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It is always good to hear from “boots on the ground” staff both informally in conversation as well as the always interesting and informational “Business with Bacon” session.”

Meeting was well planned and executed with information that reinforces the mission and activities of MCNC NCREN! Good model for future meetings. Thank you for a great experience.”

On behalf of my entire campus, I want to thank the whole MCNC team for all of the work done in the past few months during the COVID-19 crisis, as well as projects going forward. Providing Zoom Pro licenses has helped our campus greatly during this pandemic. MCNC continues to be one of the best and most reliable partners the State has ever had.

We’re driven today by partnering with economic development leaders like MCNC to provide real-time education capabilities and job training to build and create jobs in North Carolina. New technology helps these students experience synchronous and asynchronous learning using leading-edge video tools and self-driven/user-driven applications such as Movi at a much lower cost.”

We have been extremely pleased with MCNC’s service and the cost savings it provides that we now have every one of our locations on an MCNC connection to their backbone, NCREN.

The service, support and guidance we receive from MCNC continue to be a vital part of our technology efforts. Our MCNC Internet service, firewall, and cloud-based content filter are all integral to our school’s success – and these ultimately allow us to have the tools that fulfill our chartered mission, providing a college prep education for our students. When we have technology issues, our staff can rely on the sound advice and problem-solving ability we always receive whenever we have to seek MCNC Client Network Engineering (CNE) support. We cannot thank MCNC and their staff enough for all that they do to support us.

Great team!”

Proactive support and monitoring is so appreciated.”

We are thankful for the superb service we receive from MCNC.”

As a small district with limited technical staff, we appreciate any and all services MCNC can provide and support.”

I am thankful to have MCNC to call for technical support, consulting, and the different services you provide to keep our network infrastructure running, stable, and secure. The training you offer at a low cost has benefited our IT team.”

Randolph County School System has attended several training classes, obtained a network assessment to use as a road map for better security, and technical support to resolve network connectivity issues and been very pleased with each area of service.”

The power of NCREN gives us the ability to share the real science happening at PARI with thousands of students, teachers, researchers, and science enthusiasts throughout North Carolina and all over the world. This level of connectivity is a key component to extending our programs and services to a broader segment of the population.”

As more data comes in and out every day, we need high-speed connections to realize all these data sets. We have better download rates now and as others get more speeds soon, we will be ready as we continue to future-proof our infrastructure.”

MCNC is our key partner that helps us achieve our mission of using cyber infrastructure to enable research discoveries and practical problem solving. We have a truly collaborative and mutually beneficial relationship. Whether researchers need high-performance computing, cyber tools for analysis and collaboration or data management solutions, none of it would be possible if we didn’t have robust, reliable, high-performance networking … without NCREN we would literally be in the dark.”

We have created a robust network to support the healthcare needs of North Carolina citizens for years to come.”

One of the great things about working with MCNC is that they understand that access to medical applications [through broadband service] is a life and death issue.”

The service paid for itself in one phishing attack! When folks clicked the email document, it looked like nothing happened, however, when I investigated, I found out that the document was redirecting them to a site that was being blocked by the DNS filtering service. If it hadn’t been for the DNS Filtering Service, we would have been hit hard.”

We were very satisfied with our recent Cyber Hygiene Assessment performed by MCNC. It provided an independent look at our operations and made us notice deficiencies that we had not yet discovered or considered. Thank you for making this service available to school systems.”

Outstanding technical support provided during planning and installation of E-rate Category 2 equipment.”

We could not provide the services we currently enjoy with a K-12 budget in a small district!  Training and consulting resources are a must, developing our staff expertise and augmenting human resources.”

As a small college, it’s been tremendously valuable to have a team of security professionals we can reach out to when we need guidance. MCNC’s Advisory Services helped us maintain operations during a staff vacancy, and even now that we’re fully staffed, we continue to rely on them for advice, consulting and perspective when our team has questions of concerns. MCNC has been a great partner for years in bandwidth and hosting, and it’s great to get their help in security, too.”

