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Module 6 - Internet, Intranet, Extranet, e-Commerce and Web Services                                      Slide 14 of 70 _________________                                                                                  __________

                                                Next-Generation Internet

                                            Canarie (Canadian)

                                            Next Generation Internet (NGI)

                                            Internet2

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In North America, there are initiatives by the Canadian and U.S. governments to develop the Next Generation Internet to improve the performance of the existing Internet network. The Canadian initiative is to develop Ca*Net4, an improved version of Ca*Net3. The U.S. has two initiatives: NGI and Internet2. The NGI initiative is a multi-agency Federal R&D program to form partnerships with academia and industry that will keep the U.S. on the cutting edge of information and communications technologies. Internet2 initiative also links the high-performance networks such as Abilene, vBNS and international partners' networks.