TENET: The Tertiary Education and Research Network of South Africa
TENET's main purpose is to secure, for the benefit of South African universities and associated research and support institutions, Internet and Information Technology services. TENET is a service organisation and is committed to service excellence and to services that are strongly aligned and consistent with the organisational requirements of the user community.
TENET operates the SANReN Network under the terms of a Collaboration Agreement with the CSIR. In addition, TENET provides a growing number of services specifically tailored to the needs of the South African higher education and research communities. Together these components make up the South African National Research and Education Network (NREN).