TERENA
The Trans-European Research and Education Networking Association (TERENA, tə-RAY-nə) was a not-for-profit association of European national research and education networks (NRENs) incorporated in Amsterdam, The Netherlands. The association was originally formed on 13 June 1986 as Réseaux Associés pour la Recherche Européenne (RARE) and changed its name to TERENA in October 1994. In October 2015, it again changed its name to GÉANT and at the same time acquired the shares of GEANT Limited (previously known as DANTE).
Purpose
The objectives of TERENA are to promote and develop high-quality international network infrastructures to support European research and education. This includes:
investigating, evaluating and deploying new network, middleware and application technologies;
supporting new networking services where appropriate;
knowledge transfer, among others in the shape of conferences, seminars and training events;
advising governments and other authorities on networking issues;