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</v:shape><![endif]--><![if !vml]><span style='mso-ignore:vglayout;position:relative;z-index:251659264;left:-7px;top:37px;width:1271px;height:61px'><img width=1271 height=24 src="cid:image002.png@01CE3C31.B70A9070" v:shapes="Straight_x0020_Connector_x0020_2 Straight_x0020_Connector_x0020_3"></span><![endif]><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><br style='mso-ignore:vglayout' clear=ALL><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='color:black'>Dear Partners, Colleagues and Friends,<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:5.0pt;color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:black'>We are pleased to announce the issue of April 2013 of our quarterly e-Newsletter which covers the news and updates from ASREN and from partners in the fields of R&E e-Infrastructures. More news and more details can be found at <a href="http://www.asrenorg.net/media/news.html">http://www.asrenorg.net/media/news.html</a>.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:7.0pt;color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:black'>We would like to thank all who contributed to this newsletter.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:5.0pt;color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='color:black'>Yousef Torman<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><b><span style='font-size:12.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p><div align=center><table class=MsoNormalTable border=0 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=0 width=1237 style='width:742.35pt;border-collapse:collapse'><tr><td width=373 valign=top style='width:223.65pt;border:solid white 6.0pt;background:#E36928;padding:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt'><p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><b><span style='color:white'>ASREN, a step closer to setting up a pan-Arab R&E network</span><o:p></o:p></b></p></td><td width=47 valign=top style='width:27.95pt;border:solid white 6.0pt;border-left:none;padding:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt'><p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><b><span style='color:white'><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p></td><td width=390 style='width:3.25in;border:solid white 6.0pt;border-left:none;background:#E36928;padding:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt'><p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><b><span style='color:white'>ASREN Issues Arab e-Infrastructure Status Report</span><o:p></o:p></b></p></td><td width=46 valign=top style='width:27.8pt;border:solid white 6.0pt;border-left:none;padding:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt'><p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><b><span style='color:white'><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p></td><td width=382 valign=top style='width:228.95pt;border:solid white 6.0pt;border-left:none;background:#E36928;padding:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt'><p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><b><span style='color:white'>ASREN participated in Hawaii in the TIP2013 meeting</span><o:p></o:p></b></p></td></tr><tr><td width=373 valign=top style='width:223.65pt;border:solid white 6.0pt;border-top:none;padding:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt'><p class=MsoNormal style='text-align:justify'><span style='mso-fareast-language:EN-GB'>As a first concrete step towards the Pan-Arab R&E network, ASREN is proud to announce its first R&E PoPs to serve the Arab NRENs get connected to the global R&E networks. ASREN will complete the installations of its own rack space in London Telecity (Europe's industry-leading provider of premium carrier-neutral data centers) <a href="http://www.asrenorg.net/media/news/320-asren-a-step-closer-to-setting-up-a-pan-arab-rae-network.html">Read more…</a></span><o:p></o:p></p></td><td width=47 valign=top style='width:27.95pt;border-top:none;border-left:none;border-bottom:solid white 6.0pt;border-right:solid white 6.0pt;padding:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt'><p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><o:p> </o:p></p></td><td width=390 valign=top style='width:3.25in;border-top:none;border-left:none;border-bottom:solid white 6.0pt;border-right:solid white 6.0pt;padding:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt'><p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><a href="http://www.asrenorg.net/media/news/319-asren-issues-arab-e-infrastructure-status-report.html"><span style='color:windowtext;text-decoration:none'><img border=0 width=251 height=150 id="Picture_x0020_4" src="cid:image013.jpg@01CE3C25.837DF690"></span></a><o:p></o:p></p></td><td width=46 valign=top style='width:27.8pt;border-top:none;border-left:none;border-bottom:solid white 6.0pt;border-right:solid white 6.0pt;padding:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt'><p class=MsoNormal style='text-align:justify'><o:p> </o:p></p></td><td width=382 valign=top style='width:228.95pt;border-top:none;border-left:none;border-bottom:solid white 6.0pt;border-right:solid white 6.0pt;padding:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt'><p class=MsoNormal style='text-align:justify'>ASREN has participated in the Global Compendium consultation meeting attended by regional partners in e-Infrastructures. The goal is to produce a global