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20 December | 2016
Nominations for GÉANT 2017 Community Awards are now open!
If there is somebody you think deserves recognition for their contributions to research and education networking, please submit a nomination. The awards will be presented during the opening plenary session of the 2017 networking conference, TNC17, in Linz, Austria, on 30 May 2017.
20 December | 2016
EaPConnect boosts collaborative robotics and Future Internet exchange
Researchers from Poland and Belarus exchanged experiences in collaborative robotics applications during a workshop organised by the Eastern Partnership Connect (EaPConnect) project at the end of November.
16 December | 2016
AARC reviews progress and strategy at CERN meeting
assionate and fruitful discussions during the AARC project’s final meeting of 2016 showed the value of face-to-face gatherings. Kindly hosted by CERN on 29 November to 1 December, the meeting agenda was packed with sessions reviewing the project’s strategic direction and its policy, pilots, architecture and training activities.
13 December | 2016
GÉANT achieves top EC project rating for the fifth consecutive year
For the past 15 years the GÉANT project has supported 50 million research and education users in over 10,000 institutions, delivering advanced networking services and facilitating research activities in the fields of networking, trust and identity, security and collaborative services.
06 December | 2016
Successful first Eastern Partnership E-infrastructure Conference inspires collaboration and research opportunities
The first Eastern Partnership E-infrastructure Conference, EaPEC, was given a 5-star rating by participants in a feedback survey. The conference provided opportunities for human networking and exchanging useful information on a range of topics around computer networks, high performance computing resources, databases, and software in use for various areas of science.
06 December | 2016
WACREN 2017
The theme of WACREN 2017 is "Catalyzing Quality Higher Education and Research" and will be hosted by RITER, the NREN of Côte d’Ivoire.
05 December | 2016
TNC17 early bird registration now open
GÉANT invites you to register now to benefit from the early bird discount on the participation fee of TNC17. The €200 discount is available until midnight CET on 28 February 2017, meaning that early registration will cost €600 instead of €800 (excluding VAT).
02 December | 2016
Call for Proposals: Trusted Introducer Service
The Trusted Introducer (TI) service offers a listing, accreditation and certification scheme for Computer Security Incident Response Teams (CSIRTs) in and around Europe. Trusted Introducer forms part of the TF-CSIRT portfolio. The current contract for the Trusted Introducer service will expire on 31 August 2017. In compliance with the applicable public procurement regulations, GÉANT is issuing this Call for Proposals to run the Trusted Introducer Service from 1st September 2017.
10 November | 2016
Azerbaijan and Belarus connect to GÉANT
The Azerbaijani and Belarusian networks for research and education have connected to the GÉANT European network allowing scientists and students in Azerbaijan and Belarus to exchange and collaborate with their peers from around the world.
01 November | 2016
TNC17 - One month left to submit your proposal
The TNC17 Programme Committee is still welcoming proposals for sessions and specific presentations for next year's GÉANT networking conference. If you would like to submit an idea for a session or a presentation, you have until 30 Nov 2016.
27 October | 2016
GÉANT, the UbuntuNet Alliance, and Indiana University co-lead $3.25M grant to improve research collaborations between Europe, Africa, and the US
Improved intercontinental networks will support critical research in food security, environment preservation, and HIV treatment.
14 October | 2016
Empowering network engineers around the world: GÉANT and NSRC renew partnership
GÉANT and network engineering training provider NSRC have recently signed a new MoU to further expand joint activities in support of technical capacity building in emerging regions.
11 October | 2016
New GÉANT forum for real-time communications and multimedia experts
After two years of success, 5 meetings, 45 presentations, 19 hours of recordings and 195 participants, the GÉANT Task Force on Web Real-Time Communications - TF-WebRTC - has decided to conclude and re-charter as a new, more inclusive, open format multimedia special interest group - SIG-Multimedia.
27 September | 2016
Game-changer for cloud computing: GÉANT ensures easy consumption of IaaS cloud services across European research and education community
Over the past year, GÉANT has conducted a pan-European tender for Infrastructure-as-a-Service (IaaS) services: a collective invitation to suppliers to submit a bid to supply their IaaS solutions.
