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'''Network Startup Resource Center - NSRC''' is an | '''Network Startup Resource Center - NSRC''' is an organization working for the development and deployment of Internet throughout the Asia Pacific region, Africa, Latin America and the Caribbean, the Middle East, and newly Independent States. It is a part of the University of Oregon. Its main focus is deployment of Internet in academic institutes and non-governmental organizations. It provides assistance to the teams working for the betterment of the global Internet community. NSRC provides a platform for international communication between institutes, scientist, engineers and researchers.<ref>[http://www.nsrc.org/ NSRC]</ref> | ||
NSRC gets its basic funding from [[National Science Foundation]] (NSF). Other donors are Carnegie Mellon, [[Cisco Systems]], FreeBSD Mall, [[Google]], | NSRC gets its basic funding from [[National Science Foundation]] (NSF). Other donors are Carnegie Mellon, [[Cisco Systems]], FreeBSD Mall, [[Google]], | ||
[[IDRC]], [[ISOC]], O'Reilly, Richard Karp, [[Vint Cerf]], and the University of Oregon.<ref>[http://www.pacnog.org/pacnog3/meeting/nsrc-about.pdf Pacnog]</ref> Recently, Google contributed $1.5 Million to the center.<ref>[http://university.kval.com/news/business/google-gives-125-million-uo-network-startup-resource-center/245092 KVAL University]</ref> | [[IDRC]], [[ISOC]], O'Reilly, Richard Karp, [[Vint Cerf]], and the University of Oregon.<ref>[http://www.pacnog.org/pacnog3/meeting/nsrc-about.pdf Pacnog]</ref> Recently, in March, 2011, Google contributed $1.5 Million to the center.<ref>[http://university.kval.com/news/business/google-gives-125-million-uo-network-startup-resource-center/245092 KVAL University]</ref> | ||
==History== | ==History== |