Common NREN Information Model 2013
Basic Information

Updated: 28 June 2013 at 16:49

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Basic Information

F1. Full name of the organisation (in English)
HEAnet Ltd.
F2. Full name of the organisation in the national language(s)
HEAnet Ltd.
F3. Abbreviation in English (if applicable)
HEAnet
F4. Abbreviation in the national language(s)
HEAnet
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. Year the first research network operations started
1983
F13. Year in which research networking was started as a dedicated organisational unit
1992
F14. Year in which the NREN was founded in its current form
1997
F15. URL to a short description of the history of the organisation
http://www.heanet.ie/about/History_and_Background
F16. 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
F17. Name of the parent organisation (in English):
F18. What is the formal relationship between the NREN 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
F19. Brief description of the governing structure of the 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
Department of Enterprise, Trade & Innovation: 1
Academic librarians: 1
F20. URL to a description of the governing structure
http://www.heanet.ie/about/organisational_structure
F21. Does the NREN have a Connection Policy on its website?
( )Yes (x)No
F22. URL
F23. Does the NREN have an Acceptable Use Policy?
(x)Yes ( )No
F24. URL to the AUP:
http://www.heanet.ie/about/aup
F25. Has the AUP been changed in the last year?
( )Yes (x)No
F26. Brief summary of how it has changed
F27. Does the NREN request its connected sites to sign Terms and Conditions in addition to the CP and AUP?
(x)Yes ( )No
F28. Does the NREN have an environmental policy for efficient use of power, recycling etc.?
(x)Yes ( )No
F29. URL
http://www.heanet.ie/about/environmental_policy
F30. Has the NREN carried out a greenhouse gas audit, or does it plan to do so?
(x)Yes ( )No ( )Planned
F31. Period covered by the audit
July 2011 to June 2012 (This is HEAnet’s 3rd Audit)
F32. Total amount of greenhouse gas emissions in tons of CO2 equivalent
2118
F33. Short description of major changes that occurred in the organisation and/or services during the past year or that are foreseen for the coming year (structural changes, changes in the NREN mandate or remit, major technology upgrades, changes in the user base, etc.)
F34. Feedback, both regarding the Compendium 2012 and this questionnaire.
We would like to see the results of the questionnaire become more interactive so that individual NRENs can use the results for internal analysis. To this end, we met with TERENA in early 2013 to discuss the options.

Section A: Question A5 - HEAnet would like to see a new category added: Other. HEAnet has 8/10 clients who do not fit in the listed categories but would fall under an Other category – examples of the kinds of organisation we are talking about would be; IUA (Irish University Association) or IoTI (Institutes of Technology in Ireland) which we would describe as supporting organisations.

Section A: Question A8 - In the last Compendium you also listed ISCED 4, ISCED 2+3 and ISCED 1. By only listed ISCED 5+6 you are not allowing NRENs to complete this question fully.

Section B: Question B15. Do you provide or are you planning to provide 3G or 4G mobile services to end users?
* Currently we have a 3G offering in partnership with O2.
* We are planning on introducing a 4G offering in 2014.

Section C: We are not sure if SND and Naas are appropriate topics for this section. We believe they more rightly belong in Section D.

Section D: Question D45 We are planning to offer Google cache and would make it available to ALL our network users
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Common NREN Information Model 2013 Basic Information

Common NREN Information Model 2013
Basic Information