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Longueuil, Montreal, Quebec, Saguenay, Sherbrooke, Terrebonne and Trois-Rivières). These cities represent more than 4.1 million citizens and 52% of the population of Quebec. This working group shares resources, shares expertise and collaborates on various projects. RISQ is proud to contribute to the success of this model of sharing resources and collaborative work.
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RISQ offers its members the opportunity to use the services of a second
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Information Technology Branch can apply its own security policies across all of its locations as if it were one. It also allows the use of multiple virtual networks (Vlan); he can thus segment
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located in Quebec that have decided to regroup to better share their resources and reduce their operating costs. The grouping, which became the GVQ (Big cities of Quebec) in the spring of 2012, is today made up of eleven Quebec cities (Boucherville - Saint-Lambert - Brossard, Gatineau, Laval, Lévis,
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using leased telephone connections. It manages the education and research network in the
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To meet the needs of its members and partners, RISQ offers symmetrical broadband
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The new reality of the higher education and research community encouraged IT directors from Quebec's major universities to partner with the Montréal
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As the main service of RISQ, IntraRISQ is a real nervous system. It offers all the security and robustness needed to meet the most demanding needs of its members and partners to facilitate data transfer and provide a reliable infrastructure that easily supports real-time applications such as video
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In 2009, the RISQ is 20 years old. A tribute is paid to its founders whose dream has allowed to build a very broadband private telecommunication network intended exclusively for teaching and research. In 20 years, digital Quebec has made a considerable progress and RISQ is proud to be one of its
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Applications to integrate the network from other regions of Quebec became more frequent. Carrying out a major restructuring of RISQ became imperative to deploy the network in all the cities served by a university. Furthermore, to promote the Internet in Quebec and allow the commercial market to
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Over the years, the RISQ network has grown. Today, it stretches across Quebec over a distance of about 7,000 km of optical fiber. With 150 connected institutions to date and more being added. Quebec universities, colleges, school boards, research centers, government institutions, hospitals and
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To ensure a certain coherence in the development of the Internet, RISQ proposed to create a neutral venue or an information and coordination center, which will become the CIRISQ. Considered as a true source of information and popularization, the CIC targeted Quebec companies and members from
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infrastructure equipment. This pooling is based on the sharing of management roles and responsibilities between the member and the RISQ. The RISQ is responsible for the common infrastructure while the member is responsible for managing the security rules specific to its institution.
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many redundant and robust connections in the RISQ network. It consists solely of major international providers to ensure maximum performance for non-RISQ communications. By acting as a pooled purchasing cooperative, RISQ is able to offer advantageous rates to its users.
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provided RISQ with a $ 37 million grant in 2000 on the condition that the network expand to cover all post-secondary institutions in the province. RISQ now operates a high capacity broadband network throughout Quebec using over 6,000 kilometres (3,700 mi) of
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agree on the choice of the secondary supplier and RISQ enters into the contract with this supplier, which acts as subcontractor of the RISQ. The goal is to achieve a robust architecture, with a standardized configuration, to facilitate support and reduce costs.
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