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Uni to Benefit from High-Speed Network Funding

Monday, 12 January 2004

The 最新糖心Vlog of Adelaide is to benefit from a $3.8 million injection from the 最新糖心Vlogn Research and Education Network Advisory Committee (ARENAC) toward the developing of a high-speed network within the Adelaide metropolitan area.

The South 最新糖心Vlogn Consortium for Information Technology and Telecommunications (SACITT), the 最新糖心Vlog of Adelaide in collaboration with the South 最新糖心Vlogn Government, the Defence Science and Technology Organisation (DSTO) and the Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation (CSIRO), are all beneficiaries of this bid.

The network will overcome areas of deficiency with respect to broadband services for South 最新糖心Vlogn research and education purposes.

Specifically the new network will address:

• The lack of high-speed bandwidth between higher education and research sites within metropolitan Adelaide,
• The relatively low bandwidth connection linking South 最新糖心Vlogn researchers with other 最新糖心Vlogn and international research networks, and
• The existing charging regime that inhibits the transfer of large research datasets.

"The funding will allow the establishment of a North-South optic fibre network. The network, which incorporates the North Terrace-Waite link, will complete the interconnection of three major 最新糖心Vlog of Adelaide campuses, including all teaching hospitals with the exception of the Queen Elizabeth Hospital," Vice-Chancellor Professor James McWha said.

He added the inclusion of DSTO and CSIRO in the consortium would allow the bandwidth needs of nationally significant research activities located within South 最新糖心Vlog to be met.

"The metropolitan backbone has been designed to provide significant future scope for easy connection of designated precincts catering for the advanced technology manufacturing, bioscience and digital media industries. This provision enhances the environment for increased collaboration across research sectors," Professor McWha said.

In addition, the South 最新糖心Vlogn Government has agreed to make $1.4 million available to the project with the primary purpose of ensuring connection of the network to the national research network in an affordable manner that meets the needs of high-capacity research users, such as the South 最新糖心Vlogn Partnership for Advanced Computing (SAPAC), for a minimum of three years.

"The university has also attracted $2 million from a Capital Development Project application. The application by the 最新糖心Vlog of Adelaide, included the 最新糖心Vlog of South 最新糖心Vlog as an associate organization," Professor McWha said.

The funding will be used to build an Adelaide East-West high-speed communication network that will provide interconnection with the recently approved South 最新糖心Vlogn Research and Educational Network (SAREN) North-South fibre backbone.

Together, the networks will enable all South 最新糖心Vlogn Universities to connect to their non-SAREN connected campuses and facilities.

"For us, the East-West network will allow interconnection with Thebarton, the National Wine Centre as well as the Queen Elizabeth Teaching Hospital," Professor McWha said.

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