Sunet Days in Kristianstad
Twice a year, Swedish Sunet meets with its customers and partners at the Sunet Days. This time the venue is Högskolan Kristianstad in the southernmost part of Sweden. From the 11th to 14th of April representatives from organisations connected to Sunet meet and discuss current topics. Usually the Sunet Days attract between 200 and 250 […]
Creating a more secure internet with Certificate Transparency
Meet Linus Nordberg, a NORDUnet software developer on a mission: Making the internet safer for everyone, and working together with Google to make it happen. The technology is called Certificate Transparency, and is designed to create a more secure internet. Google is the main force behind the development and implementation of Certificate Transparency, but others […]
Making the Internet a bit safer
Research and education networks are not only about fibres, routers and switches. They also try to contribute to the common good of Internet users. Enter CrypTech, hosted by NORDUnet and making the Internet a little bit safer for everybody. Software developers and electronics designers from around the world are uniting their efforts in the CrypTech […]
Call for BoF’s for NDN2016 open
If you want to propose a BoF or a side meeting to be co-located with the NORDUnet conference 2016 in Helsinki on please send an e-mail to Susanne Michelsen. The conference runs from 20-22 September. Learn more about the conference, its programme and speakers from the dedicated ndn2016.net website
Programme in progress for NDN2016
The conference theme of “Securing the Internet” make the Programme Committee hope for a wide range of views and perspectives in both presentations and lightning talks. To set the scene for this, keynote Mikko Hyppönen will give his views on security, and there will even be a complete track dedicated to security. However, no NORDUnet […]
Testbeds-as-a-service to help researchers design networks
Researchers who build networks or design advanced distributed applications now have the opportunity to test their designs in a real-world environment – without the risk of breaking services belonging to others in the process. The GÉANT Testbeds Service (GTS) is ready to welcome users. “Europe needs the ability to deploy experimental networks at scale. There […]
DeIC to procure optical transmission equipment
DeIC expects to spend between DKK 18 million and 30 million on optical transmission equipment for Forskningsnettet, the Danish National Research and Education Network. DeIC has issued a request for tender via TED (Tenders Electronic Daily). The process has three steps: First, a number of potential vendors are selected. DeIC expects to select between five and […]
New GÉANT Board elected
The General Assembly of the GÉANT Association today elected a new Board of Directors. Elected as chair was Christian Grimm, DFN (for 3 years). For the five board vacancies, elected were (in order of decreasing number of votes): Erik Huizer, SURFnet (3 years) Valter Nordh, NORDUnet (3 years) Marko Bonac, ARNES (2 years) Raimundas Tuminauskas, LITNET (2 […]
NORDUnet WIFI Community Meeting on 15 December
NORDUnet will be hosting a WIFI Community meeting on 15 December, at Hotel Birger Jarl in Stockholm. The aim of the meeting is to present various ways of monitoring and detecting performance degradations on large scale WIFI installations. The meeting will present two different methods to monitor WIFI networks: Static HW probes which will be presented by […]
NORDUnet at ARMADA 2015
NORDUnet is present at this year’s Armada fair at KTH, Stockholm on 17-18 November meeting students on the outlook for exciting potential employers for degree projects, summer jobs, or even a permanent job after finishing their degrees. The Armada fair connects approx. 150 exhibiting companies and organisations with 10,000 students. The booth will be primarily […]