Network
The network is the foundation of all ict facilities at your institution. No education, research and innovation with ict without a stable network. That is why we at SURF continuously work on a reliable, flexible and powerful network.
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Thousands of students, faculty and staff use the SURF network every day to do their jobs and stay connected. And they are - justifiably - becoming increasingly demanding. That is why we are constantly innovating to make the network faster, safer and more reliable.
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From now on, the Dutch education and research sector can establish 400 Gbit/s connections from the NetherLight node in Amsterdam to research and education networks around the world. NetherLight is…
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Together with Nokia, Nikhef and CERN, SURF has tested the speed of data transfer between CERN in Geneva and Amsterdam. A data rate of 800Gbit per second was achieved on the 1648-kilometre fibre-optic…
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We have SURF. Because all colleges and universities are in the same network system, the basic infrastructure is already there. That is the prerequisite for cooperation.