Cesnet Annual Report 2011

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VÝROČNÍ ZPRÁVA 2011 ISBN: 978-80-904689-5-5 www.cesnet.cz Zikova 4,16000Prague6 © CESNET,InterestAssociationofLegalEntities CNMCRSLS 36 30 24 18 ECONOMIC RESULTS 4 PUBLIC RELATIONS 10 AND COOPERATION PROJECTS INTERNATIONAL NATIONAL PROJECTS E-INFRASTRUCTURE CESNET ASSOCIATIONCESNET TABLE OFCONTENTS 1 ANNUAL REPORT CESNET 2011 TABLE OF CONTENTS ANNUAL REPORT CESNET 2011 A MESSAGE FROM THE DIRECTOR 2 are utilisedbyresearchteams. called largeinfrastructure:abroadrangeofdevices,equipment,resourcesaswellservicesthat 2015 andaimsatreconstructingoperatingtheCESNET2nationalresearchnetworkasaso- years. Theyear2011wasthusalandmarkthatstartedanothereraintheAssociation’swork. on fundingtwolong-termstrategicprojectsthatwillmakeupthecoreofourworkincoming received apositivedecisionoftheMinistryEducation,YouthandSportsCzechRepublic pursued inthemilestoneyear2011.Whywasitayear?Incourseofyear,we The AnnualReportthatyouhavejustopenedoverviewstheactivitiesCESNETAssociation ACTIVITY IN2011.“ „WE LAUNCHEDANEWPHASEOFCESNET A MESSAGEFROMTHEDIRECTOR Research, Developmentand InnovationInfrastructures:the Czech Republic,weproceed inclosecooperationwithentitiesincludedtheRoadmap forLarge creating conditionsforitsresearch andinnovationwork.Whenbuildingthee-infrastructures inthe very foundation:toprovide the Czechacademiccommunitywithtop-classinfrastructure, thus increasing thecapacityandboostinginfrastructureforexecuting videoconferences. of theaccessinterfaces,expandingNGIbase,building threehigh-capacityrepositories,and pacity ofthecommunicationsinfrastructureandexpanding itsfeatures,increasingthecapacity Call 2.3,andshouldbecompletedinOctober2013.Its specifi c tasksincludeincreasing theca- it isfundedfromtheOperationalProgrammeResearch andDevelopmentforInnovation,Axis3, global scientific cooperation. TheeIGeR Republic, advancingthemtoalevelnecessaryfor to getinvolvedinEuropeanresearchand connection ofalargernumberacademicandscientifi c research workplacesacrosstheCzech work CESNET2,aqualitativelynewinformatione-infrastructure, whichwillboostandintensifythe (abbreviated toeIGeR).Itspurposeisdevelop,basedontheexistingnational researchnet- as welltoolsforeffectivecollaborationofdistributedusersandteams. access toe-infrastructuresources,toolsforensuringcommunicationsecurityanddataprotection, structure (NGI),anddatastorageinfrastructure,enhancedwithtoolsservicesforcontrolling nents willbeanationalcommunicationsinfrastructurewithhighthroughput,gridinfra- connect withothere-infrastructuredescribedintheEuropeanESFRIRoadmap.Itsbasiccompo- components thatareneededtolinktheCzechRepublicEuropeanResearchAreaand The fi rst oftheapprovedprojectsiscalled Both core projects highlight the basic purpose of CESNET, which it has performed since its Both coreprojectshighlight thebasicpurposeofCESNET,whichithasperformed sinceits The otherprojectiscalled Extension of the National R&D Information Infrastructure in Regions Extension oftheNationalR&DInformationInfrastructure inRegions CESNET LargeInfrastructure project iscomplementarytoCESNETLargeInfrastructure , . It is scheduled until CESNET LargeInfrastructure.Itisscheduleduntil CERIT-SC will comprise all the e-infrastructure willcompriseallthee-infrastructure and IT4Innovations projects. occasion ofour15 the organisationofTERENANetworkingConference2011,whichwehostedinPragueon of them. ities, includingachievementsontheglobalscene,followingpages.Therewasnoshortage professional publicastheyhavebeensofar.Afterall,youwillfi nd anoverviewofour2011activ- in thecomingyears.Ibelievethatourresultswillcontinuetobecapableofdrawingattention try ofEducation,YouthandSportstheCzechRepublic foritsinstitutionalandfundingsupport. fessional work.MysincerethanksalsogototheAssociation membersand,naturally,totheMinis- success oftheCESNETAssociation:allitsemployeesand fellowworkers,whoperformhighlypro- substantial contributiontotheachievementsthatweare nowabletoboast. another reasonwhyitishardforustocopewithhisdeparture. OurcolleagueMarešalsomadea USA andGermany.Hisinfl uence onthesuccessfulprogressofCESNETisindisputable,which mathematics, publishedininternationaljournalsandanthologies,twobooksthe Theory andAutomation.Besidesscientifi c andteachingwork,hepursuedthepopularisationof and appliedresearchininformaticssoftwaresystemsattheASCRInstituteofInformation member oftheCESNETBoardDirectors,diedon25July2011.Heconductedbothprimary biggest turn-outintheentireTERENAconferencehistory. We were also very vigorous in presenting our activities publicly. Our most prominent feat was We werealsoveryvigorousinpresentingouractivitiespublicly.Ourmostprominentfeatwas Even thisbrieflistingindicatesthatlotsofchallengingaswellexcitingworkliesaheadus In conclusion, allow me to express my cordial thanks to all those who have the most merit in the In conclusion,allowmetoexpressmycordialthanksall thosewhohavethemostmeritin DrSc.,along-standing MilanMareš, RNDr. Unfortunately, lifebringswoefulnewstoo.Prof. th anniversary. It welcomed 525 guests from 36 countries on four continents, the anniversary.Itwelcomed525guestsfrom36countriesonfourcontinents,the CESNET DirectorandMember oftheBoardDirectors Ing. JanGruntorád,CSc.

ANNUAL REPORT CESNET 2011 1 CESNET ASSOCIATION THE MINISTRY OF YOUTH, EDUCATION AND SPORTS OF THE CZECH REPUBLIC HAS DECIDED TO FUND TWO OF THE ASSOCIATION’S STRATEGIC LONG-TERM PROJECTS. ANNUAL REPORT CESNET 2011 CESNET ASSOCIATION 6 is theExtensionofNationalR&DInformationInfrastructureinRegions the implementationplannedfor2011-2015.Theotherproject,crucialAssociation’sactivities, promised fundingfortwolargeprojects.Thefi rst ofthemisforCESNETLargeInfrastructurewith the MinistryofYouth,EducationandSportsCzechRepublicin2011,basedonwhichitwas the researchplanweresuccessfullyachieved.TheAssociationreceivedtwocrucialdecisionsby The fi nal expertreviewoftheresearchplantookplacein2011,concludingthatobjectives of whichwaspresentedin2003.Theyear2010theseventhandfi support foritsOpticalNationalResearchNetworkandItsNewApplications Both thenetworkswereseparatedintechnological,economic,andlargelyalsopersonnelmanners. The secondnetworkwasforhistoricalreasonscalledCESNET,andservedcommercialcustomers. sociation andsomeotherinstitutionscomplyingwiththeAcceptableUsePolicywereconnectedtoit. CZ (laterTEN-155CZ),servedtheneedsofscience,researchandeducationmembersAs- Education NetworkoftheCzechRepublic)andrelatedactivities.TheNRENiscalledCESNET2. operation ofthescience,researchandeducationbackbonenetwork(NREN,NationalResearch Internet provider.Sincethen,theAssociationhasbeenengagedexclusivelyindevelopmentand jective togenerateanyprofi t ontheseactivities. and partialcompensationof expensesrelatedtotheseactivities.ItisnottheAssociation’s ob- to support,againstthereimbursementofrelated expenses,propagationoferudition,culture 5. to secureandprovide,incooperationwithitsmembers,thelong-termdevelopment,acqui- 4. 