Corporate Overview

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New Hampshire Cyber Infrastructure
AssessmentScott A. ValcourtDirector, Project
Management Consulting ServicesUniversity of
New Hampshire, Durham, NH
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NHs Existing Cyber Infrastructure

• Major Trunks from Boston area
• USNH-owned Equipment
• Leased Fibre from Verizon
• Regionally, were on the way

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NHs Existing Cyber Infrastructure

• USNH WAN
• UNH
• UNH at Manchester
• Keene State College
• Plymouth State University
• Granite State College
• Cooperative Extension

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Strengths

• Two Terminal Degree-granting Institutions of
  Higher Education
• Dartmouth College, Hanover, NH
• University of New Hampshire, Durham, NH
• Research Foci of Institutions are Complementary
• Dartmouth Majority in Medical Field
• UNH Majority in Broad Sciences
• Collaborative Research Ongoing
• Efforts in ME-NH-VT
• Efforts within NH
• Granite State Distance Learning Network (GSDLN)
• New Hampshire Public Television (NHPTV) Network
• High Concentration of High Tech Fields in NH
  Industrial Sector
• NH Experiences Continued Growth in Tech Sector
• Tech Sector Private Industry and Academia
  Partnerships Underway

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Challenges

• Broadband and Telecom Access to the North Country
• High Capacity Lines are Non-Existent beyond
  Plymouth
• Basic Communication Services are Sporadic in some
  areas
• Small Initiatives Pop Up without Coordination
• Population Centers are Fragmented All Over State
• People want to live in NH and work elsewhere,
  relatively speaking
• Fourth Largest City (Rochester) has slightly over
  35,000 people
• Low State RD Investment
• NH Ranks 46th in Support of Higher Education
• Only 2-3 of State Sponsored Research is
  State-Supported
• Lack of Advanced Instrumentation in State

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Opportunities

• Strengthening People and Programs
• Instrumentation
• Selected Areas of Excellence
• Public Health Initiative
• Public Safety Communications
• Increasing Collaborations
• Within NH
• NH to Other States
• Private/Public
• State Interest Increasing
• 1 Most Livable State 4 years running
• Computer Software Eng. 50 next 5 yrs
• Redundant, High Speed WAN Ring
• Regional Connectivity
• Pipelines to Places of Hardware
• Higher Rates to Support New Applications