Conceived in 1998, the focus of cydn
is to promote economic, social and employment development in Cape York through
the establishment of information and technology centres.
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10/06/2010
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CYDN is a proud endorser of the 2010 Linking Indigenous Policy with Service Delivery conference.
For more information and the conference brochure please Click Here |
Mapoon telecommunication link upgraded - 15/12/2009
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Earlier
this year, Australian Army Engineers undertook a series of infrastructure
projects for the community of Mapoon in Cape York, Queensland
The 19th
Chief Engineer Works (Army) was the Project Managers for the entire project.
The 17th
Construction Squadron (Army) was the construction agency for the projects which
included housing and road works.
Army also
worked with Mapoon Council to facilitate a Telstra upgrade of the
telecommunications link from Weipa to Mapoon.
Commissioned in September 2009, the link provides increased telecommunication
capacity to the community.
The Army
used cydn as its IT service provider while on site and cydn is now using the new
link to provide services into the community |
Network Security Boost - 10/12/2009
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As part of our
refresh program cydn has upgraded its
network security and firewall protection with the installation of the Cisco ASA
5520 Adaptive Security Appliance
Supporting to up 750 separate VPN tunnels and with 3DES/AES strong encryption,
cydn users and clients can be assured of protection and performance across
cydn
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Citrix Upgrade - 30/11/2009
cydn is now able to offer users Citrix XenApp 5.0 across our network.
The
benchmark worldwide, Citrix XenApp provides secure digital delivery of services
and data
cydn users can access
applications from anywhere, anytime, while being assured of security and data
backup.
To find out more please
contact cydn
REFRESH
cydn continues with our program of refreshing computer platforms at cydn centres for Hopevale, Napranum, Wujal Wujal, Coen, Umagico, Injinoo and Lockhart River all of which have been visited by cydn techs to install upgraded desktop computers with large flat screen monitors (see picture below). cydn continues to increase bandwidth to cydn centers across communities so users will continue to benefit by the greater online capacity for web and email access.
 Lockhart River cydn Centre |
 Umagico cydn Centre |
New cydn Building and Server Room at 242 Sheridan Street
Graduation Day Again for cydn Community Officers
cydn
has moved to 242 Sheridan Street, Cairns North
QLD 4870. So it is new offices and we got a new server room along with the move. But our postal
address remains the same.
Please Click Here for more photos.
This year Lucretia Creek from Coen, Lency Adidi from Napranum, Athena
Tamwoy from Umagico and Kerry Woibo from Hopevale all completed their Diploma
in Business as well as their Certificate IV in Training & Assessment. And Nelson
Conboy from Hopevale completed his Certificate IV in Business as well as
Certificate IV in Training & Assessment.
Further, Lucretia, Lency, Athena and Nelson have all
enrolled at University to continue their studies to degree level.
To mark the occasion and their respective achievements; cydn hosted a
Graduation dinner in Cairns for these successful graduates and their families.
cydn acknowledges the support of the Queensland State Government and Optus
for cydn staff.
cydn Hotspot now Live
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It has never been easier to connect to the World Wide Web with cydn Hotspot available throughout the Cape. See here for more info Click here for Hotspot Locations |
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