Goran ŠkvarčSpecial Projects Manager21.02.2008.

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CARNet Croatian Academic and Research Network; Started as a project in 1991; Officially founded by the Government in 1995. Headquarters at Zagreb; Regional centers in six cities of Croatia -

Zagreb, Rijeka, Osijek, Split; Pula and Dubrovnik;

Over 80 employees. Annual budget – 100 mil. kunas (14 mil. euros)

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Users From the beginning of CARNet:

institutions from the systems of science and higher education: universities and their respective faculties; other institutions of higher education, and scientific and research institutes.

Public/government Institutes; Student housing sites; Ministry of Science, Education and Sports; Ministry’s Agencies; Staff and students of the above mentioned institutions.

Since 2006.: Primary and Secondary Schools; Pupil’s housing sites; Pupils.

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245 academic institutions @ 380 locations;

1346 educational institutions @ 2606 locations;

Connections from 2 Mbps - 10 Gbps; All costs covered by CARNet.

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Connectivity GEANT 2 - EU project, 4 years, 10 GBit/s

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Backbone

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Basic Services: AAI@edu.hr - digital authentication and authorization

infrastructure; Internet - access to Internet; E-mail; CMU/MobileCARNet/XCARNet/MetroCARNet - network

access; Edupoint - CARNet Educational Department; Helpdesk - user’s support; Network services - ftp, news, irc, ntp…; DNS - national top .hr domain administration; www.hr - Croatia’s Homepage and Catalogue; Center for Online Databases; Cisco Academy - Cisco Academy of Network Technologies; CERT & Abuse - computer security; ELA - E-learning academy; CUC - CARNet Users Conference; Multimedia - room and desktop videoconferencing

systems, streaming, MoD;

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AAI@EduHr

AAI@EduHr - virtual electronic identity; Unique for every CARNet user; Precondition for almost all services; 561 713 electronic identities in AAI@EduHr system at

the end of January 2008.

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HUSO – Hosting Service for Primary and Secondary Schools For Schools:

LDAP; DNS; Web space (school and presonal web pages); CMS - Content Management System; National School Portal (http://www.skole.hr); National Portal for Distance Learning “Nikola Tesla”; E-library (http://e-knjiznica.carnet.hr); Content filtering.

For individuals: Electronic identity for everybody; iPernica - web interface enabling:

e-mail; Address book Calendar Document handling.

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CMS

Content Management System: Dynamic system tor management and creation of school

websites on previously defined look and standars using web interface;

Tool to utilize web services; 488 schools within CMS.

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National School Portal

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Educational content Online courses:

Available through LMS (Learning Management System); Math, Physics, Biology and Chemistry for Secondary Schools; ECDL – 7 modules; Various courses.

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Math, Physics, Biology and Chemistry for Secondary Schools

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e-knjiznica.carnet.hr

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Časopis VIDI

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e-knjiznica.carnet.hr/e-kids

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E-knjige i časopisi

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Center for Online Databases

Seamless Searching and Linking

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Discovery Search Seamless Linking Full Text

Journals@Ovid

Microsoft Encarta

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Videoconferencing and MOD

Room and Desktop VC Systems; Equipment:

Polycom VSX 3000 (150) PC sistem Polycom PVX (1500)

Adobe Connect in test phase; 32 TCRs

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E-Islands