Connecting Organizations, Building Community Merit is a member-focused provider of network and cybersecurity services; a trusted strategic partner to the education and non-profit community for over 50 years. Merit Network, Inc. is a nonprofit, member-owned organization formed in 1966 to design and implement a computer network between public universities in Michigan. After five decades of innovation, Merit continues to provide high-performance networking and cyber security services to the research and education communities in Michigan and beyond.