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Setting Sails for the next generation of European research networking

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EuroHPC, European Open Science Cloud, ever increasing cross-border and global research collaboration, and a transition to digial and data driven research and education accelerated by the COVID-19 crisis all pose formidable challenges for European research communities. European researchers are making strong progress in AI, green technologies, health and medicine, and much more. The European Commision […]

R&E Networks Pick their Project Planning Team

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At the March 2021 general assembly of GÉANT Association, the European R&E network collaboration, new members were elected for a key body. The GÉANT Programme Planning Committee (GPPC) will prepare project proposals for European R&E Networking and related areas under the Horizon Europe seven-year framework programme for research funding, starting with a Financial Framework Partnership […]

Erik-Jan Bos speaking at WACREN2021

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“NRENs are more important then ever. Both Research & Education are global endeavors therefor NRENs should think global and act local embracing new technologies, becoming the systems integrator, creating new services and stimulate community and collaboration” New Technologies, Innovation and 4th Industrial Revolution is the title of todays WACREN 2021 session in which our Policy & […]

René Buch speaks at WACREN 2021

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NORDUnet CEO René Buch today joined WACREN 2021 as panelist in a session on new and emerging technologies that are shaping our societies across all disciplines, IoT, Cloud Computing, AI, Robotics, Blockchain, AR/VR, and more. Education is changing in order to prepara students with the skills set required in an era with these technoloiges. A […]

Save the date for NTW2021

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30 November – 2 December 2021 Nordic Technical Workshop hosted by NORDUnet (NTW) NTW is the meeting point for individuals, teams and communities working with technical aspects of infrastructure and NRENs, service providers, and campus staff. We plan for this year’s workshop to be a full-fledged face-to-face event like we have been used to in […]

Arctic Connect R&E Position Paper published

Arctic Connect R&E is a Northern European initiative to acquire a dedicated fiber pair through the Arctic, on the planned Arctic Connect Subsea Cable System (ACSC), bringing substantially better connectivity to the Research, Development, Innovation (RDI), and Education sectors between Europe and Asia and North America. Arctic Connect R&E will be the first cable system […]

KAUST to dramatically upgrade connection to NORDUnet

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NORDUnet has for some years been exchanging traffic with KAUST – the King Abdullah University of Science and Technology of Saudi Arabia – through a 10 Gbps connection between Amsterdam and KAUST. This connection is set to be dramatically upgraded. KAUST is deploying a total of 400 Gbps inter-continental connectivity, 200 Gbps between Saudia Arabia […]

Arctic Gateway for Research & Education

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The research and education (R&E) networks of the Nordic countries are preparing for participating in the upcoming Arctic Connect Submarine Cable (ACSC) project. This will open a new, fast and short route connecting Europe and Asia in the global R&E community. Hence, NORDUnet today has signed a Letter of Intent with Cinia for a dedicated […]

eduVPN receives French endorsement

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Congratulations to DeiC eduVPN is now on the list of open source software approved by French authorities to be used at universities and by ministries. A decision that DeiC Project Manager Tangui Coulouarn hopes will also be adopted by Danish universities and organizations.  Read more about eduVPN (in Danish) in DeiC’s website.

40 Years well celebrated

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A big thank you to everybody who participated in today’s event of 40 years of Nordic collaboration. We are truly happy to note the great interest in the work put down by the Nordic NRENs and their efforts in proving connectivity and services to the Research and Education community. 300 registrations from 45+ different countries […]