3. toensureforitsmembersandtheallowanceorganisationsthattheyhaveestablished toprovideandarrangetheprovisionofeducationservicesresearchdevelopmenttype, 2. toconductresearchanddevelopmentintheareaofinformationcommunicationtechnol- 1. vanced networktechnologiesandapplications,thedisseminationofrelatedinformation. interconnecting thenetworksofAssociationmembers,researchanddevelopmentad- The maingoalsoftheAssociationareoperationanddevelopmentbackbonenetwork The AssociationObjectivesandScopeofActivities sectors becamegraduallyseparated,andallthemembersmovedtowardsacademicnetwork. Czech Republic,withanentirelynewqualitylevel.Atthesametime,academicandcommercial of theCzechRepublic,Associationstartedtodevelopacademicbackbonenetworkacross grant fortheTEN-34CZNetworkDeploymentprojectfromMinistryofYouth,EducationandSports of SciencestheCzechRepublic(hereinafterreferredtoasASCR).Insameyear,thanks The Associationwasfoundedin1996byuniversitiestheCzechRepublic,togetherwithAcademy History CESNET ASSOCIATION During the years 2004 to 2010 the Association was subsidised in the form of an institutional During theyears2004to2010Associationwassubsidisedinformofaninstitutional After thecommercialnetworkwassoldin2000,Associationceasedtoactasa From 1997,theAssociationhadoperatedtwoindependentnetworks.Thefi The Associationperformsand providesitsactivitieswithinthescopeofreceived subsidies participants, informationsources andservices. technologies deployment,and qualityimprovementofthenetworkbyrecruiting additional and knowledge,cooperationofmemberswithindustry, expansionofthelatestinformation the Internetandotheradvancedsystems; sition anddeploymentofhighqualitycommunication informationtechnologiesbasedon research networksabroad(includingInternetaccess); complementarity ofthemembers’activitiesatalevelcomparable toleadingeducationand resources andinformationservices;thetestingofnew applications;thecooperationand ropolitan networks;thecreationofcollectivelyusedtechnical, communicationandsoftware development andoperationofacomputernetworkinterconnecting theirnetworksandmet- using thehigh-speednationalresearchandeducationnetwork; ogies andtheirapplications; The mainscopeofactivitiestheAssociationisasfollows: nal year of the research plan. nalyearoftheresearchplan. (abbreviatedtoeIGeR). research plan, the draft research plan,thedraft rst network, TEN-34 TEN-34 network, rst support researchanddevelopment. / Charles UniversityinPrague/ Palacký UniversityinOlomouc/CzechTechnical Prague The followinginstitutionswere membersoftheAssociationin2011: Association Members EGI.eu PlanetLab – Internet2 DANTE GLIF CEENet (CentralandEasternEuropeanNetworkingAssociation)–organisationcoordinatinginter- TERENA (Trans-EuropeanResearchandEducationNetworkAssociation),establishedin1994 International Organisations The CESNETAssociationisamemberofimportantinternationalandnationalorganisations. Membership inInternationalandNationalOrganisations activities inquestionbeforethebeginningoffollowingfi by theendofeachfi scal year;otherwise,theAssociationwillabandoneconomic/business Research andEducationNetwork. but alsotoselectedentitiescomplyingwiththe negative impactonresearchactivities.Theservicesarenotprovidedapubliclyavailablebasis. however, solelywiththepurposeofmakingmoreeffi cient useofitspropertyandwithout any CZ.NIC NIX.CZ –CESNETisoneofthefoundingmembersNIX.CZ,Interest AssociationofLegalEntities National Organisations VŠB –TechnicalUniversity of Ostrava/AcademyArts,Architecture andDesigninPrague/ After settlingtheobligatoryreservefundcontribution,Associationusesitsentireprofi been anassociateconsortiummembersince1999. velop anddeploynewtypesofnetworktechnologies,servicesapplications;CESNEThas institutions. at thedevelopmentandqualityimprovementofIPconnectivityforEuropeanacademic objective istocreateanetworkserveapplicationswithextremetransmissionrequirements. support fordevelopmentofthemostdemandingscientifi c andresearchapplications;itsmain national telecommunicationactivitiesofCentralandEasternEuropecountries. nication infrastructureofacademicandscientifi c sitesacrossEurope. Associés pourlaRechercheEuropéenne),isdedicatedtothedevelopmentoftelecommu- through themergerofEARN(EuropeanAcademicandResearchNetwork)RARE(Réseaux telecommunication applications;thenetworkcurrentlyencompasses780nodesin31countries. world, collectivelyoperatingaglobalcomputernetworkdesignedfordevelopingandtestingnew Any lossincurredinconnectionwiththeAssociation’seconomic/businessactivitiesissettled The Associationprovidestheacademicbackbonenetworkservicesnotonlytoitsmembers In additiontoitsmainactivities,theAssociationalsopursueseconomic/businessactivities; and activities;theassociationhad94membersasof31 December 2011. tities, dealingwithdomainregistrations,supporttoInternet-related publiclybenefi as of31December2011. permitting mutualconnectivityamongitsmembers’networks; theassociationhad83members (Neutral InternetExchange),anassociationofservice providersintheCzechRepublic, lations andonsupportingtheirsustainabledevelopment. (Global Lambda Integrated Facility) – global experimental network activities, focusing on the (Global LambdaIntegratedFacility)–globalexperimentalnetworkactivities,focusingonthe – organisationaimedatco-ordinatingEuropeancomputinggridsusedforscientifi (Delivery ofAdvancedNetworkTechnologytoEuropeLtd.)–non-profi – theAssociationisalsoafoundingmemberofCZ.NIC, InterestAssociationofLegalEn- – consortiumledbyAmericanresearchandeducationinstitutionsendeavouringtode- consortium of academic, commercial and governmental organisations all around the consortium ofacademic,commercialandgovernmentalorganisationsallaroundthe Access PolicyoftheNext-GenerationNational scal year. scal t organisation aimed cial projects projects cial c calcu- c t to t

7 ANNUAL REPORT CESNET 2011 CESNET ASSOCIATION ANNUAL REPORT CESNET 2011 CESNET ASSOCIATION 8 For the2011-2013term,31 Ing. JaromírMarušinec,PhD,MBA,wastheChairmanofSupervisoryBoard. RNDr. FrantišekZEDNÍK Prof. Ing.IvoVONDRÁK,CSc. Ing. PetrPĚTIOKÝ,MBA Ing. JaromírMARUŠINEC,Ph D,MBA RNDr. PavelKRBEC,CSc. The SupervisoryBoardconsistedofthefollowingmembersuntil30June2011: Václav Račanský,CSc.,andProf.Ing.MiroslavTůma,wereelectedas Ing. JosefKubíčekwaselectedtothepostof –SupervisoryBoard Prof. Ing.MiroslavTŮMA,CSc. doc. RNDr.PavelSATRAPA,PhD. doc. RNDr.VáclavRAČANSKÝ,CSc. Ing. JosefKUBÍČEK Ing. JanGRUNTORÁD,CSc. –BoardofDirectors RNDr. AlexanderČERNÝ Prof. Ing.JiříBÍLA,DrSc. The BoardofDirectorsconsistedthefollowingmembersin2011: – GeneralMeeting CESNET hasthefollowingbodies: Internal OrganisationalStructure RNDr. IgorČermák,CSc.,was theChairmanofDevelopment. FundBoard Prof. RNDr.JanSLOVÁK,DrSc. Ing. VladimírRUDOLF Ing. PetrLAMPA Prof. Dr.Ing.ZdeněkKŮS Ing. OlgaKLÁPŠŤOVÁ Ing. MiroslavINDRA,CSc. RNDr. IgorČERMÁK,CSc. The DevelopmentFundBoardoperatedwiththefollowingstructureuntil30June2011: Development FundBoard / bice /TheInstituteofChemicalTechnologyinPragueCzechUniversityLifeSciences ing ArtsinPrague/JanáčekAcademyofMusicandPerformingBrnoUniversityPardu- maceutical SciencesBrno/MasarykUniversityMendelinAcademyofPerform- Academy ofFineArtsinPrague/BrnoUniversityTechnologyVeterinaryandPhar- During 2011,theAssociationdidnotadmitanynewmembers. / Opava /JanEvangelistaPurkyněUniversityin Ústí nadLabem/UniversityofWestBohemiainPlzeň / Ing. JanGruntorád,CSc.wastheDirectorofAssociationin2011. Ing. JaromírMarušinec,PhD,MBA,waselectedasChairmanoftheSupervisoryBoard . RNDr. FrantišekZEDNÍK Prof. Ing.IvoVONDRÁK,CSc. Mgr. EvaŠMÍDOVÁ Mgr. FrantišekPOTUŽNÍK Ing. JaromírMARUŠINEC,PhD.,MBA session on30June2011: Academy ofSciencestheCzechRepublic Technical UniversityofLiberec/Economics,PragueHradecKrálové University ofSouthBohemiainČeskéBudějovice st GeneralMeetingelectedthefollowingSupervisoryBoardatits /TomášBaťaUniversityinZlínofDefence Chairman oftheBoardDirectors Silesian University in /UniversityofOstravaSilesianin Vice-Chairmen. , andRNDr.

