Browsing by Subject "NREN"
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Adding Academic Networks as an External KML Map Layer to the Web Version of the Africa Transmission Network Map
(UbuntuNet Alliance, 2010-11)This is probably the world’s hardest jigsaw: the Africa Telecom Transmission Map first published in 2009 by Hamilton Research represents the culmination of over seven years research and cartographic work. A high resolution ... -
Africa IETF initiative: The Role for NRENs
(UbuntuNet Alliance, 2016-11)Background: The Internet allows for ubiquitous communication globally thanks to the design, implementation and use of Open Standards. It allows us to communicate with anyone in the world using standards such as SMTP, DNS, ... -
Brazilian experience of connecting at 100 Mb/s and 1 Gb/s universities and research institutions in the interior of the country
(UbuntuNet Alliance, 2012-11)The paper presents the Veredas Novas (New Paths) initiative of RNP, the Brazilian National Research and Education Network, to provide access to RNP’s national backbone network at 100 Mb/s and 1 Gb/s from university and ... -
Building a Cyber Security Emergency Response Team (CERT) for the NREN Community – The case of KENET CERT
(UbuntuNet Alliance, 2015-11)Kenya through the regulator, Communications Authority (CA) has setup a national Cyber Security Emergency Response Team (KE-CIRT). This national CERT in Kenya has several sector CERTs with the Kenya Education Network (KENET) ... -
Building a Modern Research Network using a Public-Private Partnership – the New Zealand example (and a model for Africa?)
(UbuntuNet Alliance, 2014-11)Research networks face the continual challenge of obtaining high end, flexible connectivity at a price level that is affordable for end users and those funding the network. The development of new cloud-based products and ... -
Building Institutional Repositories in Sudan: Keys to Success
(UbuntuNet Alliance, 2015-11)An Institutional Repository (IR) is a set of services that a university offers to its community members for the management and dissemination of digital materials created by its researchers and staff members. IR establishment ... -
Developing Appropriate Research Services for Kenyan Researchers
(UbuntuNet Alliance, 2014-11)Emerging African National Research and Education Network build and maintain advanced broadband networks that interconnect universities and research institutes1. The NRENs not only provide basic Internet and shared services ... -
Distributed Computing Services on top of a Research and Education Network: GARR
(UbuntuNet Alliance, 2013-11)Since the beginning of 2013 the Italian National Research and Education Network GARR has started a new Distributed Computing and Storage Department (DCSD). The new DCSD in the Italian NREN, follows the new mission of ... -
An Evaluation of Peering and Traffic Engineering in the Pan-African Research and Education Network: A case for Software Defined Internet Exchange Points
(UbuntuNet Alliance, 2014-11)Despite an increase in the number of Internet eXchange Points (IXPs) in Africa, as well as proliferation of submarine and terrestrial fibre optic cable systems, a large proportion of Internet traffic exchanged among Africa’s ... -
Learning from Somalia and Ethiopia – the NREN as a tool for Building National Expertise: A co-authorship between SomaliREN and the World Bank
(UbuntuNet Alliance, 2015-11)Countries in the process of developing their ICT ecosystem often face the challenge of end users lacking the skills and information necessary for using the new technological service to its full capacity. States recovering ... -
Leveraging Inter-Institutional Connectivity to Facilitate Weather Data Transmission from Automatic Weather Stations in Uganda
(UbuntuNet Alliance, 2016-11)The use of Automatic Weather Stations (AWS) for Environment monitoring by the Uganda National Meteorological Authority has increased massively over the past 15 years. This increase is mainly due to the savings in time, ... -
MAGIC: A collaboration project to globally connect researchers and academics
(UbuntuNet Alliance, 2015-11)Building on the success of the ELCIRA project, RedCLARA - with partners from Latin America, Europe, the Caribbean, West and Central Africa, Eastern and Southern Africa, North Africa and the Middle East, Central Asia and ... -
The Making of MoRENet
(UbuntuNet Alliance, 2015-11)Although MoRENet has been defined in 2002 and included in the National ICT Policy Implementation Strategy of Mozambique as one of the priority projects in the area of education, only in in 2005 the pilot phase of this ... -
Managing Science and Technology: the Mozambican Ecosystem
(UbuntuNet Alliance, 2015-11)The Current Research Information System (CRIS) emerges as an embracing paradigm for managing the multitude of Science and Technology (S&T) components and players. Instantiating its concepts and directives in the S&T ... -
National Research and Education Networks to support Healthcare: The Brazilian Telemedicine University Network RUTE
(UbuntuNet Alliance, 2015-11)Motivation: National Research and Education Networks NRENs world wide are expanding capacities, forming Academic Telehealth Community Collaboration of health scientists, bridging Science, Technology, Innovation, Education, ... -
The NREN Business Model
(UbuntuNet Alliance, 2013-11)The need for National Research and Education Network (NREN) organisations might be well known within the academic and higher education community, beyond this inner circle a lot of missionary work needs to be done to convince ... -
NREN Network Security: A case study of Uganda Christian University ICT Infrastructure
(UbuntuNet Alliance, 2013-11)The long wait for high-speed access to the Internet is finally coming to an end. National Research and Education Networks (NRENs) are being connected to the rest of the world through high-speed fiber optic cables. This ... -
NRENs and Schools
(UbuntuNet Alliance, 2016-11)Introduction: e-Schools Network NPC (“ESN”) is a Cape Town-based non-profit company that has provided Internet, email hosting and help desk support services to Schools in South Africa for many years. Recently the writer ... -
NRENs Cloud Infrastructure Framework (NRENs-CLIF): Case Study of SADC Region
(UbuntuNet Alliance, 2014-11)Recently, the appealing features of cloud computing have been driving its integration into the ICT component of the education sector. In view of this, the NRENS in developed countries are adopting Cloud computing as its ... -
Promoting the growing and access to scientific literature through NRENs in Africa
(UbuntuNet Alliance, 2014-11)Currently, it is undeniable the role of the Internet in sustaining knowledge growth through a multitude of technologies, user devices and network infrastructures. National Research and Education Networks (NRENs) promote ...