News & Events from 2017

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- Bandwidth for transatlantic research and education now at record-breaking 740 Gbit/s

- Seven-party strong collaboration is first step toward Global Network Architecture for research and education

April, 2017

NORDUnet's global network has been expanded with stronger connections across the North Atlantic reflecting the capacity build-up in the Advanced North Atlantic collaboration, now comprising seven partners and a capacity of 740 Gbit/s.

Also, we’re preparing new connections across US and Canada. And the first direct NORDUnet connection to Asia is on its way: A dedicated line to the Karolinska research hub in Hong Kong. Last not least we’re preparing a new connection across the Baltic Sea from Helsinki to Hamburg. 

"UNINETT Fagdager 2017" will take place in  Trondheim, Norway from  2-5 May. There will be four days of parallel sessions and workshops, together with social events such as the main conference dinner and a tapas dinner at the grand "Banksalen" in the city center. During the conference you can attend, among other things, an all-day "Incident Response Team" session, focusing on how to establish an IRT in the research & education sector. Also, there are workshops for researchers interested in using the Sigma2 HPC resources, and workshops about using and managing cloud services.