APPLICATION Service Project MANAGER and Network and Network PROJECT PROJECT Consultant MANAGER PROJECT PROJECT in 2011 Association chart ofthe Figure 1:Organisational managers. within thisstructureisperformedbyso-calledline sational structurecomprisesdepartments,whichmaybeaggregatedintosections.Management 2011. TheAssociationinvolved132.8convertedfull-timejobsinAssociation’sorgani- approved bytheDirectorofAssociationon18February2011andcameintoforce1March Following negotiationswiththeBoardofDirectors,OrganisationalChart(seeFigure1)was Organisational Chart RNDr. IgorČermák,CSc.,waselectedasChairmanoftheDevelopmentFundBoard. Prof. RNDr.JanSLOVÁK,DrSc. Prof. Dr.Ing.ZdeněkKŮS doc. RNDr.AntonínKUČERA,CSc. Ing. OlgaKLÁPŠŤOVÁ Prof. Ing.PavelJURA,CSc. Ing. MiroslavINDRA,CSc. RNDr. IgorČERMÁK,CSc. Board atitssessionon30June2011: For the2011-2013term,31 RDI RDI LI LI DEPARTMENT REPOSITORY REPOSITORY DEPARTMENT DATA DATA GRID GRID INFRASTRUCTURE INFRASTRUCTURE DEPARTMENT MULTIMEDIA MULTIMEDIA DEPARTMENT NETWORK NETWORK RESEARCH AND RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT DEPUTY FOR DEPUTY FOR CONFIGURATION CONFIGURATION DEPARTMENT MONITORING MONITORING st FOR NETWORK FOR NETWORK APPLICATIONS APPLICATIONS TECHNOLOGY TECHNOLOGY GeneralMeetingelectedthefollowing DEPARTMENT TOOLS TOOLS AND AND DEPARTMENT Project management Linear management NETWORKS NETWORKS OPTICAL OPTICAL SERVICE DESK SERVICE DESK DEPARTMENT DEPARTMENT AND CSIRT AND CSIRT SERVICES SERVICES SUPPORT SUPPORT DEPARTMENT NETWORK NETWORK IDENTITY IDENTITY R&D SUPPORT R&D SUPPORT DEPARTMENT THE ASSOCIATION OF DIRECTORS DIRECTOR OF DIRECTOR OF Development Fund ASSEMBLY GENERAL GENERAL COMMUNICATION COMMUNICATION AND EXTERNAL AND EXTERNAL BOARD BOARD FOR FINANCES AND FOR FINANCESAND DEPARTMENT ADMINISTRATION RELATIONS RELATIONS DEPUTY DEPUTY INTERNAL AUDIT INTERNAL AUDIT SECRETARIAT, SECRETARIAT, AND INTERNAL AND INTERNAL SUPERVISORY DEPARTMENT RESOURCES ADMINISTRATION ADMINISTRATION DEPARTMENT HUMAN HUMAN BOARD DEPARTMENT FINANCES FINANCES INFORMATION INFORMATION DEPARTMENT AND LAW AND LAW SYSTEMS SYSTEMS 9 CESNET ASSOCIATION 2 CESNET E-INFRASTRUCTURE CESNET IS DEVELOPING A COMPLEX ENVIRONMENT COMPRISING A NATIONAL COMMUNICATION AND GRID INFRASTRUCTURE AND A NETWORK OF DATA REPOSITORIES. GÉANT2 Cheb Figure 2:BasicopticaltopologyoftheCESNET2 backbonenetwork IP 12 CESNET E-INFRASTRUCTURE

1 fiber GÉANT2 1 fiber 1 E2E Plzeň Most 1 fiber České Budějovice NIX.CZ Děčín Ústí n.L. Communications Infrastructure and ExtensionoftheNationalR&DInformationInfrastructureinRegions from publicbudgetsundertwomutuallycomplementaryprojects, ation ofthedistributedusersandteams. resources, toolsforcommunicationsecurityanddataprotection,effectivecooper- structure, complementedwithtoolsandservicesformanagingaccesstothee-infrastructure communications infrastructure,anationalgridinfrastructure(NGI)anddatarepositoryinfra- applications intheareaofinformationandcommunicationtechnologies. frastructure isalsousedasatestinganddevelopmentenvironmentfornewtechnologies tures Roadmap(ESFRI),onwhichthenationalroadmapisbased.TheCESNETe-in- international infrastructures,particularlythosedescribedinthe all sectorsintheCzechRepublic.Ofcoursee-infrastructureisintegratedintorelevant cooperation ofentitiesdealingwithresearch,experimentaldevelopmentandinnovationacross for largeinfrastructuresistoprovideatransparentcommoncommunicationenvironmentthe 2072 of15March2010.ThepurposetheCESNETe-infrastructurewithinnationalroadmap and InnovationInfrastructuresintheCzechRepublic e-infrastructure, whichispartofthe CESNET’s fundamentalactivityisthedevelopment,constructingandoperationofCESNET CESNET E-INFRASTRUCTURE Praha The CESNETAssociationhasbeendevelopingthisinfrastructurewithsubstantialsupport The CESNETe-infrastructureisacomplexenvironment,comprisinghighcapacitynational Liberec Jindřichův Hradec Jihlava Pardubice Hradec Králové Č. Třebová ROADM OIN CBF node CE switch PE router P router Brno Letohrad The reconstructionoftheCESNET2backbonenetworkstartedin2011;it Olomouc ACOnet

forms thenecessaryfoundationforothercomponentsofna- 1 ﬁbe 1

1 Gb/s 10GE LANPHY CL DWDM DWDM +ROADM r tional informatione-infrastructure.Theaimofthereconstruction Opava Zlín is tocreateamultiple-layernationalcommunicationsinfra- Roadmap forLargeResearch,ExperimentalDevelopment PIONIER structure whoselayerswillconnecttoresearchprojects Ostrava SANET and usernetworksaswellresearch Karviná 1 fiber abroad, theEuropeanGÉANTnetwork,and global experimentalGLIFinfrastructure.The new communicationsinfrastructurewillof- , approvedbyGovernmentResolutionno. fer concurrentsupportfortheIPv4and IPv6 protocolswithoptionaladvanced functionalities andfeatures,provision of dedicatedservicesatdifferentnet- work layers,especiallylambdaser- sic typesofDWDMtechnology: vices andremotereal-timeaccess transport networkdeploystwo ba- to userresearchequipment. less, mostaredouble-fi tical backbonenetworkisbased and Karviná–Ostrava);neverthe- on leasedopticalfi tohrad–Opava, Opava–Ostrava, ing totheITU-TG.652standard Plzeň–Cheb, Cheb–Most,Le- (see Figure2).Someoftheop- ot sín Labem–Děčín, Most, Ústín. Labem– trava–Karviná, Ústín. tical routesaresingle-fi European ResearchInfrastruc- The currentDWDMoptical The coretopologyoftheop- CESNET LargeInfrastructure . bres conform- bre. bre (Os- bre ■ ■ ■ ■ ■ ■ ■ Other majorchangestothecommunicationsinfrastructure: tions infrastructureisshowninFigure3. was deployedontheHradecKrálové–Olomoucroute. The currenttopologyofthecommunica- mouc, andPraha–Brnoroutes.Inaddition,technologyallowing datatransferatarateof40Gbps system wasreconstructedonthePraha–HradecKrálové, Brno–Olomouc,HradecKrálové–Olo- by deployingterabitroutersinthePrahaII,HradecKrálovéandOlomoucnodes,DWDM single manufacturerwhendevelopingthenetwork. competitive environment,andtheoperatorisnotasdependentondevelopmentplansofa utilisation ofthefi bres beingthemostcostlynetworkcomponent.Itsubstantiallyincreases ibility andadaptabilityoftheservicesprovidedbynetworktousers,effi optical fibres bytransmissionsystemsproducedvariousmanufacturers,whichimprovesfl alongside bothordinaryanddemandingtransmissionservices.Itverifi the 100GbpstransmissionsystemunderrealCESNET2operationinAugust2011;itwastested existing Brno I nodetoanewBrno IInode. inconnectionwithmovingtheirterminatingpointsfromthe andBrno II–Ostrava Brno II–Vienna including upgradingthePlzeň–Cheblinkto10GE,andinstallationofdouble-fi The single-fi to 80channelsspacedat50 GHz andadesignedtransmissionchannel capacityof1-100 Gbps. Králové–Praha II–Praha I mission circuitPraha I–Brno I–Brno II–Olomouc I–Olomouc II–Hradec some ofthedouble-fi bre andallofthesingle-fi CzechLight opticalamplifi ers withpassiveMux/DemuxorROADMinstalled;itisdeployedon part ofitsresearchactivity:thistechnologyiscurrentlybasedon DWDM technology,developedbytheAssociationitselfas nodes; or reconfi guration ofintermediateROADM without theneedforanyinterconnection end-to-end opticaltransferchannels trol systemandallowscreationof system withacommoncon- es acompleteopticaltransport the DWDMnetworkcompris- ROADM nodes;thecoreof transfer channelsamong ible creationofoptical nology andallowsfl ONS 15454MSTPtech- network deploysCisco the opticaltransport Praha-Brno backboneroute upgradedto20 Gbps(etherchannel2×10 Gbps). of EuropeanpeeringsforNRENs); involved intoGÉANTIXpeerings project(GÉANTnetworklaunchedpilotfor provision IPv6 connectivityestablished forUTBZlín; the second1Gbpscircuitto AMS-IXmadeoperational; address rangenolongersuffi the IPv4peeringsegmentinNIX.CZrenumberedto91.210.16.0/22 (existing194.50.100.0/24 system; the connectionforASCRsiteinTřešťupgradedto1 GbpsviatheVysočinaRegionCWDM the back-upinternationalconnectivityupgradedfrom3.5 to5Gbps; In thecourseof2011,IP/MPLSlayercommunicationsinfrastructurewasboosted In