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Explore strategies to brand optical networks effectively and make them appealing to users. Learn about the Danish Research Network's approach to PR, communication, and network upgrades.
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Overview 9 - 10.30 • How to brand optical network? (Linda) • P2P (Simon) • Workshop • Discussion Linda Greve Bendixen - Danish Research Network & UNI-C
How to Brand Optical Networking? Linda Greve Bendixen - Danish Research Network & UNI-C
Agenda • Where the Danish Research Network stand • How we handle PR and communication • The upgrade we stand before • How to brand optical network • Workshop and discussion: How do we make optical network and P2P relevant and ’sexy’ to the user Linda Greve Bendixen - Danish Research Network & UNI-C
Where the Danish Research Network stand • We run the technical side of research network in Denmark • We try hard to establish and maintain relevant services to the end user • We are becoming more and more known in media and some circles of researchers • Employees: 16 people, only tree working full time on the research network Linda Greve Bendixen - Danish Research Network & UNI-C
How we handle PR and communication • E-newsletter bi-monthly, soon also as RSS-feed • Press releases on larger events • Continuous contact to relevant media and journalists • Continuous contact to our network • News on the website • Annual conference - and attending relevant conferences • Workshops and meetings Linda Greve Bendixen - Danish Research Network & UNI-C
The upgrade we stand before • Now: 2.5 G/sec on the backbone • Upgrade: Optical network with the possibility of dedicated fibres between institutions etc. • We should have network by the end of 2007 Linda Greve Bendixen - Danish Research Network & UNI-C
How we could brand optical network • Place articles in relevant media • Make good cases in telemedicine and e-computing etc. • Have sessions about lambdas on the annual conference Linda Greve Bendixen - Danish Research Network & UNI-C
Now over to Simon and P2P Linda Greve Bendixen - Danish Research Network & UNI-C