunities for government and public safety staff.
KeystoneREN’s High Speed High Capacity Network
The network provides next generation broadband to non-profit organizations across 47 counties of Pennsylvania. It enables value-added services like Ultra (4K) high-definition (UHD) video, telepresence or videoconferencing, and data sharing. The collaborative environment also provides opportunities for member institutions to share best practices, content and programs across the network and save costs using KMEX, the KeystoneREN Member Exchange.
Interested in accessing these services? Contact [email protected] for more information.