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NeSI Roadshow Across the Country

How can the nation’s eScience Infrastructure benefit your research?

Join our partners, the New Zealand eScience Infrastructure team, at their roadshow around New Zealand.

NeSI Roadshow

Learn how your research can benefit from high performance computing (HPC) facilities. NeSI provides HPC and other services for researchers. The team will explain what services are available, how they help and how to access them.

For more information, or to contact the NeSI team see their website.

The REANNZ team will also be joining the roadshow, if you have any questions, or would like to meet us, please email.

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REANNZ Partners with Datacraft

Research and Education Advanced Network New Zealand Ltd (REANNZ) welcomes Datacraft as the network operations manager for the Kiwi Advanced Research and Education Network (KAREN).

Following a robust procurement process, Datacraft has been selected to provide service management services for KAREN. This includes day-to-day network monitoring activities, issues management, and KAREN member support. The contract is for an initial term of four years.

The partnership will begin in December 2010 with the transition to KAREN’s new national network provided by FX Networks. Datacraft’s existing partnership with FX Networks will be a significant benefit to the service management arrangements and to KAREN members.

As part of introducing the new network operations environment, REANNZ and Datacraft will not only continue to support the existing KAREN Weathermap, but will also progressively introduce enhanced real-time visibility of KAREN’s performance and activity for all members to view from their desktop.

The present unique KAREN 0508 help number that members are already familiar with is expected to be transferred to Datacraft for business-as-usual access by members to Help-desk support.

The selection of Datacraft continues REANNZ established pattern of encouraging and enabling diverse industry participation in contributing to and supporting KAREN on behalf of its members.

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REANNZ partners with Fujitsu and Brocade

Research and Education Advanced Network New Zealand Ltd (REANNZ) selects Fujitsu as supplier of Brocade Ethernet switch technology for the Kiwi Advanced Research and Education Network (KAREN).

Following substantial interest from a large range of industry participants and a robust procurement process, Fujitsu New Zealand has been selected to provide the Brocade MLX Ethernet Switching platforms for KAREN.

As KAREN evolves to its new network, the MLX platform will serve KAREN’s switching needs with an economical and flexible growth path in the future while sustaining the present architecture and member needs.

The selection of Brocade technology through its partner Fujitsu continues REANNZ established pattern of encouraging and enabling diverse industry participation in contributing to and supporting KAREN on behalf of its members.

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REANNZ takes TelstraClear services for international connectivity

KAREN’s international capacity is set to leap forward to an impressive 1Gb/s. This is one of the features of KAREN’s new international connectivity to be provided by TelstraClear from November 2010.

Media release: REANNZ takes TelstraClear services for international connectivity

Research and Education Advanced Network New Zealand Ltd (REANNZ) selects TelstraClear to provide the international network for the Kiwi Advanced Research and Education Network (KAREN) from November 2010.

The new arrangements will increase KAREN’s international capacity to Australia and the USA to 1Gb/s, from which points our members can reach over 50 countries around the world via the international Research and Education Network community. The connectivity arrangements are for an initial term of more than three years.

In addition to this base capacity, TelstraClear will provide innovative options to increase the scale and reach of the service. “These options will be of great value to KAREN members, allowing the community to flexibly respond to emerging global research and education collaborations,” Donald Clark, REANNZ Chief Executive.

TelstraClear’s Head of Business & Government, Michael Boggs, said the company was delighted to be working with REANNZ and to build on its association with KAREN since the network was developed in 2005-2006.

“New Zealand has world-class organisations in research, education and innovation, and we will support their growing needs for fast and reliable international data access and sharing,” said Mr Boggs. “We recognise the vital importance to KAREN of being an integral part of the worldwide mesh of national research and education networks.

“TelstraClear’s solution draws on the global capabilities of parent company Telstra to provide KAREN with international connectivity at higher levels of performance than previously available to it,’ said Mr Boggs.

More information

Our media and communications page features this and previous media releases.

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REANNZ signs with FX Networks

REANNZ has selected FX Networks to provide the national network for KAREN from December 2010.

Media release: REANNZ signs with FX Networks

Research and Education Advanced Network New Zealand Ltd (REANNZ) has entered into a long-term partnership with FX Networks to provide the national connectivity for the Kiwi Advanced Research and Education Network (KAREN).

Following a thorough and comprehensive evaluation process, REANNZ has selected FX Networks to provide the national network for KAREN from December 2010. The arrangement secures the continuation of KAREN’s existing 10Gb/s backbone connectivity and footprint around the country for an initial term of 3-years through to December 2013, with two 2-year renewal options.

The contract also includes options to move KAREN to a dark fibre-based network. Moving KAREN to dark fibre-based infrastructure will be essential to ensure KAREN can continue to offer leading-edge network services within a constrained cost base.

“This is the most exciting development for KAREN since the network was launched in 2006. We are confident that we have selected a progressive, long-term partner in FX Networks and have secured the best national connectivity options for our community and provided certainty to our members on cost and presence,” said Donald Clark, REANNZ CEO.

“Over the last 4 years, the demands of our members has driven innovation in network supply and services across the telecommunications industry. In earlier times our investments have helped other network suppliers extend their networks, now we’re helping FX Networks,” said Donald.

On moving to the new network, REANNZ will put into effect a new Network Access Policy. This new policy will provide greater flexibility to REANNZ and KAREN members around access, and use of the network.

Work has already begun on comprehensive transition plan to ensure a smooth cross-over from current national connectivity arrangements to the new arrangements in December.

REANNZ is in late stage contract discussions with the preferred supplier for KAREN’s international network. An announcement on the selected provider will be made later this month.

Contacts

Donald Clark
Chief Executive
REANNZ
04 913 1090

Jamie Baddeley
General Manager – Sales
FX Networks
021 448 309

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Innovative businesses can now connect to KAREN

KAREN Members can now sponsor businesses they are collaborating with to connect to KAREN.

KAREN Sponsored Partners programme opened

REANNZ has today launched the KAREN Sponsored Partners Programme. This new programme allows KAREN Members to sponsor businesses they are collaborating with on research or education activities to connect to KAREN.

This development presents exciting opportunities for KAREN Members to more readily collaborate with the private sector, widening their revenue opportunities, and accelerating innovation.

More information

Following feedback from the community, we have created a simple application and evaluation process. You can find full details of this process on the KAREN website at http://www.karen.net.nz/sponsored-partners.

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