The Works of DANTE - Issue 6

News from the community

GÉANT2 finds favour with EU-IndiaGrid Initiative

The initial kick-off meeting for the EU-IndiaGrid initiative was held in Trieste, Italy, on 18th -20th October. The meeting included a presentation by DANTE’s Dai Davies, who outlined the latest developments in connecting the two regions with dedicated network connectivity. Utilising the recently deployed GÉANT2 link from Milan to Mumbai, the EU-IndiaGrid initiative aims to extend the EGEE European grid infrastructure to India. The creation of a grid infrastructure in India will support existing EU-India collaborations in areas such as Particle Physics, which have very demanding computing needs. Indian partners include; Indian Tata Institute for Fundamental Research; SAHA Institute Calcutta, the Centre for Development of Advanced Computing (C-DAC); and Bhabha Atomic Research Centre.

Learn more at www.euindiagrid.org

SuperJANET5 Launched in London!

The next generation of research and education network for the UK officially launched on 26th October, at the National History Museum, in London. SuperJANET5 will deliver end-to-end networking and reliability to its end user. It also aims to meet the needs of an increasingly diverse user base with a broad spectrum of requirements. It will deploy point-to-point connections for demanding users, alongside an IP production network. SuperJANET5’s infrastructure has been procured from Verizon, with Lucent Technologies supplying Juniper T-640 routers.

Learn more at: www.ja.net

HEAnet annual conference

The HEAnet National Networking Conference 2006 took place on the 9th - 10th of November 2006 in Kilkenny, Ireland. Security and Roaming featured prominently in the conference programme with sessions including; “Securing Schools –firewalling and filtering on the schools broadband network”; “Wi-Fi Security”, and “eduroam –Roam in a day”. Network applications were also showcased with sessions on “Podcasting for Higher Education”, “Delivering IPTV and the Triple Play to students”, and “A supercomputer for Ireland”.

Further details of the programme can be found at:
http://www.heanet.ie/conferences/2006/programme.html

CARNet Users Conference 2006 –“Back to the Future”

This year’s Users Conference takes place on the 20th to 22nd November, in Dubrovnik, Croatia. The aim of this year’s CARNet Users Conference is to explore the challenges that users in the academic, scientific and educational community are facing in their everyday work, with the particular emphasis on themes concerning the support for new users. The Conference will also focus on the Croatian educational system's competitiveness and global trends.

Learn more about CARNet and see the conference programme at http://www.carnet.hr/CUC/eng/index.html