This section is a compilation of HEAnet press releases from 2007/2008/2009 that are of interest to the academic and research community.
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2009
2008
2007

2010

November

Edugate Launch

April

HEAnet Begin Connecting Irish Schools at 100 Mbit/s Speeds

January

WiMax trial at DCU enables long range wireless Internet access for students and staff

2009

December

HEAnet streams Budget 2010 live

IEDR and HEAnet agree Escrow arrangement to further safegaurd .ie Registy

September

Newly discounted National Mobile Broadband offer for HEAnet clients

January

UCD Connectivity to HEAnet network increases tenfold to 10 Gb/s

2008

November

Offical Launch of the FEDERICA project

October

300Mbps education network to benefit businesses in the West 

In The Papers 6 October 

HEAnet Extends Knowledge Economy into Gaeltacht 
 
New High Speed broadband for Gaeltacht 

New High Speed broadband for Gaeltacht publicity shot 

Publicity shot for Gaeltacht launch

New High Speed broadband for Gaeltacht The Sunday Business Post

July

D4Science – How e-Infrastructures can help Environment and Biodiversity
d4science

January

HEAnet upgrades its network
HEAnet

2007

December

Contract Signed for Ireland’s Most Powerful Computer

Budget 2008 to test new web backbone
This 10Gb connection, which is supported by Ireland’s National Education and Research Network, HEAnet, will provide 10 times the normal capacity at the internet exchange, to handle increasing traffic loads since the mainstream availability of broadband

Switching on a Supercomputer
The "Best of the Best" Scientific Projects will get access to a new Irish Supercomputer.

November

Internet2, GÉANT2, and ESnet Demonstrate Phoebus at SC07 to Showcase Seamless Set up of Dynamic Circuits
Internet2, GÉANT2, ESnet

Government backing innovation culture through EUR 8.2 bn spend on science and technology research over five years

Internet2 Demonstrates Interoperability of Multiple Dynamic Circuit Platforms at SC07

October

Ryan announces free online access to Departmental spatial data

July

European NRENs Establish 'Bandwidth-On-Demand'
AutoBAHN, GÉANT2, GRNET, HEAnet

Fortinet Completes its Largest Web Content Filtering Deployment, Protecting More Than 800,000 Students and Staff
Fortinet and HEAnet

May

G8-UNESCO - Education, Research and Innovation: New Partnership for Sustainable Development
G8-UNESCO

HEAnet Delivering a Safer Online Environment for Irish Schools
HEAnet

MANTICORE project Phase I: The specification of a logical IP network service utilizing UCLP
HEAnet, i2CAT

February

Networks Dynamically Reconfigure Themselves to Economically Connect Large Data Flows
HEAnet, CTVR, i2CAT