Latest Conference News: Digital exams – kill the paper
Students don’t want to wait, they want digital exams right now. Government and universities in the Nordic countries are trying to meet the demand. In the digital exam session at the NORDUnet Conference, experiences and plans from Norway, Denmark and Iceland were shared. Read more on www.ndn2014.net
NORDUnet Joins Forces with Kaltura to Provide Video Solutions to the Nordic Research and Education Networks
NORDunet will deploy Kaltura’s video platform on-premise in Denmark, to serve as central data centre for the services being provided for the Nordic NREN community. NORDUnet will host Kaltura’s On-Premise video platform locally in their hosting centres in Denmark, connected directly to the NORDUnet network infrastructure, providing the Nordic NREN community with unrestricted and unlimited […]
Single-Card Terabit Super-Channel Demonstrated on GÉANT network
The GÉANT research network facilitates innovative new service for network operators. DANTE, operator of the GÉANT network, and their partner Infinera, announces the successful demonstration of a single card terabit super-channel on an active segment of GÉANT’s production network between Budapest, Hungary and Bratislava, Slovak Republic. The demonstration shows for the first time how a […]
NORDUnet expands its Open eXchange Point presence introducing NOX-HEL
The concept of an Open Exchange is to ensure carrier-neutral, policy-free exchange of traffic between any connected partner networks, thus ensuring easy, non-discriminatory interchange of communication. NORDUnet strongly supports the Open Exchange concept. NORDUnet is connected to key open exchange points such as NetherLight (Amsterdam) and MANLAN (New York City), and established its first NORDUnet Open Exchange (NOX) […]
NORDUnet is deploying its next generation Optical 100G coherent network based on Ciena equipment
As a result of a joint public procurement with international partner Dante, NORDUnet has chosen Ciena as the provider for its next generation optical and switching network. The NORDUnet Network footprint will when fully deployed cover all of the Nordic countries with connectivity to Germany, Netherlands, UK and Belgium. The Network is being deployed during […]
Rolf Nordhagen inducted into Internet Hall of Fame
Rolf Nordhagen (1928 – 2013) is one of 24 Internet pioneers that recently were inducted into the Internet Hall of Fame. Rolf Nordhagen had leading roles in the forming years of the Norwegian academic network UNINETT, and the Nordic university network NORDUnet. He is regarded as one of the founding parents of networking in these […]
In memory of Karel Vietsch 1952 – 2014
It is with great sadness that we have received the news about the death of Karel Vietsch, TERENA Secretary General. Karel Vietsch was a driving force in the collaborative effort between the European countries on the development of Research and Educational Networks. Karel became TERENA Secretary General in 1996, and since then he has been […]
SURFnet and NORDUnet give researchers fast access to datasets.
SURFnet and NORDUnet deploy 100G optical network to London for research and education Utrecht 4 December 2013 – SURFnet and NORDUnet (the network for education and research in the Nordic countries) today deployed an optical network between Amsterdam and London, initially comprising two 100 gigabit-per-second (Gbps) connections. Each organisation now has its own 100G connection to […]
NORDUnet Conference 2014 – call for presentations
The Programme Committee for the 28th NORDUnet Conference invites your presentation proposals for NDN2014. The NORDUnet 2014 Conference will take place on 23-25 September, 2014, at Uppsala University, Sweden’s oldest institution of higher learning. The theme of the conference is Innovation. NORDUnet 2014 is the Nordic networking meeting place, bringing together the networking and information […]
World’s First 100G Intercontinental Transmission Link for the Research and Education Community
NORDUnet to Help Building the World’s First 100G Intercontinental Transmission Link for the Research and Education Community WASHINGTON, D.C. – April 24, 2013 Today NORDUnet, Internet2, ESnet, SURFnet, CANARIE and GÉANT – Six of the world’s leading research and education networks today announced their intent to build the world’s first 100 gigabits-per-second (Gbps) intercontinental transmission […]
