HEAnet

HEAnet is the national education and research network of Ireland.

HEAnet
MottoIreland's National Education & Research Network
Formation1983; incorporated in November 1997[1]
Legal statusCompany limited by guarantee
HeadquartersDublin
Region served
Ireland
Main organ
Board of Directors
Websitewww.heanet.ie

HEAnet's e-infrastructure services support approximately 210,000 students and staff (third-level) in Ireland, and approximately 800,000 students and staff (first and second-level) relying on the HEAnet network.[1] In total, the network supports approximately 1 million users.[2]

Established in 1983 by a number of Irish universities,[1] and supported by the Higher Education Authority, HEAnet provides e-infrastructure services to schools, colleges and universities within the Irish education system. Its network connects Irish universities, Institutes of technology in Ireland, the Irish Centre for High-End Computing (National Supercomputing Centre) and other higher education institutions. It also provides internet services to primary and post-primary schools in Ireland (HEIs) and research organisations[3][4].

HEAnet also hosts a mirror service, which acts as a mirror for projects such as SourceForge, Debian, and Ubuntu.[5]

In 2017, HEAnet announced additional investment in "100Gbps [services] to boost bandwidth accessed by [...] 216 academic locations around Ireland".[6][7]

References
  1. "About". Heanet.ie. Retrieved 27 October 2018.
  2. "HEAnet to announce new security deal". Irishtimes.com. 2014-05-22. Retrieved 2018-10-27.
  3. "HEAnet clients". HEAnet. Retrieved 27 June 2019.
  4. "HEAnet completes €30m second level broadband rollout". TechCentral.ie. Retrieved 27 October 2018.
  5. "ftp.heanet.ie". ftp.heanet.ie. Retrieved 27 October 2018.
  6. "HEAnet invests €5m in 100Gbps nationwide network". Siliconrepublic.com. Retrieved 27 October 2018.
  7. "Agile Networks secures €5m contract with HEAnet". Irishtimes.com. 18 July 2016. Retrieved 27 October 2018.


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