Due to high demand, we are running a second video conference on enabling multicast over KAREN on Friday 3 April.

IT staff and network specialists are invited to a multicast workshop on 3 April. This workshop will help you take advantage of the benefits of multicast on KAREN.

The Ministry of Research, Science and Technology has just released an online survey to assess the needs of New Zealand researchers for High Performance Computing and eResearch.

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IT staff and network specialists are invited to a multicast workshop on 2 April. Run by REANNZ this workshop will help you take advantage of the benefits of multicast on KAREN.

If you're in Wellington tomorrow evening and active in the e-content and creativity arena, then you're invited to be present at the announcement of the New Zealand nominees for the World Summit Awards.

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A new service centre has been established to provide helpdesk and advisory services for video conferencing at our universities and crown research institutes.

Art students at Kristin School and Christ’s College were treated last week to a personal talk from Te Papa’s Director of Art on the works of Monet and the Impressionists.

Te Papa is currently playing host to the largest collection of Impressionist paintings ever to come to New Zealand. The ‘Monet and the Impressionists’ exhibition features over 50 paintings from 19th century French artists, the majority of which come from the collection held at the Museum of Fine Arts in Boston.

Students from KAREN school Point England primary in Auckland are leading the way in using technology in the classroom.

The Close Up programme at TVNZ aired an inspiring story about the students from Point England school on 27 February 2009. To these students, using learning tools such as blogging, podcasting and cloud computing are second nature.

Speaking at the recent Commerce Commission's 'Broadband at a crossroads' conference, Donald Clark gave an insight into the next generation of KAREN - towards a hybrid optical / packet network.

Back by popular demand. Richard Bishop will provide practical advise on how to set up and run a successful video conference on Tuesday 10 March.