http://www.aarnet.edu.au Latest AARNET news articles! en-AU Tue, 16 Mar 2010 15:52:00 GMT Tue, 16 Mar 2010 15:52:00 GMT http://www.aarnet.edu.au/Article/NewsDetail.aspx?id=176 [AARNet] Organisers of the 29th Asia Pacific Advanced Networking Consortium meeting (APAN) held in Sydney earlier this week are claiming a handful of Australian and world firsts. Wed, 10 Feb 2010 13:00:00 GMT http://www.aarnet.edu.au/Article/NewsDetail.aspx?id=177 The CSIRO has published a request for tender for the construction and installation of more than 350 kilometres of fibre optic cable in Western Australia. Tender documentation will be available from the Australian National Research and Education Network (AARNet) from Monday 15 February 2010. The project is expected to commence in May. Mon, 08 Feb 2010 13:00:00 GMT http://www.aarnet.edu.au/Article/NewsDetail.aspx?id=175 Southern Cross Cable Networks (SCCN) has given Australia’s research and scientific community a boost by extending its sponsorship agreement with AARNet, Australia’s Academic and Research Network for the Southern Cross Trans-Pacific Optical Research Test bed (SXTransPORT). This was announced today at the opening ceremony of the 29th Asia Pacific Advanced Networking Consortium meeting in Sydney. Sun, 07 Feb 2010 13:00:00 GMT http://www.aarnet.edu.au/Article/NewsDetail.aspx?id=174 AARNet, Australia’s Academic and Research Network has joined forces with Queensland University of Technology (QUT) and Open Systems Consultants to install local wireless networks in Papua New Guinea to connect with the Internet via satellite to the rest of the world. Sun, 31 Jan 2010 13:00:00 GMT http://www.aarnet.edu.au/Article/NewsDetail.aspx?id=173 The Governor-General of Australia, Ms Quentin Bryce, AC, will launch a book today at Admiralty House, commissioned by AARNet (Australia’s Academic and Research Network) to commemorate the 20th anniversary of the Internet in Australia. Wed, 25 Nov 2009 13:00:00 GMT http://www.aarnet.edu.au/Article/NewsDetail.aspx?id=172 To commemorate the 20th anniversary of the Internet in Australia this year, AARNet has commissioned a book AARNet - 20 Years of the Internet in Australia, to document its history, highlight individuals and key events that have led to the establishment and commercialisation of Australia’s Internet network and the development of AARNet. Tue, 24 Nov 2009 13:00:00 GMT http://www.aarnet.edu.au/Article/NewsDetail.aspx?id=171 AARNet (Australia’s Academic and Research Network) has launched CloudStor, a new web-based large file transfer service for customers which allows the secure electronic transfer of virtually any file type regardless of size. File transfers of up to 55 gigabytes have already been proven on CloudStor and trials are currently underway for the transfer of larger files. Wed, 18 Nov 2009 13:00:00 GMT http://www.aarnet.edu.au/Article/NewsDetail.aspx?id=170 AARNet (Australia’s Academic and Research Network) will connect some of the world’s most acclaimed academics and researchers for the Driving eResearch Across the Pacific (DERCAP 09) conference that opens in Sydney today. Wed, 11 Nov 2009 13:00:00 GMT http://www.aarnet.edu.au/Article/NewsDetail.aspx?id=169 Australia's academic research network (AARNet) has announced that it has unmetered access to traffic hosted on the Akamai content delivery network for its clients in the university and research sectors. Tue, 29 Sep 2009 14:00:00 GMT http://www.aarnet.edu.au/Article/NewsDetail.aspx?id=168 AARNet advances live surgery for Australia with Asia-Pacific medical demonstration. Audiences to experience step-by-step guide to new techniques via video conference Wed, 23 Sep 2009 14:00:00 GMT