cooperationwithAlcatel-Lucent,theAssociationsuccessfullycompletedfi In late2011,theAssociationcompletedreconstructionandupgradeofprimarytrans- - theremainingDWDMroutesdeployCzechLight - themaincoreof breroutePlzeň–Cheb–MostinstallationswiththeCL-DWDMsystemweremodifi ex- ced); bre routes. bre GÉANT Cheb Mariánské AMS-IX Lázně Figure 3:Topology oftheIP/MPLSinfrastructure inlate2011 Internet Plzeň 5 Gb/s NIX Most Beroun České Budějovice Vodňany Praha Písek Děčín ed thepossibilitytoshare Ústí n.L. Řež J. Hradec Ondřejov Tábor Nové Hrady 20 Gb/s Třeboň Poděbrady Liberec Turnov n. Č.l. Kostelec Humpolec Telč Jihlava Jablonec n.N. Kutná Hora rst testingof Znojmo bre routes bre Dvůr Králové ciency of ciency Litomyšl Pardubice Hradec Králové ACONET 40 Gb/s ex- ed, Č. Třebová Brno Prostějov Břeclav aLednice Olomouc Kyjov 40 Gb/s Vyškov Krnov Uherské Hradiště Zlín Opava <100 Mb/s 100 Mb/s 1–2,5 Gb/s 10 Gb/s DWDM PIONIER Ostrava SANET ANNUAL REPORT CESNET 2011 Karviná GÉANT AMS-IX 14 CESNET E-INFRASTRUCTURE Internet Plzeň ZČU, FAV Figure 4:Topology oftheMetaCentrum České Budějovice UK, ÚVT Praha Ústí n.L. JČU, PřF to theCESNET2networknodes. reliability ofthenetworkisalsoimprovedbyremovingfi rst mileparallelsonintercityroutes route, especiallysupportingtheparticipationininternationalresearchprojects.Thequalityand connection capacity,shiftingtodarkfi of existingmajorCESNET2networkusers’siteshasbeengraduallyimprovedbyincreasingthe with havebeenIT4InnovationsinOstravaandFNUSA-ICRCBrno.Inaddition,theconnection with provisionofnon-parallelback-upfi bre connection.The fi rst twolargeinfrastructuresdealt to theCESNET2networkviaopticalfi velopment oftheMetaCentrumNationalGridInfrastructure(NGI) The Association’slong-termgoalintheareaofdistributedcomputingisoperationandde- Grids the WestBohemianUniversityinPlzeň(FacultyofAppliedSciences),SouthUni- IT-SC CentreandFacultyofSciences),CharlesUniversityinPrague(CUSupercomputerCentre), into anationalcoordinator. tered itscoordinationroleandhastransformedfromaconventionalcomputingpowerprovider Association’s projectsandthecooperatingprojects’resources.The Infrastructure, CERIT-SCandIT4Innovations. structure thusfi data capacities,usedforstoringlargeexperimentalprocessedinthegrid.Thegridinfra- shared memory.Alongwiththesecomputingservers,the of high-performanceprocessors,andSMPserverswithmoreprocessorsin two basictypesofcomputingclusters:conventionalclusterswithalowernumber into thecorrespondinginternationalprojectsandinfrastructures.TheNationalGridcomprises CESNET AV ČR,FZÚ The Associationisintenselydealingwithconnectingemerginglargeresearchinfrastructures At present,theMetaCentrum In 2011,theMetaCentrum Liberec versity (Faculty of Sciences cluster), Brno University of Technology (Faculty of Electrical versity (FacultyofSciencescluster),BrnoUniversityTechnologyof Electrical VUT, FEKT Pardubice MU, PřF ts intothenationale-infrastructuredevelopedwithinprojectsCESNETLarge Hradec Králové ACONET Brno Engineering andCommunication),MendelUniversityinBrnoDepartment MU, CERIT-SC Olomouc ÚVT of WoodScience(SupercomputerCentre),theAcademyScienc- computing clustersweresubstantiallyboostedthankstoboththe MZLU has itsprimaryhubsattheMasarykUniversityinBrno(CER- es oftheCzechRepublic(InstitutePhysics),andCESNET. bres; fi bre connection,orprovidinganindependentsecondary PIONIER The Association’s goals for 2011 in the area of grids also The Association’sgoalsfor2011intheareaofgridsalso included stepsnecessaryforcreatingafully-fl Ostrava SANET rst withtheinitialconnectionandinsecondstage NGI andintegratingitintothecomprehensivein- frastructure builtundertheCESNETLargeInfra- structure projectintheCzechRepublic: ■ es (computingclusters)integration; support ofpartnerorganisationsresourc- ■ MetaCentrum alsooperatesextensive ■ cation portfolio; extension oftheMetaCentrumappli- ■ structure; node intheEuropeanEGIinfra- formal establishmentofanational ■ entire complexinfrastructure; foundation fortheAssociation’s taCentrum sponding policiessothatMe- management toolsandcorre- transformation ofuseraccount eration withCERIT-SC. interface installation,incoop- launching thefi rst pilotcloud andintegrationofitsactivities MetaCentrum tools canformthe thus hasfos- edged edged ■ ■ ■ pilot operationwasscheduledforthefi rst halfof2012.Thenodehasthefollowingparameters: and IPlines,whichwillallowgeographicback-up(replication)ofdataamongtherepositorysites. ■ ■ point videoconferencingand streaming,suchas: utilised bymorethanteninstitutions,whostoreover6 TB ofvideodataintherepository. Windows Media,AdobeFlashandMPEG-4formats,both viaIPv4andIPv6.Theinfrastructureis increase byaboutaquartercomparedtothepreviousyear. a disposal.TheAdobeConnectsystemusersperformed 1,390hoursofconnectionsin2011;an tion viatheeduID.czfederationofidentities,whotogetherwithvisitorshave 32virtualroomsat employing AdobeFlashtechnology.Thesystemregisters 293accessingusersusingauthentica- added in2011,andtheamountofconnectionsincreased byonequarter. connections indozensofvirtualroomsthecourse lastyear.Twentyhardwareunitswere eighteen institutionshavemadeuseofthisoption.TheHDMCUitselfhosted2,000hours thanks totelephonenumbersallocatedbytheAssociation.Aboutseventyhardwareunitsin Registration ofvideoconferencingdevicesbringseasieravailabilitybothunitsandservices rooms onHDMCU,relationrecordingandstreamingintheWindowsMediaFlashformats. 2011. institutions). TheAssociationcleared900thousandcallstotalling47.5hoursduring CCM IPtelephoneexchanges,andseveralSIPdomains(completeinfrastructureswithin The IPtelephonynetworkconnects46gatewaysconnectedtoinstitutionexchanges,several IP telephony,videoandwebconferencingmultimediastreaming Infrastructure forusercooperationandsupport ■ ■ ■ ■ ■ the querywilltakelongertoprocessonceaccessinglong-unuseddata. operating costscomparedtoadisk-onlyrepository.Theonlyuserlimitationofthissystemisthat operating costs,andenablestoachieveamuchhighercapacitywiththegiveninvestment and slower-accesshigh-capacitymedia,typicallytapes,whichalsoconsiderablyreducesthe Storage Management).Itsbasicprincipleisthatlessfrequentlyutiliseddatashiftedtocheaper with aplannedtotalcapacityof15-20PB. Czech Republic.ThesystemwillbebasedonCESNET’sthreeownhigh-capacitydatacentres storage spaceinfrastructureconsistingofinterconnecteddatacentresdistributedacrossthe The mainobjectiveoftheprojectinareadatarepositoryistocreateanintegrated Data repositories tape-based LTO5mediawithausablecapacityof3.3PB,expandableto5.5PB. SATA diskswithausablecapacityof443TB; high-speed FCdiskswithausablecapacityof57TB; the 11 the internationalTERENANetworking Conference2011; local SANandLANnetworkinfrastructure. servers forapplicationsupportandvirtualisationfarmauserinterface(front-end); servers forthecontrolsoftware(HSMandothers); MAID); a tapelibrary(orsimilarsystemfullyreplacingthefunctionalitiesoflibrary,suchas a diskarray; In 2011,theAssociationprocuredandinstalled3.8PBofequipmentinPlzeňnode; In thefuture,AssociationplanstointerconnectallthreedatacentresviadedicatedSAN The Associationhassupportedanumberofconferences andseminarsbyprovidingmulti- In addition,theuserscanuseaninfrastructureforlive andpre-recordedstreaming,inthe The Associationoperatesawebconferencingsystembuilt ontheAdobeConnectplatform, Above all,thevideoconferencinginfrastructureoffersclientregistrationoptions,useofvirtual A datacentreineachlocationwillconsistofthefollowingmainelements: Hierarchical From atechnicalpointofview,therepositoryisorganisedhierarchically(HSM – th LiveVideoSurgeryatPrague CentralMilitaryHospital; 15 ANNUAL REPORT CESNET 2011 CESNET E-INFRASTRUCTURE 16 ANNUAL REPORT CESNET 2011 CESNET E-INFRASTRUCTURE ■ ■ ■ ■ The CESNET-CERTSteamfocusesonthefollowingissues: Grid Infrastructure). CSIRT team,whichisinchargeofoperationalsecurity oftheEuropeangridEGI.eu(European At present,theteamhassevenmembers.Twomembers