HEAnet

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HEAnet
Formation1983; incorporated in November 1997 [1]
Legal status Company limited by guarantee
Headquarters Dublin
Region served
Ireland
Main organ
Board of Directors
Website www.heanet.ie

HEAnet is the national education and research network of Ireland.

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 (HEIs). It also provides internet services to primary and post-primary schools in Ireland and research organisations. [3] [4] Their clients also include various state-sponsored bodies, including hosting the online live conferencing service of the Oireachtas, the parliament of Ireland. [5]

HEAnet also hosts a mirror service, which acts as a mirror for projects such as SourceForge, Debian, and Ubuntu. [6]

In 2014, HEAnet hosted the TERENA Conference in Dublin. It was held between 19 and 22 May 2014 in Dublin. [7]

In 2017, HEAnet announced additional investment in "100 Gbps [services] to boost bandwidth accessed by [...] 216 academic locations around Ireland". [8] [9]

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