RFQ (CSIR 5049/23/10/2015) for Cisco Network Equipment for the Expansion of the SANReN Network has been Extended.
Details of the Request for Proposal can be found on the CSIR tender web page.
Closing date: 23 October 2015.
Year: 2015
Watch the recording of the Pretoria Mconf launch event here: (Recorded with Mconf)
Here is the Mconf launch event recording taken at CSIR ICC, Pretoria, on 22nd July (~2.5 hours): Link to online playback
(Plays the recording in an HTML5 page in a Firefox or Chrome browser. The recording is not downloaded to your computer and will require an internet connection to be reproduced.)
You can download and save the presentation to view offline at this link: Link to download and play offline
(Downloads an HTML page that you can use to reproduce the recording offline using your browser. Has all the features of the HTML player online plus the advantage of also working offline. Currently can only be reproduced using the Firefox browser.)
Successful Mconf web conferencing launch events in Pretoria and Cape Town!
Mconf web conferencing was officially launched as a production level service last week at two successful Mconf web conferencing launch events. The events took place at the CSIR ICC in Pretoria, on Wednesday 22nd July 2015, and at CPUT Bellville campus on Thursday 23rd July 2015.
The event was conducted using the SA NREN’s Mconf web conferencing installation which enabled a speaker from the Mconf Technology’s web conferencing development team in Porto Alegre, Brazil to participate and present at the session.
Find the poster, agenda, presentations and handouts from the event below:
- Mconf launch event poster
- Final agenda for Mconf launch events
- Mconf web conferencing Quick Reference Sheet
- Presentation 1 – Details of the Mconf service – Kasandra Isaac
- Presentation 2 – Infrastructure and support. – Patrick Holahan
- Presentation 3 – Mconf in Brazilian NREN, RNP and Mconf Technologia – Leonardo Daronco/Felipe Cecagno
You can start using this feature rich web conference collaboration tool immediately by registering at https://mconf.sanren.ac.za
Below are pictures taken at the event in Pretoria:
Logo chosen for SAFIRE
A logo has been chosen for the South African Federated Identities for Research and Education (SAFIRE).
A refresh of the SAFIRE website is planned for the coming months. Watch this space.
Mconf web conferencing is in production!
Mconf is now a production level service for the South African Research and Education community!
Progress update:
- Mconf.sanren.ac.za’s security certificate has been updated; and
- A new user document 2. Creating new spaces, has been added to the Help Guides page – More will follow!
Please remember to register for the Mconf web conferencing launch events:
Register here:
(Events are scheduled from 12pm – 4pm)
For the Pretoria event: http://tinyurl.com/mconf-event-pretoria
For the Cape Town event: http://tinyurl.com/mconf-event-capetown
Happy web conferencing!
CSIRT workshop notes
On 26-27 May a workshop was held with the community to determine the way forward for establishing an NREN CSIRT (Computer Security Incident Response Team). See our earlier post for more information.