SIG-NOC 27-28 November in Utrecht
The 6th meeting of the GÉANT Special Interest Group for Network Operations (SIG-NOC) will be held at the SURFnet offices in Utrecht on 27-28 November 2017. A preliminary agenda and logistics information is available at the SIG-NOC wiki pages.
Erik Huizer named interim CEO of GÉANT Association
Erik Huizer has been named interim Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of GÉANT Association, effective immediately, replacing Steve Cotter. Erik is well-known to the NREN community as CTO of SURFnet and for his service on the GÉANT Association Board of Directors. Before SURFnet he served as Managing Director for ICT at the Netherlands Organisation for Applied Scientific Research (TNO). Erik […]
Roar Olsen new CEO of UNINETT
Roar Olsen will replace Petter Kongshaug as CEO of UNINETT. Roar Olsen comes from a position as director at the Norwegian Health Network, and was previously Director of Strategy at The Norwegian Directorate of eHealth. Petter Kongshaug, who has headed UNINETT since the NREN was founded in 1993, will step down by 1 September 2017. NORDUnet welcomes […]
Bangladesh NREN visits NORDUnet
In continuation of the emerging NREN programme NORDUnet has hosted a visit from the management of the Bangladesh NREN together with members of the Bangladesh University Grant Committee, the Ministry of Education, and the Higher Education Quality Enhancement Project (HEQEP). The agenda covered all high-level aspects of establishing and running an NREN, including financing, staffing, […]
Interview with NORDUnet CEO René Buch in Telecompetitor
NORDUnet CEO René Buch and Internet2 CEO Dave Lambert have been interviewed by American telecom and broadband news service Telecompetitor. In the interview, the two leaders talk about the importance of the Global Network Architecture (GNA) collaboration. The article describes how research & education networks work together to enhance resiliency, bandwidth and economics of undersea […]
TNC18 to be held in Trondheim
Thursday’s closing plenary at TNC17 saw Olav Isak Sjøflot, Director of services and deployment at UNINETT, unveil beautiful Trondheim in Norway as venue for TNC18. Not only will the Norwegian research & education network host next year’s TNC in Trondheim, Uninett will also celebrate its 25th anniversary in 2018, so come and join the conference […]
CANARIE announce MOXY Open Exhange
CANARIE today announced the MOXY open exhange in Montreal, the first open exchange for reaseach and education in Canada. MOXY represents an important step in trans-Atlantic and global networking, providing a new landing point for trans-Atlantic circuits and connectivity to the CANARIE network, offering resilience for R&E networks connecting to North America. For the […]
More Nordic talks at TNC17
Four Norwegian speakers contributed with their insights on the second day of TNC17. In his Lightning Talk, Fredrik Strupe from Norwegian UNINETT made a case for cheap and fairly easy monitoring of Wifi solutions. As more and more people rely on wifi for internet connectivity there is an increasing need for detection of wifi-related issues. […]
Nordic active participation at TNC17
NORDUnet and the Nordic NRENs have had an active opening of the TNC 2017 conference in Linz. Tuesday morning saw Nordic engagement in the “In-the-Field-blog” BoF discussing content, impact and possible improvements. Learn more about In-the-Field. After lunch Olav Kvittem from UNINETT took the stage for his Lightning Talk – five fast minutes where he presented […]
Nordic Booth up and running at TNC17
Welcome to the Nordic Booth at TNC17. We are ready to meet visitors from both the Nordics and around the globe to talk about the specific Nordic way of collaborating, and any other intersting topics that are at the top of your agendas right now. You can experience, video footage and general presentations from the […]
