Victoria a Centre for Innovation, Ideas and Creative Leadership
Source: Victoria. Office of the Premier. Media Release
"Victoria’s position as a leader in global collaborative research has been strengthened with the launch of the Optiportal node, Premier John Brumby announced. The Optiportal node gives Victorian researchers access to super-fast “ultra” broadband connectivity via a one Gigabit AARNet link across the Pacific, linking Victoria with the United States.“Research is increasingly being carried out in an electronic environment and it is crucial that Victoria’s research community is equipped to reap the full benefit of new technologies – after all, their important work has real and positive outcomes for Victoria,” Mr Brumby said. “The Optiportal is a vital link which allows real-time, or immediate, interaction between researchers across vast locations and disciplines to push the bounds of research through the power of ultra broadband connectivity. New Information and Communication Technology (ICT) applications and ideas can be demonstrated using this technology, which also provides a platform for exploring how research collaborations can be achieved.”