Case Study 1 AARNet Pty Ltd (APL) is a not-for-profit company owned by 38 Australian universities and the Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation, which operates Australia’s Academic and Research Network (AARNet). AARNet provides high-capacity Internet and other advanced communications services for Australia’s research and education community, including universities, health and other research organizations, schools, vocational training providers, and cultural institutions. It serves over one million end users who access the network for teaching, learning, and research. Business Challenges Since launching its third-generation network in 2005, APL has seen AARNet traffic more than double every two years, driven both by increases in the number of end users on the

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