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Abu-Ghazaleh Announces Establishment of TAG-REN-HUB to Provide Dedicated Internet for R&E Community in the Arab Region

03-Jun-2019

Special to TAG Educa News Agency

AMMAN - His Excellency Dr. Talal Abu-Ghazaleh, Chairman of the Arab States Research and Education Network (ASREN) announced the Talal Abu-Ghazaleh Research and Education Network HUB (TAG-REN-HUB) which is a dedicated National / Regional hub for research and education infrastructure created and installed in Amman to provide dedicated internet access to regional and global e-Infrastructures. This hub is operated by ASREN with support of Talal Abu-Ghazaleh Global (TAG.GLOBAL).

TAG-REN-HUB consists of a set of high end level equipment with high availability installed in a highly secured data center with high availability options including redundant power, redundant equipment and redundant modules.
TAG-REN-HUB is currently connected at high speed to the regional and global research and education networks through ASREN’s main Point of Presence (PoP) in London which is supported also by the European research and education network (GEANT), thanks to the European Commission for the EUMEDCONNECT and AfricaConnect Programs. 

HE Dr. Talal Abu-Ghazaleh said: “we are proud to provide this service to the research and education communities in the Arab region so that they can have access to regional and global e-Infrastructures which will enable collaboration and knowledge exchange towards better research and education activities in our region”