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  • International connectivity and broadband boost for research and education: Budget 08

    Julie Watson, 22/05/2008 4:58pm

    Media release

    International connectivity

    “REANNZ warmly welcomes the Government’s initiative to invest in additional international telecommunications capacity to meet the future needs of the research and education sector. This will provide a step-change in opportunities for the KAREN community to collaborate and innovate”, said Donald Clark, REANNZ Chief Executive, today after the Government budget announcements.

  • KAREN experience for ITPs and wānanga

    Vicki Lindsay, 13/12/2007 2:00pm

    Media release

    ITPs and wānanga offered free KAREN membership for 2008

    REANNZ Ltd is accelerating the reach of KAREN by offering free network membership to institutes of technology and polytechnics (ITPs) and wānanga for the 2008 calendar year.

  • Teaching in Second Life on show

    Vicki Lindsay, 02/10/2007 4:04pm

    Design and Second Life at Victoria University's School of Design was big news on TVNZ's Breakfast show last Friday.

  • KAREN gets richer through service and content partnerships

    Vicki Lindsay, 15/08/2007 12:00pm

    KAREN, the Kiwi Advanced Research and Education Network, is increasing the value of network membership by introducing clear guidelines for organisations to connect to KAREN for the purpose of providing services and content to the research and education community in New Zealand.

  • KAREN: Transforming science

    Vicki Lindsay, Communities Assistant, 26/07/2007 12:00am

    Visit Computerworld online to check out Ian Foster's visionary and strategic statements about service-orientated science - the future of science.

  • hyphen 03 out now

    Vicki Lindsay, Communities Assistant, REANNZ, 21/06/2007 12:00pm

    The third issue of our newsletter hyphen is out now.

  • Accredited Aggregator service released

    Vicki Lindsay, Communities Assistant, REANNZ, 30/05/2007 12:00am

    The Kiwi Advanced Research and Education Network (KAREN) has released an Accredited Network Aggregator service standard to drive penetration of KAREN into new sectors.

  • National Library jumps on board

    Vicki Lindsay, Communities Assistant, REANNZ, 22/05/2007 12:00pm


    New Zealand’s access to rich digital content and global knowledge networks took a leap forward today when the National Library of New Zealand formally joined the KAREN community.

  • PM link up via KAREN

    Vicki Lindsay, Communities Assistant, REANNZ, 29/03/2007 12:00am

     

    KAREN was all the rage in Seattle last week when Prime Minister Helen Clark visited the University of Washington’s Human Interface Technology Laboratory (HIT Lab UW) and linked by video conference to the HIT Lab NZ at the University of Canterbury.

  • $2.6m for advanced networking

    Vicki Lindsay, Communities Assistant, REANNZ, 23/03/2007 12:00am

    REANNZ has awarded over $2.6 million to ten projects in the first round of its Working Group and Development Fund. This fund is aimed at developing capability around the use of KAREN and advanced networking techniques.

    The ten successful projects are led by eight KAREN member organisations, including five universities and three Crown research institutes, and span the fields of e-research, microbiology, earthquake engineering, bioinformatics, grid computing and the social sciences.

  • KAREN on the radio

    Vicki Lindsay, Communities Assistant, REANNZ, 15/03/2007 12:00am

    Tune in to Radio New Zealand National's Insight programme at 8.15am this Sunday 18 March for a documentary piece on Business and Broadband, including interviews with early adopters of KAREN.

  • Karen is live

    REANNZ, 15/12/2006 12:00am

    MEDIA RELEASE 

  • KAREN Launch Release

    Julie Watson, Communities Manager, REANNZ, 01/09/2006 12:00am

    MEDIA RELEASE 

  • KAREN launch

    Julie Watson, 31/08/2006 12:00am

    KAREN goes live 6:30pm 31 August 2006

    The Kiwi Advanced Research and Education Network (KAREN) is being launched by the Rt Hon Helen Clark, today, Thursday 31 August in Auckland at 6:30pm in the ACCESS GRID SUITE of the Human Sciences Building, Auckland University, New Zealand. For those of you who are unable to make it, we have a live webcast of the launch at the following URL http://www.r2.co.nz/20060831 (The link will be live from around 6:00pm).

  • Donald Clark

    Proof of Concept begins

    Donald Clark, 03/08/2006 12:00am

    MEDIA RELEASE