arealsoactivelyinvolvedintheEGI world infrastructuresinceJanuary2004,whenTrusted Introducerawardedit“listed”status. Team) typeteamoffi The CESNET-CERTSsecurityteamwasthefi rst CSIRT(ComputerSecurityIncidentResponse Security ofthee-infrastructure used forauthorisation. services showdifferentdemandsforthelevelofuserauthenticationandscopeinformation ed bothgeographicallyandorganisationally.Atthesametime,differentlargeinfrastructure ment. TheAssociationenvisagesthatthelargeinfrastructureuserswillincreasinglybedistribut- Providing comprehensivee-infrastructureservicesrequiresanewapproachtousermanage- Network identity ■ ■ ■ operation anddevelopment ofIDSsystems,honeypotsandnetworkmonitoringtools. TERENA, andotherorganisations; communication andcooperation withsecurityteamsabroadwithinTF-CSIRTactivity, runby awareness raising:trainingsessions, presentations,publications; dling; receipt ofsecurityincidentsnotifications occurring intheCESNET2networkandincidenthan- the ORS2011,anOpensourcesolutionsfornetworksconference. several streamedeventsheldattheNationalTheatre; Science Week; cially constitutedintheCzechRepublic2003.Ithasbeenpartof USA. and hassincespreadtoAustralia,EastAsia,Canadathe academic roamingsystemwascreatedasaEuropeaninitiative, Users arealwaysauthenticatedbythehomeinstitution.This certain otherservicesoperatedbythehostnetwork(roaming). cooperating institution,thusgainingaccesstotheInternetor tions toconnecta(typicallywireless)networkofanyother eduroam.cz thatenabledusersfromvariousinvolvedinstitu- The best-acceptedfederatedservicesofarisprobably identities providedbyeduID.czmemberIdPs. documents. Afullyregisteredusers’identityisequivalenttothe cz Hostelregistrationoffi services, usersneedtoperformfullregistrationviaan of thelargeinfrastructureservices.Foranunlimiteduse Users registeredinthiswayareprovidedwithalimitedscope vice registrationbasedonauthenticatingane-mailaddress. vider) involvedineduID.cz.TheHostelenablesnormalself-ser- for userswhodonothaveanaccountwithIdP(identitypro- The AssociationhasdevelopedaspecialIdPeduID.czHostel partner federationsinEurope. tion in2011.Thusitsuserscannowuseservicesoperatedby The Associationjoinedthe the servicesandtheiradministrativedomains. while theauthorisationinformationismanagedatlevelof authentication servicesareprovidedbythehomeorganisations federation ofidentities,wheretheinitialuserregistrationand The usermanagementisbasedontheeduID.czdistributed cial basedonfurnishingtheirpersonal eduGAIN internationalinterfedera- eduID. and organisedseveralseminarsintheseriesTrainingforstudents(notonly)theirfi computer networks.In2011theAssociationfocusedagainonyoungusers(universitystudents) vascular andneurologicaldiseases. fi Brno (FNUSA-ICRC).Thisisanewgenerationscientifi c researchcentreandapublicof encing, fortheInternationalClinicalResearchCentre,partofSt.Anne’sUniversityHospitalin achieved today. tion betweenmatterandlightpulseatanintensityabout1,000timesgreaterthanwhatcanbe laser deviceandimplementanumberofresearchapplicationprojectsinvolvingtheinterac- powerful supercomputer, ranked among the hundred most powerful machines in the world. powerful supercomputer,rankedamongthehundredmostmachinesinworld. disciplines relatedtoITanddevelopthem.Theprojectwillalsoincludetheprocurementofavery information technologiesthatwillenabletostrengthentheconcentrationofanumberscientifi user-friendly interface. ital documentsinareliabledatarepositoryandmakingthempubliclyavailableovercommon, subsequently toarchivethedigitalcopies.Theprojectenvisagesbothlong-termstoringofdig- and theMoravianLibrarytodigitisebooksotherpublicationswithintheirowncollections national infrastructureforbioinformatics. The nationalELIXIRnodefortheCzechRepublicwillprovidecoordinationofprojectswithin established basedonananalysisoftheamount,fl were heldwiththefollowinginfrastructures: also animportantgroup.In2011,themostintensenegotiationsaboutneedsandcooperation or areexpectedtodosointhefuture.Otherlargeresearchanddevelopmentinfrastructures In 2011,usersupportfocusedongroupsthatsubstantiallyusethee-infrastructurecapacity User support CSIRT.CZ workplacelaidthefoundationforfurthercooperationbetweenCESNETandCZ.NIC. The processwassuccessfullycompletedon31June2011.ofhandingoverthe agenda fromCESNETtoCZ.NICandtrainingforitsnewmembersstartedon1January2011. it toCZ.NICforoperationfrom1January2011.ThehandoverofCSIRT.CZtechnologiesand of theInteriordeclaredNationalCSIRTCzechRepublicinDecember2010andhanded Republic. Withinthisgrantproject,amodelworkplaceforCSIRT.CZwasbuilt,whichtheMinistry Security InterestsoftheCzechRepublic and parallelvideoconference overit.Theeventmadeuseofa2.8Gbpsband. hoc dedicated10Gbpslink acrosssevenadministrativedomainsandruna3Dfull HDstream ence lastyear,theAPRICOT/APAN most importanteventwasthe demonstrationandlectureduringAsia’sbiggestInternet confer- the implementationofstereoscopic high-defi as involvementininternationalnetworksandconsortia. We madegreateffortsin2011tosupport do withouthigh-speedroutesandthatitcanprovidethanks toitsdomesticinfrastructureaswell of buildingthenewdatarepositoriesandboostingcomputing capacityatthe expects thephysicscommunitytousenewresources tobedeployedbyCESNETaspart analysis conductedinthisprojectbyCzechphysicistshas graduallyincreased.TheAssociation ularly saturated,whichiswhytheAssociationconsidering itsupgrade.Theamountofdata Gbps linktothenearestTier1datarepository,located inKarlsruhe,Germany.Thelinkisreg- in theLHC(LargeHadronCollider)projectatCERN.Weprovidethisgroupwithadedicated 1 available inrealtime,respondingimmediatelytorapidly changinguserrequirements. rst-class medicalcarefocusing onpreventing,earlydiagnosisandtreatmentofmostlycardio- In 2007-2010,theAssociationmanaged Great attentionispaidtoawarenessraisingamongusersandadministratorsoftheconnected The objectiveoftheproject The Associationhasprovidedcomprehensiveconsultations,mainlyregardingvideoconfer- The projectExtremeLightInfrastructure(ELI) The objectiveofthe NDL ELIXIR In theareaofmedicine,Associationmostlytargetsits supportatapplicationsthatcannot In addition,theAssociationhasalsolongsupported Czechphysicscommunityinvolved – NationalDigitalLibraryisajointprojectoftheCzechRepublic is aEuropeaninfrastructureprojectforsustainabledevelopmentinbioinformatics, project is to build a national research centre of excellence for IT4Innovations projectistobuildanationalresearchcentreofexcellencefor CERIT-SC istooffercomputinganddatacapacitiesprimarily in Hong Kong.CESNETproveditsabilitytoestablishan ad in Hong grant fundedbytheMinistryofInteriorCzech nition streaming ofroboticoperations.Perhapsthe is partofaEuropeanplantobuildcutting-edge Cybernetic ThreatsfromthePerspectiveof ow andstructureofbiologicaldatainEurope. MetaCentrum. rst year. rst c 17 ANNUAL REPORT CESNET 2011 CESNET E-INFRASTRUCTURE 3 NATIONAL PROJECTS THE ASSOCIATION PERFORMS NUMEROUS IMPORTANT ACTIVITIES FOCUSED ON ADVANCING SCIENCE AND RESEARCH IN THE CZECH REPUBLIC. 