Enterprise Networking and Interactive Communications
for The Texas A&M University System
TTVN is the wide area data and interactive communications network that serves the thirteen campuses, the Health Science Center, and seven research and service agencies of the Texas A&M University System (TAMUS). The network also serves numerous affiliated colleges and universities, K-12 school districts, and state agencies throughout Texas. The core TTVN network consists of over 120 primary wide area network sites and more than 300 videoconference sites.
TTVN provides enterprise-class commodity Internet, Internet2, National LambdaRail and Texas Intranet data services to all members of TAMUS and the extended TTVN community. TTVN also provides videoconference scheduling and facilitation services, videoconference user and technical support, multi-point videoconference bridging, ISDN/IP gateways, live and archive webcasting, and videoconference equipment repair.
TTVN also manages the Centra interactive webconference application for the campuses and agencies of the Texas A&M University System. Centra provides interactive webconferencing for classes, seminars, and meetings.
TTVN Conference Information
On-Site Registration is Available February 22-23 at the Conference
2012 TTVN Annual Conference
February 21-24, 2012
Moody Gardens, Galveston Island
The TTVN Annual Conference is Texas' leading higher education conference focused on the technologies of enterprise networking, videoconferencing, webconferencing, and distance learning. The conference features state of the industry keynotes from leaders in enterprise networking, numerous technical presentations, and intensive technical workshops.
IPv6 Internet Addresses are Coming Soon!
The TTVN Enterprise Network Infrastructure is IPv6 Capable NOW!
Every Internet-connected computer, smart phone, and tablet must have an IP address. IPv4, the current Internet address scheme, has about 4 billion possible addresses, which is not enough to accommodate the exponential growth of Internet-connected devices. The supply of IPv4 addresses will be totally depleted this year. To keep from running out of IP addresses, the much larger IPv6 Internet addressing scheme was created. IPv6 contains 2 to the 128th power addresses, which equates to billions of addresses for every square meter of the Earth's surface.
The following 2010 and 2011 TTVN Conference high definition
Windows Media video presentations provide
more information about the
migration from IPv4 to IPv6:
The Last IP Address
John Curran, President and CEO, American Registry of Internet Numbers (ARIN)
TTVN Annual Conference Presentation, February 26, 2010
The Last IP Address: One Year Later
Richard Jimmerson, Chief Technology Officer, American Registry of
Internet Numbers (ARIN)
TTVN Annual Conference Presentation, February 17, 2011
Learn How to Use Centra Webconferencing for
Courses and Meetings!
Instructor-led classroom workshop sessions in College Station for faculty and staff. Learn how to share presentations, websites and applications, present quizzes and surveys, and use breakout rooms in a real-time web conferencing system. Use Centra to present to small or large classes and interact with students with voice over IP, video, and text and also record your presentations for asynchronous viewing. There are two courses related to Centra and webconferencing:
Introduction to Webconferencing with Centra
Off-the-Chart Success Using Webconferencing to Achieve Extraordinary Results
To register for these courses, visit the
Texas A&M Instructional Technology Services
Training Schedule Website
http://itsinfo.tamu.edu/
for schedule and registration information