John Lawlor

Congratulations once again to Trinity College Dublin for increasing its ranking in the latest Times Higher Education-QS (THE-QS) world university rankings to 43rd in the world, up six places from last year. The college is now ranked 13th in Europe. Once again, this is a great achievement by Trinity and reflects its continuing pursuit of excellence.

In a post on the TCD website, TCD Provost, Dr John Hegarty said: “Our stated ambition was to be at the front rank of world universities and among the top 50 globally.  We have achieved that in a relatively short period of time and this year’s ranking of 43rd place has surpassed that original goal”.

He added, “Such a high ranking is an outstanding achievement for Trinity and reflects the quality of our undergraduate and postgraduate teaching and programmes, the high recognition by employers of our graduates across the world, and our reputation for excellence in research and scholarship by our international peers”.

Well done to all at Trinity.

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Trinity College Dublin has en extensive wireless network with over 600 wireless access points (WAP).  This network, which is managed by Information Systems Services, enables the college to offer a variety of services including a self-service network admission control system (NAC) for the student community, a secure 802.1x based staff network, a commercial quality guest wireless service, integration with the international Eduroam service, integration with a commercial ISP guest service, and support for various college research initiatives.

To further enhance the management of the system and delivery of service to our staff and students, we now wish to migrate to a wireless switch/controller based solution using light weight wireless access points (LWAP). This solution will enable us to deliver an advanced mobility infrastructure that will include:

• High performance Voice over WLAN (VoWLAN)
• Advanced security and encryption capabilities
• Dynamic RF management
• Multiple broadcast, virtual wireless networks
• Ease of deployment
• Cost effective management
• Simplified guest networking options.

We’ve published a tender recently on the Irish Government’s etenders website. The closing date for submission of tenders is 24 June 2009. Take a look if you are interested in this opportunity or in other opportunities from Trinity College.

Note that this blog post is NOT an official tender notice or invitation to tender; please go to the etenders website for the tender notice and documentation. The etenders website is designed to help buyers and sellers to find and publish tender notices on government and public sector procurement across Ireland.

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