REANNZ has selected FX Networks to provide the national network for KAREN from December 2010.

The AUT radio telescope at Warkworth is now connected to KAREN. This will allow New Zealand to demonstrate its capability in radio astronomy, and could enable New Zealand to take part in the global radio astronomy project, the Square Kilometre Array.

If you're new to KAREN or in need of a refresher, check out KARENmedia's Channel on YouTube for two new presentations about KAREN and the role of REANNZ.

Issue 10 of hyphen, KAREN's newsletter, is out now. hyphen brings you interesting articles on KAREN, services and the successes of our members.

If you haven't come across this already, this YouTube post from AgResearch is a real epigenomics dosey doe.

A Birds of a Feather meeting at the Linux conference in Wellington this week brought together like minded people to talk open source science and research.

KAREN’s global connectivity expanded

KAREN’s international network capacity between Australia and New Zealand has been doubled in capacity in response to Member demand.

REANNZ has signed an agreement with Verizon Business to double KAREN’s current international network capacity between Australia and New Zealand from 155Mb/s to 310Mb/s.

Today's NZHerald reveals the Minister of Education is to reaffirm the Government's commitment to high-speed internet access for all schools today at the ULearn conference.

Science communication in NZ is set for bigger and better things with the launch of a new network of science blogs.

The Square Kilometre Array project has been all over the radio (and air) waves during the past few days, and KAREN is there.

The Government has announced a $16m investment in KAREN to support leading-edge connectivity for research and education, as part of Budget 2009.

REANNZ has decided not to go ahead with issuing an RFP for a new trans-Tasman cable.

You can now follow KARENnews on Twitter.

Students from KAREN school Point England primary in Auckland are leading the way in using technology in the classroom.

The Close Up programme at TVNZ aired an inspiring story about the students from Point England school on 27 February 2009. To these students, using learning tools such as blogging, podcasting and cloud computing are second nature.

A world-first report commissioned by REANNZ shows that the return on dedicated high-speed networks are estimated to be $200-220m a year.

Media release: Important reports on schools’ broadband network released

Two important reports have just been released on a successful trial that provided rural and urban schools with fast and unrestricted broadband to empower teaching and learning.

The National Education Network (NEN) trial provided 20 schools with fast, unrestricted broadband drastically improving their access to information and communication technology tools. The trial was led by REANNZ and funded by the Ministry of Education, Tertiary Education Commission and the National Library.

Media release

Two years into its life KAREN has exceeded expectations, with REANNZ arguably now the government’s expert agency for smart and efficient purchasing of broadband, according to REANNZ CEO, Donald Clark.

December 15 2008 marked KAREN’s 2nd birthday, and Mr Clark used the opportunity to highlight its many impressive milestones.

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.

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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.

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

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.

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

The third issue of our newsletter hyphen is out now.

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

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.

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.

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.

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.

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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).

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