publication on the basis of the information collected using the common model. It was concluded that the networking organizations committed themselves to working together <a href="http://www.asrenorg.net/media/news/318-asren-participates-in-hawaii-in-the-tip2013-meeting.html">Read more…</a><o:p></o:p></p></td></tr><tr><td width=373 style='width:223.65pt;border:solid white 6.0pt;border-top:none;background:#E36928;padding:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt'><p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><b><span style='color:white'>ASREN’s Science Gateway</span><o:p></o:p></b></p></td><td width=47 valign=top style='width:27.95pt;border-top:none;border-left:none;border-bottom:solid white 6.0pt;border-right:solid white 6.0pt;padding:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt'><p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><b><span style='color:white'><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p></td><td width=390 style='width:3.25in;border-top:none;border-left:none;border-bottom:solid white 6.0pt;border-right:solid white 6.0pt;background:#E36928;padding:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt'><p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><b><span style='color:white'>ASREN to hold a technical workshop on Building Federated Identity Infrastructure</span><o:p></o:p></b></p></td><td width=46 valign=top style='width:27.8pt;border-top:none;border-left:none;border-bottom:solid white 6.0pt;border-right:solid white 6.0pt;padding:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt'><p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><b><span style='color:white'><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p></td><td width=382 style='width:228.95pt;border-top:none;border-left:none;border-bottom:solid white 6.0pt;border-right:solid white 6.0pt;background:#E36928;padding:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt'><p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><b><span style='color:white'>The CHAIN-REDS project is on the move</span><o:p></o:p></b></p></td></tr><tr><td width=373 valign=top style='width:223.65pt;border:solid white 6.0pt;border-top:none;padding:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt'><p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><a 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src="cid:image020.jpg@01CE3C25.837DF690"></span></a><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><o:p> </o:p></p></td><td width=46 valign=top style='width:27.8pt;border-top:none;border-left:none;border-bottom:solid white 6.0pt;border-right:solid white 6.0pt;padding:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt'><p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><o:p> </o:p></p></td><td width=382 valign=top style='width:228.95pt;border-top:none;border-left:none;border-bottom:solid white 6.0pt;border-right:solid white 6.0pt;padding:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt'><p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><a href="http://www.asrenorg.net/media/news/315-the-chain-reds-project-is-on-the-move.html"><span style='color:windowtext;text-decoration:none'><img border=0 width=242 height=161 id="Picture_x0020_7" src="cid:image022.jpg@01CE3C25.837DF690"></span></a><o:p></o:p></p></td></tr><tr><td width=373 style='width:223.65pt;border:solid white 6.0pt;border-top:none;background:#E36928;padding:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt'><p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><b><span style='color:white'>eI4Africa and CHAIN-REDS debated at the High-level Conference on 'Promoting Africa-EU Research Infrastructure Partnerships’</span><o:p></o:p></b></p></td><td width=47 valign=top style='width:27.95pt;border-top:none;border-left:none;border-bottom:solid white 6.0pt;border-right:solid white 6.0pt;padding:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt'><p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><b><span style='color:white'><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p></td><td width=390 style='width:3.25in;border-top:none;border-left:none;border-bottom:solid white 6.0pt;border-right:solid white 6.0pt;background:#E36928;padding:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt'><p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><b><span style='color:white'>Medea University first to introduce high performance computing (HPC) service in Algerian University</span><o:p></o:p></b></p></td><td width=46 valign=top style='width:27.8pt;border-top:none;border-left:none;border-bottom:solid white 6.0pt;border-right:solid white 6.0pt;padding:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt'><p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><b><span style='color:white'><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p></td><td width=382 style='width:228.95pt;border-top:none;border-left:none;border-bottom:solid white 6.0pt;border-right:solid white 6.0pt;background:#E36928;padding:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt'><p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><b><span style='color:white'>eFADA to stimulate the UAE’s knowledge economy</span><o:p></o:p></b></p></td></tr><tr><td width=373 valign=top style='width:223.65pt;border:solid white 6.0pt;border-top:none;padding:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt'><p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><a