The AARNET News http://www.aarnet.edu.au Latest AARNET news articles! en-AU Fri, 10 Feb 2012 12:31:05 GMT Fri, 10 Feb 2012 12:31:05 GMT AARNet announces Open Visual Comms Consortium™ membership http://www.aarnet.edu.au/Article/NewsDetail.aspx?id=205 AARNet today announced that it has become the first research and education network to join the Open Visual Communications Consortium™ (OVCC™). By participating in this forum AARNet will extend its leadership in the video collaboration and communications space, working with global partners to drive video interoperability across the communications environment. Wed, 18 Jan 2012 13:00:00 GMT AARNet, Moreland City Council, IBES develop technology for elderly http://www.aarnet.edu.au/Article/NewsDetail.aspx?id=204 AARNet is partnering with Moreland City Council and the Institute for a Broadband-Enabled Society (IBES) to develop technology to allow elderly people to exercise at home Wed, 02 Nov 2011 13:00:00 GMT AARNet NSW DET Australian Museum enhance collaborative learning http://www.aarnet.edu.au/Article/NewsDetail.aspx?id=203 Digital Outreach Program delivers interactive learning to regional schools AARNet, Australia’s Academic and Research Network, is bringing the curriculum to life, enabling students to view Tasmanian Devils, meet leading researchers and talk to Dinosaurs without leaving their classrooms. Tue, 01 Nov 2011 13:00:00 GMT AARNet and QCIF video service workshops announced http://www.aarnet.edu.au/Article/NewsDetail.aspx?id=202 AARNet and The Queensland Cyber Infrastructure Foundation (QCIF) are working together to determine a future roadmap for video based services and are providing an opportunity for the research and education sector to provide valuable input into this process at the following locations during October. Tue, 27 Sep 2011 14:00:00 GMT AARNet & Huawei pioneer Telepresence interoperability in Australia http://www.aarnet.edu.au/Article/NewsDetail.aspx?id=201 Huawei’s first Australian telepresence suite launched with AARNet Wed, 21 Sep 2011 14:00:00 GMT AARNet connects its first customer to the NBN http://www.aarnet.edu.au/Article/NewsDetail.aspx?id=200 The Cathedral School in Townsville officially switched on to NBN via AARNet Wed, 31 Aug 2011 14:00:00 GMT AARNet joins consortium with National Time and Frequency Network http://www.aarnet.edu.au/Article/NewsDetail.aspx?id=199 AARNet, Australia's Academic and Research Network, has partnered with local organisations to develop technology that will enable Australia to build the world’s most ambitious National Time and Frequency Network (NTFN). The Australian Research Council recently confirmed funding of $600,000 for the project through its Linkage Projects scheme, which will see the creation of specific trial links to test accurate time and frequency data across the Australian continent via AARNet’s optical fibre network. Tue, 16 Aug 2011 14:00:00 GMT AARNet showcases enhanced Conferencing Scheduling services http://www.aarnet.edu.au/Article/NewsDetail.aspx?id=198 AARNet’s ‘self-service’ conferencing system generates interest from international Research and Education networks Sun, 17 Jul 2011 14:00:00 GMT Qld Research celebrates AARNet’s 10Gbps upgrade into Far Nth Qld http://www.aarnet.edu.au/Article/NewsDetail.aspx?id=197 The QUESTnet 2011 Conference provided the ideal opportunity for researchers at James Cook University, (JCU), Australian Institute of Marine Science (AIMS), CSIRO and CQUniversity (CQU) to celebrate the major upgrade of AARNet’s Sunshine Backbone Network between Brisbane to Cairns. The AARNet Sunshine Backbone is based on dual, redundant and diverse path OPGW networks spanning the 1700 kilometres from Cairns to Brisbane. Tue, 12 Jul 2011 14:00:00 GMT AARNet announces Cisco TelePresence Exchange service partnership http://www.aarnet.edu.au/Article/NewsDetail.aspx?id=196 AARNet announces plans to connect multiple academic institutions through virtual meeting experiences with Cisco TelePresence Tue, 05 Jul 2011 14:00:00 GMT