Mapping the Global Research and Education Network
Since the dawn of the internet, networks have created maps to visualize their reach, capabilities, capacities, operations, and more. Countless such maps have been produced. A session at the upcoming TNC – the annual flagship event of the European R&E network association GÉANT – is dedicated to a new tool which will help map not […]
Hermes Award for NORDUnet Publication
Another platinum win bestowed on “The Power of Nordic Unity – 40 years of NORDUnet”. NORDUnet is honoured to have received a prestigious platinum Hermes Creative Award in the digital publication category for best eBook/iBook. This Hermes Award adds to the impressive recognition already received through three previous awards won by the eBook prepared in […]
NORDUnet Position on Arctic Connect and European Data Gateway Platforms Strategy
We are sad to learn that the Arctic Connect Submarine Cable project has encountered a setback, as voiced in the recent announcement from Cinia on the status of the Arctic Connect Submarine Cable system project. This, however, will not change NORDUnet’s focus towards the EDG Platforms Strategy, and we will continue to explore options for Arctic […]
Speech2Text Solution call for tender closed
In response to the invitation to suppliers of Speech-to-text solutions to bid for a single framework contract for a speech to text transcription and subtitling cloud service for the Nordic R&E community a number of interested stakeholders have submitted their bids. The scope for the tender is to secure a speech2text service to fulfil a number of high-level requirements that include subtitling of […]
New wins for NORDUnet publication
We are honored to have received two prestigious NYX Marcom Grand Awards, the competition’s highest honor, for NORDUnet’s 40th-Anniversary digital publication. The publication has won a Grand Award in two categories: ”Best” and ”Research” in the 2021 NYX Awards. It was selected by the Grand Jury amongst 2163 entries from 33 countries. An interactive multi-touch […]
Increasing scalability for R&E security solution
NORDUnet supports further strengthening of eduVPN software, for the usecase where eduVPN is used by university campuses and research institutions to allow remote users to securely access the insitution networks and IT resources. COVID-19 lockdowns have emphasized the value of a solution which enables academic users to connect to their university or their national research […]
Meet your fellow internet heroes at RIPE
Twice a year, professionals keeping the European internet afloat gather for the RIPE conference to get updated on the latest trends. We take the internet for granted, but without thousands of technicians working behind the scenes it wouldn’t exist. The RIPE conference is where the unsung heroes of the European part of the internet meet […]
Nordic Engagement at TNC21
Two “birds of a feather” sessions at this years’ “TNC” event for the research and education networks of Europe, the TNC21, will have Nordic moderators. The proverb “birds of a feather flock together” implies that people having similar taste tend to enjoy each other’s company. And this is exactly the idea behind a series of […]
New European mechanism for cloud adoption
The Nordic NRENs are participating in a scheme offering cloud services for Earth Observation to research projects, as way to promote the use of such resources in European research. The new scheme with has so far enabled 15 research projects across Europe to access cloud resources. Further calls are coming. Fifteen European innovative research projects […]
Save the Date – NORDUnet Conference 2022
Mark your calendars 13 – 15 September 2022 At the 31st NORDUnet conference the Nordic R&E community will reunite, and will team up with European and overseas peers to share achievements, innovations and learnings from an unprecedented global challenge and beyond. See you in Reykjavik, Iceland, 13 – 15 September 2022.
