News
India's research network connected to NetherLight
News - The National Knowledge Network (NKN) in India is now connected to NetherLight, SURFnet's open lightpath exchange. Dutch teaching and research institutions can now exchange data at high speed with more than 1,600 universities and research institutions in India.
- 15 Sep 2016
- SURFnet
- NetherLight
- SURFlichtpaden
- Open exchange
- Lightpaths
- 100G
- Research
Over 20 organisations are participating in the tender for virtualisation products
News - To ensure that educational and research institutions can continue their legitimate use of virtualisation products and user profile management tools, SURFmarket began a European tender procedure, which has since been published.
- 08 Sep 2016
- SURFmarket
- Software and content licences
Microsoft ExpressRoute now available directly through SURFnet
News - Institutions connected to SURFnet can now link their institution's infrastructure directly to the Microsoft cloud with SURFlichtpaden. SURFnet is working under the agreement that the European umbrella organisation GÉANT concluded with Microsoft. GÉANT is the first non-commercial party in the world with direct links via ExpressRoute.
- 08 Sep 2016
- SURF
- SURFnet
- IaaS
- Cloud policy
- Lightpaths
New tendering procedure for the SURFnet8 service layer
News - In June, 2 Requests For Proposals (RFP) for SURFnet8 were issued: one for the photonic layer and one for the service layer. A new tendering procedure for the service layer will be launched because the number of qualified parties was insufficient for the competitive dialogue. This will not affect the procedure for the photonic layer.
Overview of ports, network services purchased and traffic graphs
News - The SURFnet Network Dashboard provides institutions with an overview of all SURFnet network services. In the first release, infrastructure managers and infrastructure administrators can view ports, network services purchased and traffic graphs.
- 07 Sep 2016
- SURFnet
- SURFinternet
- SURFlichtpaden
- Glass-fibre network
- Internet
Adjusted timeline for 2017 European telephony tender
News - The timeline within the 2017 European telephony tender launched by SURFmarket for educational institutions has been slightly adjusted. This process involves representatives from various education sectors.
- 07 Sep 2016
- SURFmarket
- SURFnet
- Software and content licences
- Organisation
Lisa Compute Cluster moved from Almere to Amsterdam
News - The Lisa Compute Cluster has been successfully moved from Almere to the new SURFsara data center at Amsterdam Science Park. The system is back online for regular use, after one week without service.
- 08 Aug 2016
- SURFsara
- Lisa Rekencluster
- Research
- Computing power
Successor to Safe Harbor: Privacy Shield has come into force
News - The EU and the United States have reached a new agreement on the exchange of data (personal data). The so-called Privacy Shield was approved by the European Commission on 12 July and has come into force immediately. The Privacy Shield is the successor to Safe Harbor, which was declared invalid in October 2015.
Project MinE researchers find two new ALS genes
News - The international consortium of researchers connected to the patient-driven Project MinE has identified two new genes that increase the risk of the fatal neurodegenerative disease ALS. In order to realise large, safe and fast storage as well as analysis of the genetic data, project MinE works together with SURFnet and SURFsara.
- 28 Jul 2016
- SURFsara
- Life Science Grid
- Network
- Research
New data centre Amsterdam Science Park completed
News - SURFsara's new data centre at the Amsterdam Science Park was delivered on schedule on 1 July by builder and developer Telecity Group. SURFsara will rent 2 floors in the 72-meter-high building for the national high-performance-computing infrastructure.
- 07 Jul 2016
- SURFsara
- Organisation
- Data
- Research
- Computing power
Softdrive makes software available on multiple computer systems simultaneously
News - Introducing Softdrive by SURFsara: a new service which makes installing software much easier for users of our Grid infrastructure and other distributed infrastructures. Software installed onto Softdrive becomes available on multiple systems automatically, but can be managed from a single location.
Status update SURFsara systems
News - On Thursday, June 30th on 14.30h SURFsara encountered a problem with the hardware and software of one of its firewalls.
Experiment for hands-on experience with learning analytics
News - Getting started with learning analytics is mostly a case of jumping in at the deep end. Luckily, though, you don't have to reinvent the wheel. SURFnet has started an experiment to enable learning analytics to be applied in practice and will share all of the relevant information resulting from this experiment.
Anwar Osseyran of SURFsara elected Chair of the PRACE Council
News - During the 21st PRACE Council Meeting on 22 June 2016 in Frankfurt, Prof Dr Ir Anwar Osseyran, director of SURFsara, was elected Chair of the PRACE Council, and Dr Sergi Girona of BSC was elected Vice-Chair.
- 30 Jun 2016
- SURFsara
- Computing power
- Research