19 September | 2016
Latest issue of GÉANT CONNECT now published
Welcome to the latest issue of CONNECT! This special issue looks in detail at DI4R 2016
15 September | 2016
New NKN international network to boost EU-India collaboration
As part of a new international network being deployed by the National Knowledge Network (NKN) – India’s main NREN – a further 10Gbps of R&E connectivity is now operational between India and Europe
05 September | 2016
EaP Capacity Tender for Caucasus Now Open - Join the Bidders Info Day on Sept. 15th in Tbilisi, Georgia
Supplier companies wishing to participate in the tender to establish and upgrade capacity in Southern Caucasus will need to register at the GÉANT procurement portal at www.geant-procurement.net to access the tender documents and description. The closing date for responses is 7 October 2016. A Bidders Information Day will take place on September 15th at GRENA, the Georgian Research and Educational Networking Association, in Tbilisi.
30 August | 2016
Blogging training and feedback at next SIG-Marcomms meeting
The GÉANT Special Interest Group on Marketing Communications, SIG-Marcomms, formerly known as TF-CPR, is providing a 'light' training in blogging during its next meeting
26 August | 2016
ownCloud and GÉANT - going from strength to strength
As demand for cloud services continues to grow across the research and education sector, more and more NRENs and campuses are benefiting from the GÉANT Framework Agreement with ownCloud – Europe’s leading on-premises file sync and share software provider.
17 August | 2016
UbuntuNet Alliance and SEACOM partner in providing connectivity for research and education in Eastern and Southern Africa through AfricaConnect2
UbuntuNet Alliance has awarded a 15-year contract to pan-African telecom enabler SEACOM to provide point to point connectivity services to (NRENs of Eastern and Southern Africa through the European Union co-funded AfricaConnect2 project.
09 August | 2016
Invitation to first GÉANT cloud workshop
You are invited to register for the first GÉANT cloud workshop, which will be hosted by GARR in Rome on 13-14 October
27 July | 2016
New GÉANT gears up for exciting future
Amidst a rapidly evolving landscape for research and education networking, GÉANT has recently restructured, with the goal of creating a highly efficient and effective organisation intent on delivering a world class user experience and exceptional value for money to best support the NREN community.
15 July | 2016
Heads up for the 2016 Compendium survey
Every year GÉANT invites NRENs to participate in the Compendium survey, which was developed as part of the global collaborative Common NREN Model (CNIM). This usually happens around spring.
12 July | 2016
MSP group invites lightning talks and presentations on funding for innovation
The GÉANT Special Interest Group on the Management of Service Portfolios, SIG-MSP (formerly known as TF-MSP) invites community participation in its next meeting, on 12-13 October, hosted by GARR in Rome
11 July | 2016
R&E connectivity project in Central Asia rebooted
Over 500,000 researchers, academics and students across Central Asia stand to benefit from the launch of the 3rd phase of the EU-funded Central Asia Research and Education Network (CAREN) project which resumes regional R&E connectivity after the previous project phase ended in August 2015.
21 June | 2016
World's first multi-vendor server-to-server cloud sharing interoperability demonstration powered by OpenCloudMesh at TNC16
OpenCloudMesh project participants demonstrated the first interoperability test between two independent sync&share vendors' domains during this year’s networking conference, TNC16. This marks an important milestone towards a larger commercial take-up and some potential standardisation actions.
21 June | 2016
SIG-NOC reports on common network operations tools
The report, by the GÉANT Special Interest Group on Network Operations Centres (SIG-NOC), focuses on NOC functions and the software tools that operators use to fulfil them. The report highlights the most commonly used and useful tools.
20 June | 2016
GÉANT organisation and community strategy focal point of 8th General Assembly
A challenge from visiting EC representative Augusto Burgueño Arjona, a brainstorming workshop, and an overview of the new structure of the GÉANT organisation focused all minds on strategy during the 8th GÉANT General Assembly of member representatives on 16 June 2016.
15 June | 2016
TNC16 closes; looking forward to TNC17 in Linz
The core programme sessions of this year's networking conference, TNC16, ended on Wednesday 16 June with an invitation for attendees to visit TNC17 in Linz, Austria.
13 June | 2016
GÉANT honours 2016 research and education networking Community Award winners
GÉANT awarded the 2016 Community Awards to John Dyer, Scott Cantor and Stanislav Šima, during the opening plenary session of this year's networking conference, TNC16.
13 June | 2016
Debate and celebrations kick off TNC16
A lively debate led by internet pioneer Kees Neggers and GÉANT CEO Steve Cotter marked the start of this year's networking conference, TNC16.
13 June | 2016
GÉANT to Deploy Infinera Packet Optical SDN Solution for Network Optimisation
Infinera announced that GÉANT will deploy Infinera’s programmable and open packet optical software-defined networking (SDN) solution
13 June | 2016
Latest issue of GÉANT CONNECT now ready to view
It is event season for the global research and education networking community.
