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Our consortium members and partners continue to navigate a landscape marked by challenges such as lower enrollments, economics, supply chain disruptions, tight labor markets, sustainability, mandates, and evolving cybersecurity threats. At Edge, we believe in the transformative power of technology as a social science–applying innovation to real-world challenges to drive progress for institutions and society alike.

CONNECTED

Our network, EdgeNet, is a nonprofit, wholly owned internet service provider dedicated to serving educators and researchers.

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COMMITTED

Edge delivers safe, simple, and smart procurement solutions, digital learning expertise, campus protection services, and professional technical consulting to help institutions achieve operational efficiency.

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COMMUNITY

Inspiring innovation through collaboration while shining the spotlight on institutional success stories, thought, leaders, and innovators.

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“With technology often being costly and evolving so quickly, edge helps keep our institutions cutting edge in a way that is much more efficient and cost effective than any other organization could accomplish.”

–Lamont P. Repollet, Ed.D
President, Kean University

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CONNECTED

Our network, EdgeNet, is a nonprofit, wholly owned internet service provider dedicated to serving educators and researchers. EdgeNet provides:

  • Enhanced security and reliability with built-in DDoS Mitigation and peering connectivity—included  at no additional cost
  • High-touch 24/7 support from reliable local resources whenever you need them
  • 100% network uptime for 5+ years running
  • Private local peering connectivity and burstable bandwidth to improve quality of service during  high-demand periods such as online testing
  • Custom connectivity options using multiple last-mile circuit providers for diversity and redundancy
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“We partnered with Edge to replace our aging DWDM solution because they offered the perfect combination of managed optical services to augment our team, along with critical features like high availability, scalability, monitoring, and support. This investment immediately paid off when our dark fiber provider experienced an outage; Edge swiftly pinpointed and resolved the issue.”

–Hemal Shah
Director, Unified Communications and Networking Infrastructure & Security, NJIT

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COMMITTED

Safe, Simple, Smart Procurements

Institutions of higher education, K-12 schools, and municipality districts are struggling to find safe procurement vehicles to secure the goods and services their organizations require to operate efficiently and effectively.

Enter EdgeMarket: The nonprofit technology, software, and services purchasing co-op with publicly procured master contracts featuring 10,000+ Technology Products, 1,000+ Software Titles and much more.

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Professional, Technical, Managed and Consulting Services

Achieving operational efficiency is a primary goal of institutions and organizations; however, many struggle with resources. With institutional effectiveness as the driving force, we’re here to help institutions and organizations meet their strategic goals through the use of technology.

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Protect your Campus Ecosystem

Cybersecurity challenges remain a top concern at institutions across the nation, as the education community continues to be a prime target. Edge exists to provide high quality, affordable nonprofitsupport from elite cybersecurity experts. The Edge team can:

Align and validate your security policies and procedures

Assist in meeting standards and driving down the cost for cybersecurity insurance

Lead the development of resiliency and recovery plans, to include Disaster Recovery (DRP), Business Continuity (BCP), and Incident Response (IR)

Coordinate risk management activities and facilitate vulnerability, risk, and penetration assessments

Provide budget-conscious recommendations on solutions to secure information assets

Digital Learning and Instructional Services

Whether you represent a large R1 institution, R2 institution, large state institution, small private institution or community college, the need for digital learning expertise and talent is in high demand. Finding that expertise and talent can be a daunting and costly challenge. Using EdgeLearn’s seasoned experts, the value of cost savings using EdgeLearn services is undeniable.

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“Edge has been a longtime and valued partner. As part of our ongoing collaboration on value added services, we transitioned the technical and administrative management of approximately a dozen leased circuits. this strategic shift simplified billing, delivered monthly cost savings, avoided capital expenses by eliminating the need to upgrade end-of-life equipment, and freed our staff from infrastructure management responsibilities, allowing them to focus on advancing network innovation at Rutgers”

–Adrienne Esposito
Director of Enterprise Infrastructure, Office of Information Technology, Rutgers University

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Engage, Connect, and Grow

Unlock new opportunities with EdgeEvents—your gateway to expert insights, collaboration, and professional growth through conferences, workshops, and more. Connect with industry leaders and stay ahead in the ever-evolving world of technology.”

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Advancing Research

EdgeDiscovery empowers researchers with cutting-edge technology, advanced computing resources, and collaborative opportunities to drive innovation and discovery across institutions.

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Community is the foundational element woven through the fabric of all-things Edge via:

THOUGHT LEADERS AND MEMBER SUCCESS STORIES

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INNOVATORS AND WORLD-CLASS RESEARCHERS

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