Our engagement with MCNC Advisory Consulting Services has been tremendously helpful. Their skilled and knowledgeable staff has helped us build a plan of action to address our issues and we appreciate the expertise they bring to the table.”

We’ve found the MCNC Ethernet service to be very fast and quite reliable. We are fortunate to have their service available near a rural library location where broadband was not available to us by a commercial vendor. Their pricing is more than competitive, and they communicated well with us during the installation process.”

I can’t say enough good things about MCNC. Their service and support has been exemplary in every particular. For quality and reliability, they simply can’t be beaten.”

MCNC exists for the benefit of North Carolina and is one of our state’s greatest assets. MCNC is comprised of talented people who place a high value on customer service. I am honored to be part of such a customer-focused organization and one that is dedicated to being North Carolina’s partner for great ideas and state-of-the-art technology.”

Since its award of the BTOP grants to expand broadband in North Carolina, MCNC has been committed to the principles and value of open interconnect networks. MCNC seeks to work with providers to expand commercial broadband to rural areas of North Carolina to serve residents and businesses alike so that all have equal access to premier broadband. We welcome opportunities to speak with any provider committed to this same value and we can be creative in customizing solutions.”

Highly reliable service with great customer service and support.”

We are very pleased with the services we receive from MCNC. The MCNC team members that support us understand our business and genuinely care that we are receiving the highest quality services possible. We also like the way in which they are growing their portfolio of services.”

We love it. Cost effective, easy to configure, use, and works perfectly.

MCNC gave me peace of mind to safely give our users remote access. So far I have 80 users using Secure Application Access to work from home during this pandemic outbreak. It’s definitely worth the money.

Very effective services that would be more difficult and expensive to provide on our own.”

Security solutions and training you offer are very important to protecting the K12 network environment especially due to our budget restraints.We are glad MCNC offers these services and provides support if needed. We also feel these services help to make our infrastructure more stable and secure.”

Active Vulnerability Analysis is very helpful information and we are already turning it into actionable items for us to improve our security posture.  

Thank you for your support on this new resource. It is already proving to be a good asset.”

I’m proud to work for MCNC where it is clear that the team cares about our community and our mission. I don’t feel the clock in and out drudgery of a typical corporate job. Instead, I’m inspired almost daily working alongside these amazing people to support our community and bring about positive change.”

As one of many employees approaching two decades of service here at MCNC, it should come as no surprise that there are many reasons to love working here. Top on everyone’s list is our shared passion for being of service to our community. It is an honor to be part of a team whose collective skill, drive, and devotion to their work steadily results in the continued expansion of accessibility and enhanced quality of services made available for education, healthcare, and other community institutions in the state we all proudly call home.”

MCNC provides many opportunities for learning, growth, and has a unique family environment where everyone is approachable, helpful, and dedicated to the success and goals of the company. The level of professionalism, respect, and camaraderie at MCNC is rare and I truly enjoy coming to work each day.”

I love working at MCNC! I get to work with really smart people that are focused on solving hard challenges for the education, research, and government communities in NC. We have fun, get to work with cool technology, and the work is meaningful. What could be better?”

“Thank you again for trusting me with your participants. I sincerely appreciate the opportunity to work with you and your team, and I must say that I’ve spoken at several conferences over the years but the effort and delivery from your team was by far second to none.”

“I enjoy discussions with attendees and presentations. Reinforcing common goals.”

Loved the two keynotes and networking time.”

[I enjoy the] collegiality among community members, the contacts/info from peers, *public sector perspective* you don’t get anywhere else!”

You all did a great job!!! Loved the event!”

[I enjoy] the opportunity to network with others.”

I enjoy the community and camaraderie of the MCNC organization and community.”

Excellent, timely information in the presentation topics. Very well-coordinated event.”

Breakout and keynote sessions…. wide, relevant, and interesting. [Enjoyed the] diversity and networking.”

It is always good to hear from “boots on the ground” staff both informally in conversation as well as the always interesting and informational “Business with Bacon” session.”

Meeting was well planned and executed with information that reinforces the mission and activities of MCNC NCREN! Good model for future meetings. Thank you for a great experience.”