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HEAnet Background TERENA TF-PR Group

John Boland, CE

26th February 2009

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Agenda

• HEAnet - Ireland’s NREN
• Strategic Plan: 2008 – 2013
• Core Services Video
• Communications Manager & Responsibilities
• HEAnet’s National Networking Conference 2009

Members of HEAnet

• 7 Universities
• 13 Institutes of Technology
• Dublin Institute of Technology
• Tipperary Institute
• NCI, NCRI, HEA, NUI, NQAI
• CAO, HETAC, IRCSET, NCAD
• HRB, EPA, RIA …
• In excess of 150,000 user community
• 4,000 primary and post-primary schools, through DES

INEX Belfast Citywest Dublin Galway Limerick Cork

John Boland Chief Executive

Ronan Byrne Special Programmes Manager Schools E-INIS Middleware Mike Norris Chief Technical Officer Network Operations Managed Network Services Victor Reijs Special Projects Manager Network Development Rhian Williams Finance & HR Manager Finance & Administration HR Communications Manager PA to Chief Executive

Organisation Chart


Services
Catalogue 


Connectivity Hosting & Data Network Mngt. Application Services

Clients Co-Location IP Addresses .ie Registration Resilience Web Hosting Looking Glass DNS Internet Transit Website Hot Standby Multicast IP Mailing Lists LAN Extensions Wiki Hosting Netflow Usenet News VLE Hosting NTP Software Mirroring

Security Multimedia Middleware Customer Services

Anti-spam Video Conferencing eduroam NOC Helpdesk Security Scanning Video Streaming Edugate Proactive Monitoring CERT Video Content Archiving Professional Services Quarterly Service Reports Conferences & Events Training/Workshops

Strategic
Planning 


• The
most
important
ac6vity
HEAnet
undertook
this
year,
apart
from


 running
the
core
services,
was
the
development
of
a
new
Strategic
 Plan
to
drive
the
company
forward
over
the
next
five
years.


• The
strategy
document
provides
a
framework
for
management


decision‐making
in
a
range
of
areas
including
current
and
future
 services
development.



• It
addresses
fundamental
issues
around
why
HEAnet
exists,
how
the


company
adds
value
for
client
organisaAons,
delivers
real
cost
 benefits
to
the
funders
of
educaAon
and
research
in
Ireland
and
 where
the
networking
organisaAon
wants
to
be
in
the
future.




Core

 Services

 Video


Hos6ng
Facili6es
@
Blanchardstown

 (Brian
Boyle,
HEAnet)


Ireland’s
First
SuperComputer
 DIAS
/
ICHEC
/
HEAnet


Na6onal
Backbone
Extension

 (Owen
Byrne,
HEAnet)


Expansion
of
IoT
Connec0vity


High
Defini6on
Video
Conferencing

 (Kevin
Dermody,
HEAnet)


Broadband
Schools
Network

 (Ronan
Byrne,
HEAnet)


HEAnet – Core Services Video

Communications Plan 2009

• Q1 2009

– Prepare annual communications plan & budget – Conference website set-up – Services catalogue update re-print – Press releases / service launches – Commence work on new HEAnet Brochure

• Q2 2009

– Newsletter (1 of 2) – Annual Report – Conference – 1st announcement – call for papers – Lanch new HEAnet Brochure – Press releases / service launches

• Q3 2009

– Publicity around client workshops (summer months) – Conference – 2nd announcement and draft programme – Newletter (2 of 2) – Press releases / service launches

• Q4 2009

– HEAnet National Network Conference (2 days) – Press releases / service launches – End of year Communications Reveiw

Communications Plan 2009

Communications Manager

Objective: Communicating with the Education & Research Community

• Getting our Message out: Who is the Audience? / Branding / Representation
• Media Liaison (Press releases / Generation of news items)
• Speech Writing (Key Messages)
• Ability to make presentations on CEs behalf
• PR Strategy & Communication Plan
• Annual Conference and Events Management
• Editorial Management and Corporate Publications:

– annual report, company brochure, services catalogue, newsletters, factsheets etc…

• Website management and on-going web initiatives
• CRM & Marketing databases
• Marketing initiatives
• Internal & External communications
• Management of annual Communications budget

HEAnet Annual Conference

Conference Summary

• Plenaries, parallels, workshops, BOF’s
• Delegates, 163 delegates
• Most important element: “networking with other

colleagues and/or HEAnet staff”

• Gathered topics for future Conference themes

from evaluation forms and feedback at the event

Strategic Plan Launch

Conference Speakers

• Google
• O2
• Amazon
• Nokia Siemens
• Internet 2

Conference Activities

An Invitation

HEAnet’s 2009 HEAnet’s 2009 National Networking Conference National Networking Conference

12 12th

th and 13

and 13th

th November 2009

November 2009

Irish Regional Venue, tbc !