Renewed NORDUnet strategy for 2024 – 2028
A renewed NORDUnet strategy for 2024-2028 has been adopted by the NORDUnet board of directors. The strategy features a zealous ambition for NORDUnet and the collaboration of Nordic NRENs: NORDUnet’s ambition is that we are recognised as the best international collaborators in the world, deliver a world-class technology platform for the knowledge sector, and actively […]
Solid ground for international research collaboration
A new EU grant will boost the expansion of the AARC framework for Trust and Identity A decade of work on establishing interoperable Authentication and Authorization Infrastructures (AAI) will receive a significant boost in the next two years. The AARC (Authentication and Authorization for Research and Collaboration) project has been awarded a new two-year grant […]
Erik Kikkenborg speaking at Kaltura Connect in Education
NORDUnet Chief Collaboration Officer Erik Kikkenborg will sit on an expert panel during the Kaltura Connect in Education event in London, UK, on 28 November 2023 at 14:00 GMT. Kaltura is one of the video storage and playback services that NORDUnet delivers to Nordic research and education. The NORDUnet service allows the educators at higher […]
In memory of Jacqueline Brown
NORDUnet is saddened to learn about the passing of Jacqueline Brown. Jacqueline made an enormous contribution to the global research network community for decades. Jacqueline was a stellar organiser and coordinator, a mentor for many who are now leaders in the community, and a good friend to many more. For close to 20 years NORDUnet […]
Submarine cables as cyber diplomacy tools
Under the current geopolitical tensions, redundant internet access is in high demand. NORDUnet engages with a range of international players to maintain a safe internet. Many people regard the internet as a given commodity, but in a tense world national research and education networks (NRENs) and regional networks like NORDUnet continuously strive to secure […]
GÉANT Association elects new board members
Today, the GÉANT Association general assembly elected new members to its Board of Directors. Cezary Mazurek (CEO of Polish NREN PSNC), Ronan Byrne (CEO of Irish NREN HEAnet), and Claudio Allocchio (Senior Techincal Officer of Italian NREN Consortium GARR) were elected members of the Board of Directors for a period of three years. Floor Jas […]
Polar Connect presented at DeiC 2023 conference
Today at the DeiC 2023 conference Ieva Muraškienė of NORDUnet will give a talk on the Polar Connect initiative of the Nordic NRENs. In her presentation she will dive into some of the results from the Northern EU Gateways project co-funded by the EC. Key areas will include the work to develop an overarching vision […]
Ubuntunet Connect 2023
This week, the Eastern and South African NREN collaboration Ubuntunet Alliance will meet at the Ubuntunet Connect 2023 conference, hosted by RENU in Kampala, Uganda. As usual, the conference will be lively, with many interesting presentations in the program. NORDUnet’s Erik Kikkenborg will participate and jointly with Omo Oaiya of WACREN deliver a presentation that […]
Polar Connect at Submarine Networks World 2023
This week Jonny Lundin of NORDUnet presented the Polar Connect vision to a global audience at the Submarine Networks World conference in Singapore. In his talk on Arctic connectivity, Creating Reducancies in the Global Cable Systems, Jonny highlighted the current challenges in Europe – Asia connectivity. He stressed the need to increase both capacity and […]
APAN56
The 56th APAN conference – the meeting place of the Asia-Pacific NRENs and their global partners – takes place on 21-25 August 2023 in Colombo, Sri Lanka. The conference program features a range of talks from community members, stakeholders, and industry professionals on advanced national and intercontinental networks, NREN evolution, NREN services, security, digital indentity […]