20 ANNUAL REPORT CESNET 2011 NATIONAL PROJECTS ■ ■ ■ structure inallitscomponents. Itparticularlyinvolvesthefollowing: the regionsoutsidePrague. Infrastructure, anditsmainbenefi t isasubstantialinitialstrengtheningofinstalledtechnology in search andDevelopmentforInnovation signals onDELTACASTcards. on theoutputrenderingdevice),andsupporttotransmissionofcompleteHD-SDI3G-SDI mission andrenderingofstereoscopicvideo(includingvariousformatsdepending tiles), supporttochannelalpha-composition(e.g.,logoinsertion),asimpleGUI,trans- other features,suchassupporttothenewRTPformatforfl exible datatransfer,native4K(no resulting software.Thenewversionisenhancedwiththreecompressiontypesandmany the featuresavailableinvariousexperimentalversionsandproductionqualityof has completelyreconstructedthe various typesofsystems. and utiliseinformationaboutdetectedanomaliesinnetworkserviceoperation,generatedby The CESNET LargeInfrastructure eIGeR projects. are covered,toagreatextent,frompublicbudgetsunderthe The building,developmentandoperationofthee-infrastructureentailnon-trivialcosts,which NATIONAL PROJECTS The Regions (eIGeRProject) Extension oftheNationalR&DInformation Infrastructurein networks. network thatitsupervises.However,thisdatamightbeusefultootherteams,workingin such detectionsystemsisthenutilisedbytheCSIRTteammostlyforitsownpurposesand the areaofnetworkandservicemonitoringdetectionoperationanomalies.Theoutput and itscoordination,manyCERT/CSIRTteamsdevelopusefultoolssystems,forexamplein tected threatsamongCSIRTteams(securityingeneral). security incidents.The correlation ofsuchdataand,mostimportantly,asasupporttoolforCESNET-CERTSinhandling various sources(IDS,honeypots,loganalysers,externalsuchasShadowServers,etc.), designed. TheMentat CESNET members’accesstothee-infrastructure. At thesametime,Associationanalysedpossibleexploitationofmobiletechnologiesfor cation mechanismsforallofthepivotale-infrastructureservicesthatworkwithuseraccessdata. ment tools,in2011,theAssociationbeganworkonunifyinguseridentifi previous section. funding fortheoperationanddevelopmentofservicesinthise-infrastructure,asdetailed work fortheperiod2011-2015.Thespecifi boosting thecomputational capacityoftheMetaCentrumasfoundationNGI; increasing thecapacityofaccess interfaces; elements; increasing thecommunication infrastructurecapacitybydeployingmorepowerful network The mainobjectiveoftheprojectistobuildaregional foundationfortheCESNETe-infra- In theareaofhigh-defi nition multimediadatatransmissionandprocessing,theAssociation The reasonisthatinadditiontotheirbasicservice,consistinghandlingofsecurityincidents In theareaofsecurity,architecturefortwosystemsknownas Since thedifferentcomponentsofe-infrastructurecurrentlyhavetheirownusermanage- eIGeR CESNET LargeInfrastructure Warden project, fundedfromtheEUstructuralfundsunder operationalprogramme is asystemthatmakesitpossiblefortheteamstoeasilyandeffi system shouldservetheunifi ed processingofsecurityinformationfrom Warden systemisdesignedforeffi cient sharingofinformationaboutde- UltraGrid project defi , isdesignedaspartofthebuilding c projectfundingisthemostimportantsourceof platform, especiallyregardingtheintegrationofall nes thebasicorientationandgoalsofCESNET CESNETLargeInfrastructureand Mentat cation andauthenti- and CESNET Large ciently share ciently Warden Re- was ■ ■ ■ ■ ■ uled for31October2013.Thefollowingactivitieswereperformedinthisproject2011: ropean ResearchArea. focus onnewlyemergingresearchinfrastructuresintheregionsandtheirconnectiontoEu- on theamount,contentandnatureofdatacommunicationinnearfuturewithaspecial ■ ■ ■ ■ ■ ■ ■ ■ at thefollowingeventsin2011: for cooperationinfi port medicaleducation,forremoteworkwith3Dmodelsinscientifi device torealisestreamsforusersofCESNETandconnectednetworksinvariousareas:sup- on aprototypeforfutureproduction.TheAssociationemploysthefunctionsamplesofMVTP sample ofthedevice,mappeddemand,designednecessarychanges,andbeganwork cooperated withitspartners,KITdigitalCzech,a.s.,andACE,developedafunction based ontheapplicationofanFPGA(FieldProgrammableGateArray). applications, itstransformationintoaproductandintroductiontothemarket.Thedeviceis Platform) deviceforlow-latencyduplexstreamingofhigh-defi nition videosignalsforspecialised sociation’s project In 2011,theAlfaprogrammeofTechnologyAgencyCzechRepublicsupportedAs- POVROS nect webconferencingsystem. hardware procuredandtenderdocumentationdraftedforthesoftwarepartofAdobeCon- hierarchical datarepositoryassemblyof3.8PBinstalledinPlzeň; computing clustercomprising2000coresinstalledinPlzeň; and upgraded; primary Praha–Brno–Olomouc–HradecKrálové–PrahaDWDMtransfercircuitreconstructed two terabitroutersinstalledintheOlomoucandHradecKrálovénodes; increasing thecapacityandenhancinginfrastructureforvideoconferences. amounts ofdata,includingitsmedium-termandlong-termarchiving; constructing threehigh-capacitydatarepositoriesenablingthestoringandsharingoflarge ti-channel audio,andstreaming ofa3DHDsignalfromCAVEtypedeviceatthe Intermedia San Diego:streamingofuncompressed videosignalat4Kresolutionaccompanied withmul- the Associationperformedtwo successfuldemonstrationsattheCineGrid2011workshop in booth attheprestigiousinternational ITUTelecomWorld2011conferenceinGeneva; the MVTPdevicewasalsodemonstrated duringalocaltransferofmedicaldataat theCzech ciety; partner, KITdigitalCzech,a.s.,aswellattheCineGrid DayseminarheldbytheWaagSo- sional audiovisualtechnology,theIBCinAmsterdam, cooperationwiththe the MVTPdevicewasdemonstratedatmostprominent Europeantradefairwithprofes- in ÚstínadLabem; Faculty ofElectricalEngineering;andstreamingamedical operationfromMasarykHospital signal fromaCAVEtypedeviceattheIntermediaCentre oftheCzechTechnicalUniversity ing ofuncompressedvideosignalat4Kresolutionfrom the Prahanode;streamingofa3DHD threesuccessfuldemonstrationsattheTNC2011international conferenceinPrague:stream- Slovakia; Labem totheseminarApplicationofInformationTechnologies inMedicineBanskáBystrica, streaming medicaloperationsfromthedaVinciroboticsysteminMasarykHospitalÚstínad Labem tothemedicalsectionofAPANworkshopinHongKong; streaming medicaloperationsfromthedaVinciroboticsysteminMasarykHospitalÚstínad The projectimplementationphasecommencedon1May2011,anditscompletionissched- In doingso,itisimperativethatthenationalinfrastructuremeetanticipatedrequirements The majordemonstrationsandexperimentalapplicationoftheMVTPtechnologytookplace The projectisscheduledfortheperiod2011-2013.Infi POVROS, aimedatfurtherdevelopmentoftheMVTP(ModularVideoTransfer lm production. lm rst projectyear,theAssociation c andengineeringwork, POVROS project 21 ANNUAL REPORT CESNET 2011 NATIONAL PROJECTS 22 ANNUAL REPORT CESNET 2011 NATIONAL PROJECTS presented intheformofpublicationsprofessionaljournals. and theprofessionalpublic,aswellinternationalconferences. Projectoutcomeswerealso jects werepresentedwithintheseminarsforprojectexecutors, seminarsforCESNETmembers opment FundandtheprojectsexecutedunderDevelopment Fund.Theresultsofsomepro- at meetingsoftheVICManagers’Clubwereperiodically informedabouttheworkofDevel- tions bytheSupervisoryBoardanditspracticalworkexperience. ment Funddocuments,theEconomicRulesandRecruitment Rules,basedonrecommenda- website. Final projectreportswithintheCESNETDevelopment Fund areavailableontheAssociation’s procedures. Completionorrevisionoffi 31 projectswerecompletedsuccessfully,includingthreethatpresentedinexpertreview remains tobemade. including eightthatwereadmittedafterbeingrevised.Adecisionconcerningoneoftheprojects ■ ■ ■ ■ thematic areas: In 2011,theDevelopmentFundBoardannouncedatenderfornewprojectsinfollowing CESNET DevelopmentFund ■ ■ ■ ■ experience committeditselftoevaluatingthefourfollowingmethodologies: Republic thatbecameprojectpartnersin2011.OneofthemwasCESNET,whichbasedonits pilot projectsatfourteeninstitutions(universitiesandresearchinstitutes)throughouttheCzech of sevenmethodologieswascreatedin2010;theywereverifi ed inthefollowingyearaspartof erated inresearchanddevelopmentactivitiesintopractice. main objectiveoftheprojectistoproposeandhelprealiseeffi cient transferofknowledgegen- ganised atthelevelofMinistryYouth,EducationandSportsCzechRepublic.The The EF-TRANS nised certifi cate inIS/IT. support totrainingforAssociationemployees/membersinorderobtainagloballyrecog- support ofnetworkservicesandapplicationsresearch; advanced applicationsutilisingthehigh-speedbackbonenetwork; Republic; tivities andmanagementofpublicuniversitiestheAcademySciencesCzech technologies withinthetuitionandeducationprocess,creativescientifi utilisation ofservicestheCESNET2networkandmoderninformationcommunications licence use. cooperation withthepractice;and intellectual