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 […]
Registration for ICT2015 is open
The “ICT” event is a major conference and network event in the European Commission ecosystem. This year, ICT 2015 takes place on 20-22 October 2015 in Lisbon, Portugal. This years theme is “Innovate, Connect, Transform”. The ICT 2015 event will be naturally focused on the newly started Horizon2020 programme of the EC, and will comprise a number of parallel activities: […]
UNINETT Conference 2015
The UNINETT Conference 2015 will take place June 3 to 4 in Tromsø, Norway. There will be adjacent workshops June 2 This year’s conference theme is Sharing is caring – sharing as a key to success for ICT in higher education. Learn more about the conference in English and more in Norwegian
Meet the Nordic Networkers at TNC-15
NORDUnet and the Nordic NRENs have joined forces to present the Nordic network showcase at a booth at the TNC15 Networking Conference. At the joint Nordic booth we will showcase the highlights of Nordic networking, and you can meet the Nordic network people and learn more about the cooperative effort to ensure researchers from the […]
Check out the GÉANT online cloud catalogue
The cloud activity of the GÉANT project (SA7) has published its first edition of the GÉANT Cloud Catalogue. The activity has engaged extensively with cloud service providers regarding the needs of the European research and education community. One tangible result of this is the online cloud services directory.
NTW2015 Programme Launched
The NORDUnet Technical Workshop will take place from 15-17 September 2015 at the Radisson Park Inn, Kastrup, Denmark. It is a community event driven by community interests and stakeholders. NTW is there for the Nordic R&E networking community to meet, discuss, and work together. We do this in plenary sessions with lightning updates, and in […]
