Alexander Welch1/27/2014
Merit Network
ISP
Professional Learning
MeritMail
Sample Products
FY 2013
19.5 million revenue
19 million expenses
● ~17 million normal yearly expenses● ~2 million investment
– Cyber range + R&D
Financial Info
1966
– Michigan, MSU, Wayne State1987
– 39 million NSFNET
1997
– Internet2 Created
History
2009 – Round 1 Stimulus 41m total 33m federal
2010 – Round 2 Stimulus 100m total 80m federal
Summer 2013 – Round 1 construction finished
Spring 2014 – Round 2 construction finished
2013 – Cyber Range founded
What's hot?
Michigan Fiber
Secret Sauce
Cyber Civilian Corp
Story
Comcast
Charter
AT&T
Frontier
Competition
Gains from infrastructure growth
Cyber Range
Cloud Service
What's Next?