Croatian Academic and Research Network ( Croatian. Hrvatska akademska i istraživačka mreža , CARNet) is a national research and educational network established in Croatia in 1991. The project is financed from the state budget; CARNet offices are open in Zagreb and five other cities of the country. CARNet was created as a project of the Ministry of Science and Technology of the Republic of Croatia; in March 1995, the Government of the Republic of Croatia adopted the Decree establishing the establishment of CARNet with the aim of “facilitating the progress and development of both individuals and society as a whole through the use of new information technologies ”. CARNet's activities can be divided into three main areas: providing Internet access , promoting the development of the information society, and “education in a new era”.
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Mission, Vision and Fundamental Values
Mission
CARNet's mission is to contribute to the development of a digitally mature society.
Vision
Achievement of the goals is expected through the comprehensive informatization of the education and science system in the Republic of Croatia, and more specifically: the development of an advanced and accessible information infrastructure, facilitating progress through the provision of electronic services and electronic content, contributing to Internet security in the Republic of Croatia and in the Balkan region as a whole encouraging user innovation and excellence in using advanced information and communication technologies second, to establish a reliable and responsible partnerships with the users (by applying and sharing knowledge and experience, as well as - to promote the development of the legal framework of using information and communication technologies in the Croatian system of education and science.
Fundamental Values
CARNet proclaims its values as “responsibility, initiative, determination, fullness and openness”.
History
Institution
On October 3, 1991, a body was created in Croatia responsible for coordinating the creation of the Croatian training computer network. This event was the starting point in the work of the Croatian Research Network (CARNet), which became the first Internet Service Provider (ISP) in the country. Over the next few years, CARNet was the only Internet service provider in Croatia, providing access to the network for free - not only to the academic community, but to all citizens of the republic.
In November 1992, the first international communication connection was established, which connected CARNet in Zagreb to the Austrian network: thus, Croatia entered the world-wide computer network Internet.
During 1992, the first equipment for the construction of the CARNet network was purchased. Government agencies in Croatia were connected to the network and accessed from 19 to 200 kbps, and the entire network was connected to the Internet through Austria at a speed of 64 kbps. The first institutes connected to CARNet and the Internet as a whole were the University Computing Center (Srce), the Faculty of Electrical Engineering and Computer Engineering in Zagreb, the Ruger Boskovich Institute , the Faculty of Science, the Faculty of Electrical Engineering, Mechanical Engineering and Naval Architecture in Split , the Faculty of Engineering in Rijeka , Faculty of Economics in Osijek and the Croatian Ministry of Science and Technology. In the first months of 1993, CARNet was appointed responsible for the administration of top-level domains (.hr). In October 1994, CARNet began offering its users the first online courses, and over time, user training has become one of CARNet's most important activities.
Network
In 1996, the core network of CARNet was modernized through the introduction of ATM technology, which allowed the transmission of images and sound in real time at a speed of 155 Mbps.
In January 1997, the first distance lecture in Croatia was organized through the core of the CARNet network - it was held between the university administration in Osijek and the Faculty of Electrical and Computer Engineering in Zagreb. On December 1, 2001, the pan-European GÉANT research network was commissioned and connected to it.
In cooperation with the University Computing Center, in 2003, CARNet launched the Giga CARNet project to use gigabit technologies to create high-quality infrastructure for its member institutions (faculties and research institutes). As part of the Giga project, in February 2004, CARNet was connected via the GÉANT network to two higher-speed connections with similar academic and research networks in Europe and around the world (at a speed of 1.2 Gbit / s instead of the previous 622 Mbit / s).
As a necessary requirement for further cooperation of CARNet with the world academic and research communities, in June 2007 the speed of connecting CARNet to the GÉANT network was increased to 10 Gb / s.
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Literature
- Marat Terterov, Visjna Bojanic. CARNet // Doing Business with Croatia. - corrected. - GMB Publishing Ltd, 2005 .-- S. 184. - 366 p. - (Doing Business With Series). - ISBN 9781905050536 .
- Patricia Layzell Ward. Continuing Professional Education for the Information Society: The Fifth World Conference on Continuing Professional Education for the Library and Information Science Professions. - Walter de Gruyter, 2002 .-- S. 208. - 263 p. - (IFLA Publications, Vol. 100). - ISBN 9783110958980 .