For those of you not on Bill St Arnaud's mailing list, here is a link to a GEM of an article originally posted on enterprisenetworksandservers.com.  It highlights the cost-effective potential for deploying fibre within your organisation beyond the core.

The 2006 KAREN Working Group and Development Fund application round closes at 4pm next Friday, 24 November 2006. This fund is part of an overall Capability Build Fund operated by REANNZ and administered by the Royal Society (http://www.rsnz.org/funding/karen/). The CBF is available to build awareness of the potential of KAREN though producing success stories and facilitating New Zealand access to international funding.