13 June | 2016
30 years of research and education networking collaboration: help celebrate!
Monday 13 June is the 30th birthday of the formal collaboration between research and education networking organisations in Europe.
13 June | 2016
GÉANT and Corsa collaborate to realise Multi-Layer SDN Networking Vision
Corsa Technology and GÉANT today announced the next major step forward towards production multi-layer SDN networking.
31 May | 2016
Final chance to register online for TNC16!
Online registration for this year's networking conference, TNC16, and co-located meetings closes at midnight CEST on Friday 3 June 2016.
26 May | 2016
Connectivity boost accelerates EU-Japanese science collaborations
Over 50 million users across Europe and Japan are set to benefit from a direct 20Gbps connectivity injection into the GÉANT network, celebrated yesterday at the launch event of the upgraded Japanese Science Information Network (SINET5) in Tokyo.
26 May | 2016
2015 Compendium of NRENs now available
The fifteenth annual GÉANT Compendium of National Research and Education Networks (NRENs) in Europe is now available
18 May | 2016
eduroam celebrates one billion roaming authentications
On 17 May 2016, eduroam clocked up two amazing milestones – registering both one billion roaming authentications (either in-country or international) since the beginning of the year and the one billionth international authentication (when users are connecting from outside their home country) since the service was launched.
18 May | 2016
Corsa enables virtual services delivery for GÉANT
GÉANT SDN R&D leads to new 10G/100G network hardware virtualization platform
16 May | 2016
ASREN connection opens door to global high-speed connectivity for Middle East science hub
Via its dedicated link from Amman to its PoP in London, the Arab States Research and Education Network (ASREN) has recently connected SESAME
12 May | 2016
G7 ICT Ministers’ meeting highlights importance of NRENs and GÉANT
At the recent G7 ICT Ministers’ meeting held in Kagawa, Japan strong and clear recognition was made of the importance of NRENs and of the global networking of the research and education community.
05 May | 2016
Call for participation now open to submit your proposals
Research and education need advanced ICT services to maintain Europe's leadership in these core areas. This conference will bring together funding agencies, research communities and infrastructure providers, both public and private, to share their insights, concerns, needs and vision for the future.
03 May | 2016
Armenia and Georgia connect to GÉANT and join the global research and education community
Researchers and students across Georgia and Armenia are now able to participate in collaborative work with their peers in Europe and other parts of the world
29 April | 2016
1 May 2016 marks next phase in GÉANT Project
GN4-2 is a 32-month project beginning 1 May 2016 and ending 31 December 2018. As part of the GÉANT2020 Framework Partnership Agreement (FPA), it is funded by the European Union’s Horizon 2020, the Framework Programme for Research and Innovation (2014-2020).
28 April | 2016
Major boost for EU-Algerian science collaborations through first AfricaConnect2 connection
International connectivity available to Algeria’s scientists, academics and students has recently been upgraded from 622Mbps to 2.5Gbps by networking organisation GÉANT and its regional partner ASREN.
25 April | 2016
GÉANT co-hosts workshop on value-added connectivity at IST-Africa on May 12th 2016
This year IST-Africa will take place in Durban, Southern Africa from May 11th to 13th. As a partner of AfricaConnect2 GÉANT will be hosting a workshop on added-value connectivity for research and education in Africa in collaboration with ASREN.
21 April | 2016
GÉANT launches pan-European tender for IaaS services
GÉANT and its NREN partners have today launched a pan-European Infrastructure-as-a-Service (IaaS) tender aimed at further accelerating the adoption of cloud services by research and education institutions.
15 April | 2016
GÉANT helps accelerate Open Science and education with Microsoft cloud connectivity agreement
GÉANT has signed a partnership agreement with Microsoft to act as network connectivity provider for Microsoft’s Azure ExpressRoutes service.
05 April | 2016
Final chance to submit your contributions for TNC16
On Friday 15 April at midnight CEST, we are closing the call for participation for this year's networking conference, TNC16
22 March | 2016
Global partnerships to be strengthened, new voting rights for members, GÉANT General Assembly agrees
At last week's GÉANT General Assembly (GA) meeting, members amended the bylaws of the GÉANT association and adopted a new model for allocating votes to national and representative members related to their size and service uptake.
17 March | 2016
GÉANT represented at CeBIT 2016: Establishing high performing networks
GÉANT Board Member and Internet Hall of Fame inductee Erik Huizer of SURFnet was invited to take part in the panel discussion “Establishing High Performing Networks” held at this year’s CeBIT.
