Serving Public Universities, Private Colleges & Community Colleges
KeystoneREN is a collaborative community of education, healthcare, economic development, libraries, government and public media organizations that utilize the high-performance Research and Education Network. By offering essential services and exceptional member support, KeystoneREN will help your institution 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 educational 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, educational institutions can achieve far more together than they can alone.
Why Higher Education Loves KeystoneREN
- Assures campuses have a world class broadband connection that enables services ranging from connecting to Internet2 to non-interrupted, buffer-free video streaming.
- Connects entities for teaching, research and development-based collaboration.
- Provides an opportunity to aggregate services for members at affordable costs.
- Provides access to affordable technology and services.
- Facilitates professional development and helps professors to engage in professional learning communities and access new educational resources such as curriculum cadres and educational portals.
Making the Difference in Research
- Enables the exchange of large volumes of data quickly and provides immediate, on demand solutions for extreme data demands.
- Provides access to specialized national and international resources, such as world-class equipment and specialized data sets.
- Enables access to high performance computing at partner institutions.
- Helps professors collaborate more on research and education projects over a distance, such as overseas collaborations.
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 KINBER Member Exchange.
Interested in accessing these services? Contact us [email protected] for more information.