NRENum.net, the number mapping service for academia that facilitates VoIP (Voice over Internet Protocol) and videoconferencing dialling, has become a global service. Within the past month, National Research and Education Network (NREN) organisations from Latin America and Australia have joined European participants in the service, taking the total number to 16 countries from three continents.

NRENum.net is also now recognised as a viable solution for seamless dialling interconnection between multiple technologies whether or not the standard system, the “Golden ENUM Tree”, using ENUM (E.164 Number Mapping) technology, is available.

Key members of the research networking community are ‘reporting’ on this year’s TERENA Networking Conference, providing their expert insight and comments in the form of blogs, tweets and photos. This TNC2012-related content is aggregated from different social media sites in the TERENA 'Social' page - http://www.terena.org/social/.

Whether attending the conference in person or participating remotely, you can join the TNC online conversation:

The final deadline for registration for the TERENA Networking Conference 2012 (TNC2012) and co-located meetings is quickly approaching. TNC2012 will take place in Reykjavik, Iceland from 21-24 May 2012. Online registration for TNC2012 closes at midnight CET on Friday, 11 May 2012.

Online registration can be done by using a downloadable form (pdf) and costs € 550. Desk registration at the conference venue will still be possible and costs € 600. Information about all registration options and what the fees cover is available on https://tnc2012.terena.org/web/participate/register. Information about hotels in Reykjavik, costs and how to book is available via https://tnc2012.terena.org/web/venue/hotels.

There are different ways you can get involved at the TERENA Networking Conference (TNC2012) from 21-24 May 2012 in Reykjavik, Iceland. In addition to attending the conference, and 'networking with networkers' from across Europe and the world, participants can also share their ideas by giving a lightning talk or presenting a poster.

The survey for the 2012 TERENA Compendium of NRENs in Europe is now ready: National Research and Education Networks (NRENs) are kindly requested to provide their information by 30 June, 2012.

The Compendium is at http://www.terena.org/activities/compendium. This also includes information on how to complete the survey.

TERENA has launched the Trusted Cloud Drive pilot project. This will explore possible deployment scenarios for a trusted cloud storage service for NRENs (national research and education networks).

The pilot will be built upon an existing federated software platform, the 'cloud broker facility'. This open software was developed in 2010 as part of the NEON project and with the purpose of separating storage data (i.e. encrypted content) from metadata (i.e. encryption keys, filenames, file size, dates, etc.). This allows easy connection of both private and public storage back-ends and storage of users’ data in a secure and privacy-preserving way.

The final deadline for registration for the TERENA Networking Conference 2012 (TNC2012) and co-located meetings is quickly approaching. TNC2012 will take place in Reykjavík, Iceland from 21 - 24 May 2011. Early bird registration for TNC2012 closes at midnight CET on Friday, April 13, 2012.

Early bird registration can be done by using a downloadable form (pdf) and costs € 500. From 14 April - 11 May registration fees will be € 550. Desk registration at the conference venue will still be possible and costs € 600. Information about all registration options and what the fees cover is available on https://tnc2012.terena.org/web/participate/register. Information about hotels in Reykjavík, costs and how to book is available via https://tnc2012.terena.org/web/venue/hotels.

The TERENA Technical Committee has renewed the Terms of Reference for TF-Storage during the meeting that took place on March 21, 2012. A structural change in the task force is that the chair role is now divided into two co-chairs who will share the responsibilities. From April 2012 the current task force chair, Maciej Brzeźniak (Poznan Supercomputing and Networking Center – PSNC) will share the chair post with Peter Stefan (National Information Infrastructure Development Institute – NIIF).

The TERENA Networking Conference 2012 will feature a range of extra meetings surrounding the core program of the conference, which takes place in Reykjavik, Iceland from 21- 24 May 2012. Topics raised in Reykjavik will set the stage for discussion and idea-sharing within the research and education community in areas such as bits & wires, supporting collaboration, infrastructure & services, social & secure, and using the stuff. By signing up for TNC2012 before April 13, 2012, you can also take advantage of discounted early registration rates.

Make your participation at TNC as productive as possible by joining one or more of the extra meetings described in the schedule overview at https://tnc2012.terena.org/core/schedule/list. Note that some of these extra meetings may require registration.

TERENA Task Force on Applied Media in Teaching and Learning (TF-Media) is organising a Recording Contest at the TERENA Networking Conference (TNC) 2012 in Reykjavik, Iceland.

The aim of this open contest is to bring and showcase the capabilities and features of your portable streaming/recording system. Participants are expected to set up their own system complying with the requirements below, stream/record a conference session, optionally do some video enhancement, and finally publish at a public URL.