href="http://www.asrenorg.net/media/news/314-ei4africa-and-chain-reds-debated-at-the-high-level-conference-on-promoting-africa-eu-research-infrastructure-partnerships.html"><span style='color:windowtext;text-decoration:none'><img border=0 width=262 height=161 id="Picture_x0020_9" src="cid:image024.jpg@01CE3C25.837DF690"></span></a><o:p></o:p></p></td><td width=47 valign=top style='width:27.95pt;border-top:none;border-left:none;border-bottom:solid white 6.0pt;border-right:solid white 6.0pt;padding:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt'><p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><o:p> </o:p></p></td><td width=390 valign=top style='width:3.25in;border-top:none;border-left:none;border-bottom:solid white 6.0pt;border-right:solid white 6.0pt;padding:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt'><p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><a href="http://www.asrenorg.net/media/news/313-medea-university-first-to-introduce-high-performance-computing-hpc-service-in-algerian-university-.html"><span style='color:windowtext;text-decoration:none'><img border=0 width=257 height=162 id="Picture_x0020_10" src="cid:image028.jpg@01CE3C25.837DF690"></span></a><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal> <o:p></o:p></p></td><td width=46 valign=top style='width:27.8pt;border-top:none;border-left:none;border-bottom:solid white 6.0pt;border-right:solid white 6.0pt;padding:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt'><p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><o:p> </o:p></p></td><td width=382 valign=top style='width:228.95pt;border-top:none;border-left:none;border-bottom:solid white 6.0pt;border-right:solid white 6.0pt;padding:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt'><p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><a href="http://www.asrenorg.net/media/news/312-efada-to-stimulate-the-uaes-knowledge-economy-.html"><span style='color:windowtext;text-decoration:none'><img border=0 width=270 height=163 id="Picture_x0020_11" src="cid:image032.jpg@01CE3C25.837DF690"></span></a><o:p></o:p></p></td></tr><tr><td width=373 valign=top style='width:223.65pt;border:solid white 6.0pt;border-top:none;background:#E36928;padding:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt'><p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><b><span style='color:white'>LinkSCEEM-2: A computational resource for the Eastern Mediterranean</span><o:p></o:p></b></p></td><td width=47 valign=top style='width:27.95pt;border-top:none;border-left:none;border-bottom:solid white 6.0pt;border-right:solid white 6.0pt;padding:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt'><p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><b><span style='color:white'><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p></td><td width=390 valign=top style='width:3.25in;border-top:none;border-left:none;border-bottom:solid white 6.0pt;border-right:solid white 6.0pt;background:#E36928;padding:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt'><p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><b><span style='color:white'>EUMEDGRID Infrastructures provided 41000 jobs for one researcher</span><o:p></o:p></b></p></td><td width=46 valign=top style='width:27.8pt;border-top:none;border-left:none;border-bottom:solid white 6.0pt;border-right:solid white 6.0pt;padding:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt'><p class=MsoNormal align=center 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style='width:27.95pt;border-top:none;border-left:none;border-bottom:solid white 6.0pt;border-right:solid white 6.0pt;padding:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt'><p class=MsoNormal style='text-align:justify'><o:p> </o:p></p></td><td width=390 valign=top style='width:3.25in;border-top:none;border-left:none;border-bottom:solid white 6.0pt;border-right:solid white 6.0pt;padding:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt'><p class=MsoNormal style='text-align:justify'>Dr. Saleem Al-Ashhab from Al Bait University in Jordan submitted over 410000 jobs to the GRID network and used around 3 TB of Disk Space. Dr. Saleem Al-Ashhab said: “As a GRID user since 2012. I submitted so far over 41000 jobs to GRID. A job has five values as input. The first three values (a, b, e) represent the center of a magic square. We have 3429 possible centers. The other two values <a href="http://www.asrenorg.net/media/news/310-eumedgrid-infrastructures-provided-41000-jobs-for-one-researcher.html">Read more…</a><o:p></o:p></p></td><td width=46 valign=top style='width:27.8pt;border-top:none;border-left:none;border-bottom:solid white 6.0pt;border-right:solid white 6.0pt;padding:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt'><p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><o:p> </o:p></p></td><td width=382 valign=top style='width:228.95pt;border-top:none;border-left:none;border-bottom:solid white 6.0pt;border-right:solid white 6.0pt;padding:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt'><p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><a href="http://www.asrenorg.net/media/news/309-first-ever-backup-agreement-for-rae-traffic-around-the-globe.html"><span style='color:windowtext;text-decoration:none'><img border=0 width=265 height=163 id="Picture_x0020_14" src="cid:image036.png@01CE3C25.837DF690"></span></a><o:p></o:p></p></td></tr><tr><td width=373 valign=top 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