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2016-10-01 in NewsRecruitment

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)

2016-07-29 in ProcurementProjects

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

2015-12-02 in EventsNews

SA NREN parallel event at the CHPC National Meeting 2015

The South African National Research and Education Network (SA NREN) which is constituted out of a partnership collaboration between the SANReN Competency Area at the CSIR Meraka Institute and the Tertiary Education and Research Network of South Africa (TENET), hosted a parallel session at the CHPC National Meeting 2015.

There were a diverse range of presentations at the session. The session chair was Dr. Renier van Heerden.

The following presentations were made:

  • Keynote: Leon Staphorst (SANReN CA) and Duncan Greaves (TENET): The SA NREN as an enabler of South Africa’s Research Community
  • Andrew Wilson, Lucidview: Demonstration on how LucidView uses Big Data to add more value for Security, Trending Analysis and Management
  • Johann Tonsing, Netronome: Software Defined Networking: Concepts, Rationale and Outlook
  • Erasmus Burger, University of Pretoria: Communications and fieldwork in Antarctica, from a field-based scientist’s point of view
  • Prof. Barry Irwin, Rhodes University: SANReN as a research enabler – A darknet case study
  • Roderick Mooi, SANReN CA: Big Data, Faster (aka Operating Innovative Networks)

2015-12-01 in Recruitment

TENET is recruiting for a RCCP II Project Manager – closed

TENET is looking to contract an experienced Project Manager who will implement the Rural Campuses Connection Project Phase II (RCCP II) with the goal of delivering the project on time, within budget and within scope.

The RCCP II is a project connecting selected rural campuses and rural sites of the existing 26 universities to the SANReN Network. The duration of the project is for a minimum of 3 years.

Further details can be found on the TENET website.

Closing date for applications: 15 January 2016.

TENET reserves the right not to make an appointment.

2015-12-01 in Recruitment

TENET is recruiting for a SAFIRE Project Director – closed

TENET seeks applications from suitably qualified persons for the position of Project Director for the South African Identity Federation.

TENET is the juristic entity of record during the development phase of the South African Identity Federation Project, and, in addition to being a collaborating partner in the Project, acts on behalf of the Project in legal and contractual matters.

Further details can be found on the TENET website.

Closing date for applications: 15 January 2016.

TENET reserves the right not to make an appointment.

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