Schalk Peach joined the SANReN CA on 1 November 2016 as a researcher with the SANReN CSIRT team.
Year: 2016
eduroam workshop at the CHPC National Meeting 2016
The South African NREN will be hosting a Tutorial Workshop on: How to install and configure an eduroam system (SP, IdP, RO) including how the authentication process works
Date: Monday, 05 December 2016 (full day)
Presenters: Johan Hugo, (SANReN, CSIR)
Further details can be found at the CHPC conference website.
South African NREN track at the CHPC National Meeting 2016
The South African NREN with be hosting a NREN track at the CHPC National Meeting 2016 on Wednesday, 07 December 2016 in East London, South Africa.
Further details can be found at the CHPC conference website.
Appointments at SANReN (October 2016)
The following appointments have been made at the SANReN CA:
- Siju Mammen has been appointed: Group leader for Network Engineering (acting)
- Thokozani Khwela has been appointed: Manger for Projects and Procurement (acting)
- Renier van Heerden has been appointed: Group leader for Services Development and Incubation (acting)
SANReN National Backbone Upgrade Tender – closed
The National Backbone infrastructure of the South African National Research Network (SANReN), a major research and education infrastructure is being upgraded from a managed bandwidth network to a dark fibre-optic network to allow SANReN to transmit multiple wavelengths of a bitrate of at least 100 Gbps.
CSIR Request for Proposal: 3044/23/09/2016 for the SANReN National Backbone Upgrade has been published on the National Treasury website.
Important dates:
Issue of tender documents: Thursday, 04 August 2016
Compulsory Briefing session: Friday, 19 August 2016 at 10h00 (CSIR Meraka Institute, Building 43, Auditorium)
Closing date for receiving questions: Friday, 09 September 2016 at 16h30
Closing/Submission date: Friday, 23 September 2016 at 16h30
A new Help Guide for Mconf meeting participants
A new help guide for meeting participants has been uploaded on the SA NREN Mconf website.
The document can be accessed through the “Help Guides” page.