15 March | 2016
GÉANT challenges students to participate in TNC16 contest
GÉANT invites students from all disciplines to participate in an exciting challenge, revolving around the theme of this year's networking conference, TNC16, "Building the internet of people".
11 March | 2016
Three weeks left for 2016 Community Award nominations
If you know someone who deserves recognition for their contibutions to the research and education networking community collaboration, there is still time to nominate them for this year's Community Award.
08 March | 2016
Latest issue of GÉANT CONNECT now ready to view
This March sees the annual gathering of GÉANT (GN4-1) Project participants at its symposium event – a great opportunity to reconnect with colleagues and collaborate on work programmes for the benefit of Europe’s research and education community
04 March | 2016
Michael Hager, Head of Cabinet Commissioner Oettinger at RDA 2016
Video Message by Michael Hager, Head of Cabinet Commissioner Oettinger, Digital Economy & Society – speaking at the Opening of the 7th RDA Plenary in Tokyo
01 March | 2016
GÉANT and Amazon Web Services – breaking down barriers to cloud services adoption
Cloud computing – on-demand delivery of IT resources on a pay-as-you-go basis – offers huge opportunity for millions of users.
01 March | 2016
Second round TNC16 Call for Participation is open
We have opened up the second round of our Call for Participation. We welcome poster ideas and lightning talks in this second round, which runs until 15 April, midnight CEST
25 February | 2016
European Space Agency to distribute Copernicus data over GÉANT and DFN
GÉANT and the ESA have finalised an agreement to distribute data from Copernicus, the EU earth observation and monitoring programme, to research and education users worldwide.
23 February | 2016
Reminder to submit nominations for 2016 Community Award!
We have received a number of nominations for the 2016 research and education networking Community Award, but more submissions are welcome still.
22 February | 2016
One week left for early bird registration for TNC16
There is one week left to register for this year's networking conference, TNC16, for the discounted early-bird participation fee.
15 February | 2016
Lebanon connects to GÉANT
Lebanon has recently joined the global R&E networking community and accelerated efforts to establish its own NREN - eduroam is driving the force behind it.
10 February | 2016
The OpenCloudMesh project achieves its first key milestone
The key milestone of the OpenCloudMesh (OCM) project was reached during the Cloud Services for Synchronisation and Sharing (CS3) workshop, organised by CERN on 18-19 January 2016 in Zurich, Switzerland.
09 February | 2016
Check out the TNC16 preliminary programme!
The preliminary programme for this year's networking conference, TNC16, is now available
09 February | 2016
GÉANT and NICT strengthen ties through new MoU
During the TEIN and APAN41 meetings in Manila, GÉANT and NICT reaffirmed their commitment to strengthen network research cooperation between Europe and Japan by signing a new MoU.
08 February | 2016
Tender to connect Tunisia launched!
Suppliers wishing to tender for research and education connectivity for Tunisia as part of the AfricaConnect2 project are invited to register interest and obtain the tender documents at the GÉANT procurement portal at www.geant-procurement.net.
02 February | 2016
TNC16: the full line-up revealed
Six high-profile keynote speakers have been confirmed for this year's networking conference, TNC16, in Prague, Czech Republic on 12-16 June.
02 February | 2016
Reboot the Next Generation Networking group: register now!
Registration is open for a meeting focusing the community's interest on rebooting the old Task Force on Next Generation Networking as a GÉANT special interest group.
25 January | 2016
GÉANT partners up with Union for the Mediterranean to support the digital economy in the Mediterranean
GÉANT has recently been given official recognition by the Union for the Mediterranean (UfM) of its role in R&E networking.
18 January | 2016
TF-MSP workshop progresses thinking on policies for cloud and commercial partners
The GÉANT task force on the management of service portfolios (TF-MSP) is taking the lead in helping NRENs and GÉANT to be 'cloud friendly' in order to support the use of cloud services in the research and education community
18 January | 2016
SIG-ISM workshop on risk is now open for registration
Registration is open for a workshop focusing on risk, organised by SIG-ISM, the GÉANT Special Interest Group on Information Security Management
13 January | 2016
GÉANT deploys Infinera Cloud Xpress with 100GbE for Data Centre Interconnect
Cloud Xpress enables GÉANT to extend 100 gigabit Ethernet (GbE) connectivity into data centres
05 January | 2016
Nominate a colleague for the 2016 Community Award!
Nominations are invited for the 2016 research and education networking Community Award
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