perfSONAR is a tool for end-to-end monitoring and troubleshooting of multi-domain network performance. perfSONAR provides network engineers with the ability to...
On 28th-30th September Krákow will be the host of the first joint event organised by the major European e-Infrastructure initiatives (GÉANT, EGI...
Today there are over 1.7 million researchers and 70 million science and technology professionals working across the European Union. These experts are crucial...
Education without boundaries “The academy of the future does not confine itself to national boundaries”. These words of John Sexton, former President of New...
Author: Renato Furter (SWITCH) At this year’s TNC in Prague, I gave my first lightning talk ever. And the feedback of the audience was awesome. Almost...
Technology is rapidly changing the way athletes and sport coaches are working together. Accurate feedback, appropriate training, objective and reliable...
Author: Ann Harding (SWITCH) You’ve seen the lightning talk at TNC2016 (you have, of *course* you have), and maybe you were even in the audience at...
The TNC16 audience is diverse: almost 680 attendees from over 60 countries worldwide and every one of us different. Sure, we’re all focused on how best to...
Author: Klára Thomasová (CESNET) Prague is the capital city of the Czech Republic, and it stretches over the Vltava River. Prague is the political and cultural...
Author: Helga Spitaler (GÉANT) Jointly funded by GÉANT and its Chinese counterpart CERNET for a 10 year term, the new 10Gbps EU-China link provides direct...
What a nice surprise today: our F-Ticks system today reports that the one billionth eduroam authentication has just taken place. Having been with eduroam...
Our daughter is 2 years old, so the days of teenage rebellion, boyfriends and empty nest are still (I hope) a long way away. However, when I heard about 1...
Author: Ingrid Melve (Uninett) Research infrastructure is the big flashy part of the NRENs. Everyone understands the importance of finding a cure for cancer...
Author: Jiří Pavlík (CESNET) The federated authentication model has become established as an enabler of user-friendly accessing and sharing of resources...
Author: Alessandra Scicchitano (GÉANT) Wikipedia says that in 1993 the internet was used to communicate only 1% of information, compared to traditional media...
The eduroam® secure worldwide roaming service is celebrating 1 BILLION authentications! Here we take a look at the idea-to-global service story. How did it...
Author: Nicole Harris (GÉANT) If you attended TNC15 in Porto you would not have failed to notice that we spent some time at the event addressing the issue of...
Author: Pavel Satrapa, CESNET The host of The Networking Conference 2016 is the CESNET Association, the operator of the Czech National Research and Education...
Author: Ann Harding (Activity Leader, GÉANT Trust & Identity Services) Fairness matters. In our NREN environment, surely we know this – we work to...
1st April 2016 GÉANT, with its award-winning Research and Education network, is already at the leading edge of networking services. Today, researchers can...