Conveners
SA NREN: I
- Renier van Heerden (SANReN, CSIR)
SA NREN: II
- Zukisani Makalima (DIRISA)
Mr
Creswell Du Preez
(Nelson Mandela University)
05/12/2017, 11:00
SA NREN
Talk
The university landscape in South Africa has significantly changed since the latter part of 2015. Never before has issues of sustainability been more prevalent and universities are, more than ever, exploring strategic partnerships in order to sustainably provide connected student spaces in support of its academic agenda. Through creative and opportune partnerships with the Nelson Mandela Bay...
Mr
Arno Hart
(SABEN)
05/12/2017, 11:30
SA NREN
Invited talk (plenary/keynote)
SABEN is a non-profit focused on ending bandwidth poverty among Sooth Africa’s schools and colleges. It collaborates with the South African National Research and Education Network (SANReN) and procures services from the Tertiary Education and Research Network of South Africa (TENET) to provide high capacity bandwidth for schools networks and colleges. SABEN also offers other over-the-network...
Mr
Leon Staphorst
(Director: SANReN)
05/12/2017, 12:00
SA NREN
Invited talk (plenary/keynote)
The South African National Research and Education Network (SA NEN) is a collaborative effort by the Tertiary Education and Research Network of Of South Africa (TENET) and the South African National Research Network (SANReN) than has panned more than a decade. While the SA NREN initially ha the primary goal to provide the South African higher education and research communities with...
Mr
Aubrey Labuschagne
(CSIR), Prof.
Joey Jansen van Vuuren
(CSIR)
05/12/2017, 13:30
SA NREN
Invited talk (plenary/keynote)
Cybercrime and cyber vulnerabilities are increasing both in number and complexity and pressure is on business and industry to employ cybersecurity professionals that are able to defend systems and infrastructure against cyber-attacks. As a country’s critical infrastructure can be exposed through integration of IoT and Smart Cities, the need has been identified to develop a platform to conduct...
Prof.
Barry Irwin
(Rhodes University)
05/12/2017, 14:00
SA NREN
Talk
The Domain Name System (DNS) is critical to the operation of the
majority of services on the Internet at large. Many organisations
however pay relatively little attention to this foundational protocol.
Whether this be in terms of the operational aspects of the DNS
infrastructure, or even the choice of registrars and domain name
servers. This talk explores the analysis of several...
Mr
Andrew Wilson
(LucidView)
05/12/2017, 14:30
SA NREN
Talk
On Tuesday 5 December, the South African NREN has invited Mr A Wilson of LucidView to discuss the innovative work that we has been doing in the network space.
Mr Wilson will be providing an oral presentation on our recent innovations in this arena.
