TERENA NREN Compendium 2008
Basic Information

Updated: 12 August 2008 at 14:16

D: Basic Information
D.1 Full name of the organisation (in English)
HEAnet Ltd.
D.2 Full name of the organisation in the national language(s)
D.3 Abbreviation in English
HEAnet
D.4 Abbreviation in the national language(s)
D.5 Visiting address
5 George's Dock Street

Dublin 1 City/postal code
D.7 Postal address
Street

Dublin 1 City/postal code
D.9 Country
Ireland
D.10 Fax
+353 1 660 3666
D.11 Phone
+353 1 660 9040
D.12 General e-mail address
info@ heanet.ie
D.13 Website
http://www.heanet.ie
D.14 Convention used for individual e-mail addresses
firtsname.lastname@ heanet.ie
D.15 Year the first research network operations started
1983
D.16 Year in which research networking was started as a dedicated organisational unit
1992
D.17 Year in which the NREN was founded in its current form
1997
D.18 Short description of the history of the organisation
http://www.heanet.ie/about/history.html

D.19 Form of organisation
(x)Separate legal entity of its own
( )Not a legal entity of its own, but part of a larger organisation
( )Not a separate legal entity and also not part of a larger organisation
Name of the parent organisation
aa
D.20 What is the formal relationship between the organisation and the government?
( )We are a government agency or part of a ministry
( )The Government appoints at least half of the members of our Governing body
(x)There is an indirect relationship (for example if at least half the members of your Governing body are appointed by research and education institutions that in itself are (largely) government-funded)
( )No formal relationship
( )Other, please explain below
D.21 Description of the governing structure of the NREN
The Board has the following representation:
Universities: 7
Institutes of Technology 4
HEA (3rd level funding agency) 1
Science Foundation Ireland 1
Academic librarians 1
D.22 URL to description of the governing structure
D.23 Senior management team
CEO Mr. Title John First name Boland Last name
Chief Executive Job Title

john.boland@heanet.ie E-mail address
CEO 2 Ms Title Rhian First name Williams Last name
Finance Officer Job Title

rhian.williams@heanet.ie E-mail address
CTO Mr Title Victor First name Reijs Last name
Head of Network Development Job Title

victor.reijs@heanet.ie E-mail address
CTO 2 Mr. Title Mike First name Norris Last name
Chief Technical Officer Job Title

mike.norris@heanet.ie E-mail address
OTHER Mr Title Ronan First name Byrne Last name
Special Programmes Manager Job Title

ronan.byrne@heanet.ie E-mail address
D.24 Short description of major changes that occurred in the network during the past year or that are foreseen for the coming year
The deployment of the schools broadband network and layered services has been completed. Rollout of dark fibre to most member institutions continues, with over 90% of end-users now in institutions connected by dark fibre. Full integration of 13 Institutes of Technology into the national network. Upgrade of backbone to 10Gbps. Cross-border fibre connectivity with JANET. This year, we have moved to 7x24 NOC support and hope to complete rollout of connectivity to almost 100 off-campus locations for our clients.
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