<div dir="ltr">Thank you for the links Ina. Will come in handy for my current study on e-research.<div>Kind regards,</div></div><div class="gmail_extra"><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Tue, Jan 2, 2018 at 4:19 PM, Ina Smith <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:Ina@assaf.org.za" target="_blank">Ina@assaf.org.za</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div lang="EN-US" link="#0563C1" vlink="#954F72"><div class="m_-8115614321120432821WordSection1"><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Century Gothic",sans-serif">During the past <a href="https://events.ubuntunet.net/indico/event/10/overview" target="_blank">UbuntuNet Connect 2018 conference</a>, it was clear that more and more NRENs are becoming geared to host Software as a Service (SaaS) or Platform as a Service (PaaS). This can be services such as identity management, data management, cloud services, security certificates, repositories, and more. See the <a href="https://www.africaconnect2.net/Partners/African_NRENs/Pages/Home.aspx" target="_blank">List of African NREN Partners</a> to find the NREN in your country, and to inquire about services offered.<u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Century Gothic",sans-serif"><u></u> <u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Century Gothic",sans-serif">NRENs can and in some instances already play an important role in  making open science and the sharing of research data (incl. Big Data) a success.<u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Century Gothic",sans-serif"><u></u> <u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Century Gothic",sans-serif"><a href="https://repository.ubuntunet.net/bitstream/handle/10.20374/69/NREN_Capability_Maturity_Model.pdf?sequence=1&isAllowed=y" target="_blank">An NREN Capability Maturity Model</a>/Duncan Greaves<u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Century Gothic",sans-serif">Level 6 (Elaborated service offering)</span></b><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Century Gothic",sans-serif"> marks a fully mature NREN of the kind that characterises Europe, North America and comparable contexts. The NREN is richly connected at high speed to many other networks and resources. Numerous value-added services are available, such as grid and cloud computing resources, user-controlled lightpaths, videoconferencing, and federated identity services. The NREN’s value proposition lies primarily in these services, since bandwidth pricing in such contexts is transparently cost-related. Many institutions will purchase commodity bandwidth from a commercial provider in addition to NREN-specific bandwidth. A culture of collaboration is deeply established. <u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Century Gothic",sans-serif"><u></u> <u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Century Gothic",sans-serif">Levels of African NRENs</span></b><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Century Gothic",sans-serif"> according to the following studies:<u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Century Gothic",sans-serif"><a href="http://africanopenscience.org.za/wp-content/uploads/2018/01/WB-Report-Role-and-Status-NRENs-Africa.compressed.pdf" target="_blank">The Role and Status of National Research and Education Networks (NRENs) in Africa</a>/Michael Foley (World Bank Study)<u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Century Gothic",sans-serif"><a href="http://africanopenscience.org.za/wp-content/uploads/2018/01/AAU-Riding-the-NREN-Train-final-draft-.pdf" target="_blank">Riding the National Research and Education Networking Train in Africa: A Policy Brief for Stakeholders</a>/Association of African Universities<u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Century Gothic",sans-serif"><u></u> <u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Century Gothic",sans-serif">More reading:<u></u><u></u></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Century Gothic",sans-serif"><a href="https://www.africaconnect2.net/Partners/African_NRENs/Pages/Home.aspx" target="_blank">List of African NREN Partners</a><u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Century Gothic",sans-serif"><a href="http://edutechdebate.org/research-and-education-networks/" target="_blank">Educational Technology Debate: Exploring ICT and Learning in Developing Countries</a><u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Century Gothic",sans-serif"><u></u> <u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><b><span lang="EN-ZA" style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Century Gothic",sans-serif;color:#1f497d">Ina Smith</span></b><span lang="EN-ZA" style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Century Gothic",sans-serif;color:#1f497d"><u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-ZA" style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Century Gothic",sans-serif;color:#1f497d">Project Manager: <a href="http://africanopenscience.org.za/" target="_blank">African Open Science Platform</a> <br>SciELO Planning Manager<u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-ZA" style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Century Gothic",sans-serif;color:#1f497d">Academy of Science of South Africa (ASSAf)<br><a href="https://blog.doaj.org/2016/09/07/the-doaj-ambassadors-biographies/" target="_blank">DOAJ Ambassador, Southern Africa Region</a><br><a href="https://loy2016blog.wordpress.com/" target="_blank">LIASA Librarian of the Year 2016</a><u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-ZA" style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Century Gothic",sans-serif;color:#1f497d"><u></u> <u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><a href="http://orcid.org/" target="_blank"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Century Gothic",sans-serif;color:#338caf;text-decoration:none"><img border="0" width="16" height="16" id="m_-8115614321120432821Picture_x0020_1" src="cid:image001.gif@01D383D9.E01EE7A0" alt="http://orcid.org/sites/default/files/images/orcid_16x16(1).gif"></span></a><span lang="EN-ZA" style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Century Gothic",sans-serif">  <a href="http://orcid.org/0000-0002-9710-3668" target="_blank">http://orcid.org/0000-0002-<wbr>9710-3668 </a></span><u><span style="color:#0563c1"><u></u><u></u></span></u></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-ZA" style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Century Gothic",sans-serif;color:#1f497d"><u></u> <u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-ZA" style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Century Gothic",sans-serif;color:#1f497d">Switchboard: +27 12 349 6600    <u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-ZA" style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Century Gothic",sans-serif;color:#1f497d">Tel: +27 12 349 6641           <u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-ZA" style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Century Gothic",sans-serif;color:#1f497d">Fax: +27 (0) 86 576 9512<u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-ZA" style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Century Gothic",sans-serif;color:#1f497d">Email: </span><span lang="EN-ZA" style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Century Gothic",sans-serif"><a href="mailto:ina@assaf.org.za" target="_blank"><span>ina@assaf.org.za</span></a></span><span lang="EN-ZA" style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Century Gothic",sans-serif;color:#1f497d"> <u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-ZA" style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Century Gothic",sans-serif;color:#1f497d"><u></u> <u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:#1f497d"><img border="0" width="184" height="75" id="m_-8115614321120432821Picture_x0020_2" src="cid:image004.jpg@01D383DC.AE29B8D0" alt="assafemail"></span><span lang="EN-ZA" style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Century Gothic",sans-serif;color:#1f497d"><u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-ZA" style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Century Gothic",sans-serif;color:#1f497d"><u></u> <u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-ZA" style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Century Gothic",sans-serif;color:#1f497d">1st Floor Block A, The Woods, 41 De Havilland Crescent, Persequor Park <u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-ZA" style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Century Gothic",sans-serif;color:#1f497d">Meiring Naudé Road, Lynnwood 0020, Pretoria, South Africa. <u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-ZA" style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Century Gothic",sans-serif;color:#1f497d"><u></u> <u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-ZA" style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Century Gothic",sans-serif;color:#1f497d">PO Box 72135, Lynnwood Ridge 0040, Pretoria, South Africa. <u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-ZA" style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Century Gothic",sans-serif;color:#1f497d"><u></u> <u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-ZA" style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Century Gothic",sans-serif;color:#1f497d">Website: </span><span lang="EN-ZA" style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Century Gothic",sans-serif"><a href="http://www.assaf.org.za/" target="_blank"><span>www.assaf.org.za</span></a></span><span class="HOEnZb"><font color="#888888"><i><span lang="EN-ZA" style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Century Gothic",sans-serif;color:#1f497d"> </span></i><span lang="EN-ZA" style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Century Gothic",sans-serif;color:#1f497d"><u>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