HEAnet Accelerate Connectivity Programme Brian Nisbet Network Operations
HEAnet Accelerate Connectivity Programme Brian Nisbet Network Operations Manager @natural 20 TNC 2015 15 th June 2015
Researchers… What are they good for?
Turns out… Funding Teaching Science! Betterment of life on Earth Much, much more!
Accelerate Connectivity Programme • Aims to facilitate greater collaboration between academic & industry researchers • Restricted to the area of pre-commercial research • Leveraging the HEAnet network to reach further at lower costs • http: //www. heanet. ie/projects/accelerateconnectivity-programme
How Does It Work? • Application evaluated by HEAnet management • Point-to-point link between the HEAnet member institution and the commercial partner across our Layer 2 network • Use of the link subject to HEAnet AUP • … • That’s really it…
Why Is It Special? • Significant decision to allow connections to non-members/commercial entities • Extending campus LANs into commercial labs, or vice-versa • Avoids use of the big, bad Internet • Avoids having to build another physical connection onto the campus
Who Pays? • No subsidy from the Irish tax payer, directly or indirectly • Full cost of the connection billed to the HEAnet client, who may then pass on the costs to others • Cost recovery basis only
What It Isn’t! • HEAnet doesn’t get involved in intellectual property issues or ownership of research outcome. • Commercial entity may *not* use the connection for Internet access • Connection may not be used by other parts of the commercial entity • No other HEAnet services are made available to the commercial entity
• http: //www. heanet. ie/projects/accelerateconnectivity-programme • brian. nisbet@heanet. ie • @heanet • @natural 20
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