New HPC facility for Danish Meteorological Institute on Iceland
The Danish Meteorological Institute (DMI) has announced an agreement with Cray to acquire a next generation HPC facility for meteorological computations, weather forecasting, climate modelling, etc. The new supercomputer will have about ten times the computing power of the existing facility. DMI usually upgrades supercomputing resources in a 5-7 year cycle in order to see the best […]
NTW2015 Early-bird Expiring soon
Make sure to take advantage of the favorable NTW2015 early-bird rate of EUR 150 before it expires on 26 August, 2015. The NORDUnet Technical Workshop that takes place from 15-17 September 2015 at the Radisson Park Inn, Kastrup, Denmark is still open for early-bird registrations. It is a community event driven by community interests […]
NORDUnet upgrades capacity to Iceland
NORDUnet is happy to announce a new agreement with Farice for network capacity to Icelandic NREN RHnet. NORDUnet, RHnet, and Farice have reached an agreement that provides an upgrade of Icelandic R&E Network connectivity to 2 x 10Gbps (from the current 10 Gbps + 2.5 Gbps backup). Under the agreement, Farice will deliver fully diverse 10 […]
NORDUnet Strategy 2015-2020
The NORDUnet 2015-2020 Strategy has been published. Labelled “The Nordic Gateway for Research and Education”, the updated strategy further highlights the role of NORDUnet as a platform for collaboration for the Nordic NRENs and the Nordic research and education communities. The new strategy stresses that the Nordic NRENs and NORDUnet form an integral part of global […]
Call for Papers for UbuntuNet-Connect 2015
Authors are invited to submit abstracts for presentation at UbuntuNet-Connect 2015, the 8th Annual Conference of the UbuntuNet Alliance for Research and Education Networking. The UbuntuNet-Connect series of conferences has been held for the past seven years and is regarded as one of the premier conferences in Africa. This year the conference will take place […]
Kent Engström wins GÉANT 2015 Community Award
NORDUnet congratulates Kent Engström (SUNET and Linköping University) with being awarded the 2015 GÉANT Community Award. Kent was honoured for his contributions to the Trusted Certificate Service (TCS – formerly known as TERENA Certificate Service), which helps to increase security in online transactions by facilitating the deployment of digital certificates. The award was presented during the […]
Roland Hedberg awarded Vietsch Foundation medal of honour
NORDUnet congratulates Roland Hedberg, University of Umeå, with being awarded a Vietsch Foundation medal of honour for his activities in the specification and development of essential components of current Authentication and Authorisation Infrastructures (AAI), a cornerstone of secure access to websites, applications and data. The medal was presented to Roland at the closing plenary of the TNC15 […]
GÉANT CONNECT issue #19 published
GÉANT has published a new issue of the GÉANT CONNECT magazine. Issue #19 has features on The GN4 project started on 1 May 2015 High-speed connectivity expanding across Africa TNC15 GÉANT security initiatives and activities You can read GÉANT CONNECT issue #19 here.
Save the date – NORDUnet Conference 2016
Save the date The next NORDUnet conference will take place on 20-22 September 2016 in Helsinki Finland.
UNINETT Deploys Arctic Fibre
Using the most northernly subsea cable system in the world, Norwegian NREN UNINETT on 9 May started servicing the arctic research facilities at Ny Ålesund, Svalbard, with highspeed network connectivity. The connection replaces a radio link with far less capacity. The Ny Ålesund facility is a unique resource for global research. Located at 78°55′30″N, it offers […]
