GTT helps the Quilt increase cyber protection and connectivity access for its member agencies
GTT Communications has been selected as a preferred provider to The Quilt and Authorized Quilt Providers. The provider currently provides 450 Gbps of bandwidth and the availability of heightened network security with Distributed Denial of Service (DDoS) protection to The Quilt’s 40 member organizations and their Authorized Quilt Buyers throughout the U.S.
The Quilt is a national consortium of non-profit regional research and education networks. These networks procure, deploy and operate secure network infrastructure that serves more than 80,000 community anchor institutions, including public and private universities, K-12 schools, public libraries, public safety agencies, local and state governments and research facilities.
“GTT is one of our Preferred Providers for network and DDoS protection because it can deliver solutions that work for the unique circumstances of each of our Authorized Buyers,” said Jen Leasure, President and CEO of The Quilt. “Working with expert partners such as GTT, The Quilt collaboration helps thousands of smaller community anchor institutions that deliver so many of America’s most fundamental and vital services with access to internet connectivity at a level of quality and pricing that they could not achieve on their own.”
Leasure added that “limited cybersecurity resources is also a growing concern for these institutions, and being able to procure security services from GTT is an additional benefit of our partnership.”
Caroline Carver Weilhamer, Director of Client Engagement for Indiana GigaPOP, a member of The Quilt, agreed and added that it values GTT’s ability to quickly allocate additional bandwidth and security for its researchers.
“Users across the many departments we serve can have sudden needs for increased capacity or speed to meet their objectives, and with GTT, we know we can act fast when those new requirements arise,” said Caroline Carver Weilhamer, Director of Client Engagement for Indiana GigaPOP, a member of The Quilt.
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Sean is the Editor-in-Chief of Lightwave. He establishes and executes Lightwave's editorial strategy across its website, email newsletters, events, and other information products. Before coming to Lightwave in July 2023, he served as editor of Broadband Communities. Earlier, he served as senior editor of FierceTelecom and the editor of the former Telecommunications Magazine. He got his start in the optical industry in 1998 when he became the editor of enterprise and optical networks at Information Gatekeepers. He has a BA in English from the University of Massachusetts, Boston, and lives in Dracut, Mass, with his wife, two sons, and his cat, Dove.