propertyprotection; system forcommercialisation; system whilekeepingthelatencylow. more than10,000kmwithoutasinglefailure,whichprovedthehighstabilityoftransfer Centre oftheCTUFacultyElectricalEngineering;bothstreamsranacrossadistance Attendees atworkshopsfor In thecourseof2011,DevelopmentFundBoardalso dealtwithamendingtheDevelop- Two roundsofexpertreviewproceduresoncompletedprojectstookplacein2011.Atotal A totalof41projectapplicationsweremade.Outwhich28admittedforco-funding, The projectwaslaunchedinAugust2009andisscheduledtoconcludeMay2012.Aset EF-TRANS projectundertheoperationalprogrammeEducationforCompetitivenessisor- Large Infrastructureand nal documentationwasrequestedforseveralprojects. eIGeR project executorsandattendees c researchac- 396R1/2011 404R1/2011 413R1/2011 UniversityofPardubice 411R1/2011 1R/01A RInstituteofPhysicscomputercentreandIPv6 ASCR 416R1/2011 2R/01VBTODatacentresinacademicnetworkenvironments VŠB-TUO 422R1/2011 421R1/2011 2R/01UniversityofPardubice 427R1/2011 PROJECT NUMBER 403/2011 401/2011 TUL 400/2011 399/2011 398/2011 415/2011 SBU 414/2011 Visualisationofhigh-capacitymultispectralvisualmeasurements 412/2011 ASCR 409/2011 408/2011 406/2011 405/2011 418/2011 1/01CharlesUniversity 419/2011 424/2011 423/2011 3/01CharlesUniversity 432/2011 VŠB-TUO 431/2011 429/2011 433/2011 RJC XCTRPROJECT TITLE PROJECT EXECUTOR Academy ofPerforming Academy ofPerforming University inPrague University inPrague University inPrague University inPrague University ofWest University ofWest University ofWest University ofWest University ofWest University ofWest University ofWest Brno Universityof Brno Universityof Brno Universityof Bohemia inPlzeň Bohemia inPlzeň Bohemia inPlzeň Bohemia inPlzeň Bohemia inPlzeň Bohemia inPlzeň Bohemia inPlzeň Czech Technical Czech Technical Czech Technical Czech Technical Arts inPrague Arts inPrague Technology Technology Technology UEP UP device users Secure availabilityofsensitiveuniversityresourcestomobile University ofWestBohemiainPlzeň Deployment ofWindows7intheOrionenvironmentat Professional Acquisition oftheOracleDatabase11gAdministratorCertifi Extension oftheIS/STAGsystemwithastudentevaluationmodule management ofteachingrecordingsfromTULlecturerooms Building andoperationofadatarepositoryforarchiving management Developing professionalqualifi Technology FacultyofMechanicalEngineering Deployment ofIPv6forenduserservicesattheBrnoUniversity at externalworksitesoftheCTUFEEinPrague Application ofvideoconferencingequipmenttosupportteaching South BohemianUniversityFacultyofSciences Acquisition ofaserverfortheMoodleteachingsystemat concerning operatingsystems Pardubice FacultyofElectricalEngineeringandInformatics Increasing qualifi cations ofteachingstaffattheUniversity Optimisation ofamobileplatformportal Deployment V6.1 Acquisition ofIBMWebSphereApplicationServerNetwork Support toIPv6forexternalworksites methodological generalisation of theDepartmentTelecommunicationsTechnologyandits Implementation ofIPv6intheexperimentalandresearchnetwork Applied researchintodirectionalstrategiesinIPtelephony Information CentreconcerningmanagementofLinuxservers Increasing qualifi cations ofstafftheCTUComputerand the CUFacultyofNaturalScience Increasing qualifi cations ofstafftheCITNetworkDepartmentat Study intoadvancedvirtualisationandclustersolutions Analysis ofhigh-speedvideorecordings Remote accesstovoicesignalanalysis cloud andoncardswithCUDA Interactive identifi cation ofphysiologicalsystemsinacomputer generation opticalaccessnetworks Multimedia servicesincurrentopticalaccessnetworksandnew mobile devices Multi-platform accesstouniversitydataandapplicationsfrom UP Behavioural analysisofnetworkoperation(InternetUplink)atthe ITIL V3certifi cation forBUTFacultyofChemistry cations ofUEPstaffinIT ed 23 ANNUAL REPORT CESNET 2011 NATIONAL PROJECTS 4 INTERNATIONAL PROJECTS AND COOPERATION

CESNET HAS BECOME INVOLVED IN TODAY’S MOST ADVANCED INTERNATIONAL RESEARCH PROJECTS. core PoP non-core PoP 26 INTERNATIONAL PROJECTS AND COOPERATION end-to-end GÉANT+ service VLAN IP GÉANT transfer and establishment of point- to-point connections. CESNET’s KTH The GÉANT communications infrastructure currently makes network services available to approx- activities focus on supporting users imately 40 million users at more than 3,500 institutions in 38 European countries. The connectivity of such a link and demonstrating provided includes connection of European National Research and Education Networks (NRENs) the possibilities that the new link is via GÉANT with similar networks such as the Internet2 and ESnet in the USA, the CANARIE in Can- going to offer. NORDUNET ada and networks on other continents. The GÉANT network (its topology as of late 2011 shown in HEANet Figure 5) is being built and operated under the project GN3 (Multi-gigabit European Research and PSNC Education Network and Associated Services). In addition to DANTE and the TERENA association, Global Lambda the project involved 34 NREN operators, including CESNET. Ing. Jan Gruntorád, CSc., Director of Integrated Facility – DFN CESNET the CESNET Association, is one of the eight members of the project’s Executive Committee. CESNET staff apply their expertise in a number of project activities, primarily the following GLIF HUNGARNET ones in 2011: SWITCH ■ examination of potential new transfer protocols and fully optical signal processing for new Global Lambda Integrated Facility GARR generation networks and, above all, for support to new applications, such as real-time signal (GLIF) is a global research activity involv- RedIRIS processing; ing the most advanced institutions and ■ participation in designing the next generation of the pan-European GÉANT research network, consortia engaged in network research I2CAT especially concerning possible use of new photonic applications in a multi-domain environ- and application in Europe, North and South FCCN ment; America, Asia and Australia. Individual GLIF GRNET ■ development of solutions for automated creation of virtual channels on a European scale for participants enable other participants to use ICCS specialised applications; part of their resources so that collective experi- ■ transfer of the results of the FEDERICA project, the outcome of which is ments can be carried out. GLIF refers to a virtual an infrastructure (see Figure 6) intended for European researchers organisation composed of involved institutions as who need to test new computer network architectures and well as a research environment (facility), consisting of Figure 6: FEDERICA infrastructure topology new communication protocol designs on them; lambdas and nodes known as GOLE (GLIF Open Light- ■ development and operation of AAI mechanisms path Exchanges), set up by this organisation. Such an as part of the GÉANT network; environment also enables experiments and demonstrations ■ intense involvement in the task Best that pose a risk of interference and destruction. Campus Practices, whose outcomes The most prominent event of 2011 was the reopening of a di- are mostly documents describing rect 10 Gbps Chicago–Praha link using the GÉANT Praha–London route, recommended processes, focusing which makes it possible to continue the work reduced or suspended in 2010 among others on IPv6, IP teleph- due to ﬁ nancial reasons (such as testing of high-speed video transfers). The cooperation with Chile ony and trafﬁ c monitoring in uni- for linking telescopes between the Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic Astronomical Insti- Russia versity networks. tute in Ondřejov and the La Silla Observatory was established. At the moment, a connection under the GLIF between Praha and São Paulo is currently being negotiated; there are problems with connectivity across Argentina and the last mile at the La Silla Observatory (high in the mountains).

