Sponsors

The HEAnet Conference is a great opportunity to reach IT Service Managers, Senior Technical personnel and key academics and researchers from HEAnet’s clientele of University and other Third Level Institutions.

If you are interested in exploring this possibility, please email: conference@heanet.ie

We would like to thank this year's sponsors and exhibitors:

Sponsoring the Gala Dinner and Entertainment

Lancomms Logo Founded in 1993, Lan Communications is one of the market’s leading providers of telecommunications connectivity, incorporating innovative yet secure voice, video and data services. One of the country’s largest systems integrators, it boasts a client base of over 1250 customers and 130 employees and provides “true” nationwide geographic reach. Lan Communications prides itself on technical excellence and works in close partnership with market-leading hardware and software vendors, holding some of the industry’s highest technical accreditations, many of which are unique to the Irish marketplace. Lan Communications is a subsidiary of eircom.

Sponsoring the Wireless Access

Ward Solutions The Ward Group, founded in 1995, is an innovative consultancy and e-Business Systems Integrator providing tailored electronic business solutions, services and products to the higher education and corporate market. Ward Solutions has a blue chip client base in excess of 150 blue chip customers serviced internationally, which includes a number of higher education institutions

Sponsoring the Web Café

Dell Michael Dell started the company in 1984 with the revolutionary idea to sell custom built computers directly to the customer. With the power of direct and Dell's team of talented people, we are able to provide customers with superb value; high-quality, relevant technology; customized systems; superior service and support; and products and services that are easy to buy and use.

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Entropy

For more than a decade, Entropy has been Ireland’s leading IT security specialist. Entropy delivers security solutions that help clients across all industries secure their business assets.

At Entropy, we believe that security means not only protecting your assets but also ensuring that services are always available to your employees, customers, suppliers or partners.

From design and implementation to support and management, Entropy provides a single point of contact for securing complex networks.

Our years of accumulated experience ensure that we understand the business and technical requirements that affect the security of your network. Our goal is to establish a successful long term business relationship by listening to you and fulfilling your security infrastructure requirements. This approach makes Entropy your ideal security partner.

Our engineers are experienced in the major "best of breed" security products, including networking, operating systems, application security, firewalls, anti virus, intrusion detection, encryption and high availability solutions.

Entropy is part of the Calyx Group PLC.

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Apple

Apple ignited the personal computer revolution in the 1970s with the Apple II and reinvented the PC with the Macintosh.

Apple is widely recognized for its innovative, award-winning Mac desktop and notebook computers, OS X operating system, and iLife digital lifestyle and professional applications.

Apple is also leading the digital music revolution with its iPod line of portable music players and iTunes online music store.