TERENA NREN Compendium 2009
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F1. Full name of the organisation (in English)
HEAnet Ltd.
F2. Full name of the organisation in the national language(s) (please use the Latin alphabet)
F3. Abbreviation in English (if applicable)
HEAnet
F4. Abbreviation in the national language(s)
F5. Visiting address
5 George's Dock, IFSC Street

Dublin 1 City/postal code
F6. Postal address (if different from above)
Street

City/postal code
F7. Country
Ireland
F8. Fax
+353 1 660 3666
F9. Phone
+353 1 660 9040
F10. General e-mail address
info@heanet.ie
F11. Website
http://www.heanet.ie
F12. Convention used for individual e-mail addresses
(please specify / explain, e.g. [firstname].[lastname]@[NRENname].[ccTLD]...)
firstname.lastname@ heanet.ie
F13. Year the first research network operations started
1983
F14. Year in which research networking was started as a dedicated organisational unit
1992
F15. Year in which the NREN was founded in its current form
(Please compare the answers given here with the answers of some of the other NRENs you are familiar with)
1997
F16. If you have a short description of the history of your organisation on your website, please provide a URL to that brief description
http://www.heanet.ie/about/history.html
F17. 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
F18. What is the formal relationship between your organisation and your 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
F19. Please briefly describe the governing structure of your NREN
(in terms of members, governing body, decision making process, etc.)
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
F20. If you have a description of your governing structure on your website, please give the URL
F21. Do you have a Connection Policy on your website?
( )Yes (x)No
F22. If yes, please specify the URL
F23. Do you have an Acceptable Use Policy?
(x)Yes ( )No
F24. Please provide the URL to the AUP:
http://www.heanet.ie/about/aup
F25. Has your AUP been changed in the last year?
( )Yes (x)No
F26. If yes, please summarise briefly how it has changed
F27. Do you have a Security Policy?
( )Yes (x)No
F28. If yes, please give the URL
F29. Do you request your connected sites to sign Terms and Conditions in addition to the CP and AUP?
(x)Yes ( )No
F30. Does your NREN have an environmental policy for efficient use of power, recycling etc.?
( )Yes (x)No
F31. If available online, please give the URL
F32. Do you have an online topology map of your network?
( )Yes (x)No
F33. If available online, please give the URL
F34. Do you have an online weather map of your network?
(x)Yes ( )No
F35. If available online, please give the URL
http://www.hea.net
F36. We would appreciate it if you would be able to give us a short description of major changes that occurred in your network during the past year or that you foresee for the coming year (structural changes, changes in your mandate or remit, major technology upgrades, changes in the user base, etc.)
• The plan is to provide service resilience (consisting of path, PoP, power and equipment resilience) to the major clients.
• Procedures will be put in place to determine how to handle the consequences of IPv4 address depletions for HEAnet's services.
Furthermore project plans will be made in 2009 for a) a stand-alone
IPv6 network and b) how to stimulate clients to take up IPv6 (business plans). The implementation of these plans will be in the coming years (aim to make a firm decision on IPv4/6 in 2013).
• Technical dialogs will be held to compose a CfT (Call for tender) for the replacement of the present optical/Ethernet network (backbone and MANs).
• A 10 Gbit/s point to point inter-institute network will be created for the use of the e-INIS project: to be used by the National Grid Initiative of Ireland.
• Roll out of videoconferencing units is progressing and will be extended.
• Licenses are being sought for regional wireless networks and an investigation around an educational & research broadcast channel (DVB-IPTC- Digital Video Broadcast- Cable, DVB-C – Digital Video Broadcast Cable, DVB-T – Digital Video Broadcast - Terrestrial) has been carried out
F37. We would be interested in receiving your feedback, both regarding the Compendium 2008 and this questionnaire. Both general comments and specific comments (e.g. about questions that you found difficult to understand or to answer or of limited value) would be appreciated.
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