10 Gb/s ORIENTplus

2×10 Gb/s DWDM node Since July 2011, the PlanetLab and Related Projects Géant2 4×10 Gb/s Association has been DWDM involved in a project PlanetLab is the fi rst laboratory that has changing the Internet as one of its objectives. It was set 10 Gb/s to connect the Euro- up in 2002 as a consortium of several American universities, and has been gradually joined by 10 Gb/s Testbed End to End 10 Gb/s IP pean (via the GÉANT) other universities from all over the world. Prominent research departments in IT companies have and Chinese nation- also become its members. Today, it is a unique network with the status of a world-wide labora- al research networks tory for network applications. It has over 1,100 nodes distributed in more than 500 locations in CESNET (CSNET and CERNET), every part of the world. called ORIENTplus. Its CESNET has been a member of this consortium since June 2006; it has four nodes in the net- basic objective is to work at present. The fi fth node in the Czech Republic is a computer at the Brno University of Tech- maintain the existing nology Faculty of Information Technology. However, that computer also works under a licence dark fibre connection and pro- awarded to CESNET. The servers run special Linux-type software that supports virtualisation. with DWDM Malta gressively increase its A shared operation mode has also been employed in the VINI project, which has become Cyprus 10 Gb/s 2,5 Gb/s capacity up to 10 Gbps. a certain modifi cation of the PlanetLab network using dedicated connections. In this respect, do 1 Gb/s The ideal goal is a hybrid the project is analogous to FEDERICA. CESNET is the only foreign organisation involved in this Figure 5: GÉANT network topology Izrael link allowing both IP packet purely American project. ANNUAL REPORT CESNET 2011 28 ANNUAL REPORT CESNET 2011 INTERNATIONAL PROJECTS AND COOPERATION es oftheCzechRepublic.Thecapacitiesinvolvedarealsopart tion’s owncomputingcapacitiesandthoseoftheInstitutePhysicsAcademyScienc- national EGIgridnode,andprovidescomputationalresources,comprisingboththeassocia- involved inalltheprimaryoperationalactivitieswithinproject,ensuresoperationof further developstheconceptofamulti-disciplinepan-Europeangridinfrastructure.CESNETis between Europeangridinfrastructureswithsimilarinotherregions. other distributedcomputinginfrastructures. a consolidatedsetofmiddlewarecomponentsdesignedfortheEGIgrid,PRACE nents relatedtooperationalsecurity.Thepurposeofthisprojectiscreateandfurtheradvance ware, specifi international cooperation. lic interestedinutilisingthepan-Europeangrid.CESNETcontinuestofocusgroupsinvolved organisations CESNET isinchargeofoperatingthesupportservices,andalsocontinuestovirtual operation, butinfactmorethanhalfofthemareperformedbythepartners.Inthiscontext, activities, commonthroughouttheinfrastructure.Theprojectcoordinatorisinchargeoftheir virtualised infrastructure. ■ ■ ■ this initiative.ThemainobjectivesofEGI.euincludethefollowing: e-infrastructure componentattheEuropeanlevel.CESNETisoneoffoundingmembers ordinate nationalactivitiesintheareaofimplementationgridtechnologiesasanimportant ■ ■ involved intheworkoffollowingtaskforces: structures andbringtogetherexpertsfromNRENsinterested intheissues.In2011,CESNETwas for cooperation;theyaresetupbasedoncurrentcommon needsofEuropeanacademicinfra- frastructures: CESNETandGÉANT. contribution tothisworkconsistedchiefl y inprovidingdescriptionsoftwoselectedmodele-in- forms, structures,fundingandusersoftheseresearchinfrastructuresitsanalysis.CESNET’s in theareaofinformationandcommunicationstechnologies. at establishingaEuropeanplatformforcoordinatingthedevelopmentofresearchinfrastructures Cooperation UndertheTERENAAssociation Activities OSIRIS ported projecttitled The EGI.eu andInternationalCooperationProjectsonGrids coordination ofmiddlewaredevelopment. its operation,includinginterconnectionofNGIs;and provision oflong-termsustainabilitytheEuropeangridinfrastructure; vices; laboration inidentitymanagement anddevelopmentofmiddlewareforapplications andser- TF-EMC2 (EuropeanMiddleware CoordinationandCollaboration) incident resolutionandprevention; TF-CSIRT (ComputerSecurityIncidentResponseTeam) In 2011,thecooperationunder Moreover, CESNETisinvolvedintheCHAINproject,focusedoncoordinatingcooperation As partofthecloselyrelatedEMIproject,CESNETalsocontinuesdevelopinggridmiddle- Providing theoperationofpan-Europeangridinfrastructurealsoinvolvesso-calledglobal Task Forces(TFs)withintheTERENAAssociationform averyimportantEuropeanplatform In 2011,theconsortiumwasdedicatedmostlytocollectionofinformationonlegal Together withtheASCR,Associationhasbecomeinvolvedin EGI.eu initiativewasfoundedin2009basedonresultsandrecommendationsofanEU-sup- cally the cally Auger and EGI_DS ( Logging andBookkeepingservice,furtheradvancingsomecompo- VOCE, aswelldirectlysupportingusergroupsintheCzechRepub- European GridInitiative–DesignStudy)withtheobjectivetoco- EGI.eu continuedbyconductingtheEGI-Inspire – coordinatingnetworksecurity MetaCentrum –coordinationandcol- OSIRIS project, aimed project, which and possibly and useits ■ ■ ■ ■ ■ and EducationNetworks. TF-NOC (NetworkOperationCentre) ment; TF-Storage –issuesofimplementationdatarepositoriesintheacademicnetworkenviron- the Europeanarea; net multimediacreation,itsmanagementaswelldistributionofrelatedworkproceduresin edge andexperienceconcerningtechnical,administrationalaswelllegalaspectsofInter- TF-Media (MediaManagementandDistribution) to thepublic; tion ofproceduresassociatedwithpresentingnationalresearchnetworkactivitiesandresults TF-CPR (CommunicationsandPublicRelations) academic networks; ogies andutilisednetworkmiddlewareforsupportinginteroperableroamingserviceswithin TF-Mobility andNetworkMiddleware –issuesofsupervisioncentresNationalResearch – developmentanddeploymentofmobiletechnol- – collectionandexchangeofideas,knowl- – exchangeofinformationandcoordina- 29 ANNUAL REPORT CESNET 2011 INTERNATIONAL PROJECTS AND COOPERATION 5 PUBLIC RELATIONS CESNET CELEBRATED ITS 15TH ANNIVERSARY. THE FESTIVITIES CULMINATED WITH THE PRESTIGIOUS TERENA NETWORKING CONFERENCE, HOSTED IN PRAGUE. 32 ANNUAL REPORT CESNET 2011 PUBLIC RELATIONS The fi rst halfof2011wasunderthebanner15 PUBLIC RELATIONS nent successesandeventsintheAssociation’shistory. stones intheCESNETAssociationHistory e-infrastructure. Theseminarparticipantswerethefi platform forresearchprojects,involvingadiscussiononwhichwaytocontinuedevelopingthe seminar alsoincludedaroundtableon innovation projects,andtopresentsomeofthedemandingprojectsthatarealreadyusingit.The the capacitiesofCESNETLargeInfrastructure and CESNETLargeInfrastructure (6 March1996).On9March,theAssociationorganisedexpertseminarResearchProjects participate inpersonwereabletowatchallthelecturesthankslivestreamingprovidedby cialists, representativesofuniversitiesandotherexpertsstudents.Thosewhocouldnot search andeducationnetworkskeyresearchinstitutionsaswellleadingnetworkspe- of thewholeevent.Praguehostedauniqueforumattendedbyrepresentativesnationalre- TERENA awardedCESNETacertifi cate ofmerittoacknowledgetheprofessionalorganisation in alloftheTERENAconferencehistory,whichstarted1998.Atendconference, 525 participantsfrom36countriesonfourcontinentstoPrague;thiswasthebiggestattendance presentations byleadingexpertsonnetworkingtechnologiesfromallaroundtheworldattracted Networking Conference2011(TNC,Photos4and5).Itsfourdays(16to19May)fullof the greatestandmostprominentEuropeancongressonnetworktechnologies, and CESNETLarge Infrastructure Photo 1:SeminarResearch Projects In the15 th yearsincetheAssociation’sfoundation,itwashonouredwithtaskofhosting (Photos1,2and3).Thegoaloftheseminarwastooutline CESNET comprehensiveinfrastructureasanintegrating , aCzechandEnglishsummaryofthe15mostpromi- (Prof. RNDr. Václav Pačes, DrSc.) and CESNETLarge Infrastructure Photo 3:SeminarResearch Projects with respecttoresearch,developmentand rst toreceivecopiesofthebook15Mile- Jiří Peterka,Ing.NaděždaWitzanyová) CESNET Large Infrastructure (RNDr. Ing. Photo 2:SeminarResearch Projects and th anniversaryofCESNET’sfoundation TERENA high-performance computing about the current capacities available for handling a broad range of high-performance computingaboutthecurrentcapacitiesavailableforhandlingabroadrangeof November. Themainobjectiveofthesessionwastoinformbothexistingandpotentialusers sity andlocalinstitutionalnetworks.Thefourth tober (Photo9),discussingissuesrelatedtooperationmonitoringandsecurityprovisioninuniver- Over 60mostlyuniversityexpertsattendedthe one oftheorganisationsinvolvedininternationalgridprojects. troduce themselves”toanygridresourceintheworldusingasingleonlineidentity.CESNETis 8). ItunitesgridorganisationsinAsia,AmericaandEuropeanefforttoallowscientists“in- component oftheInternationalGridTrustFederation(IGTF),washeldinPrague(Photos7and and development. CESNET AssociationwasrepresentedbyIng.HelmutSverenyák,deputydirectorforresearch 2011 smoothlytransformedintotheTERENAGeneralAssemblysessionon19and20May.The of stateadministration,domesticresearchinstitutionsandleadingICTcompanies.TheTNC Directors, wereacceptedbyleadersofglobalresearchinnetworktechnologies,representatives 15 lunch, heldaspartofthe freely availabletoanyoneinterestedinthearchivesonconferencewebsite.Theceremonial sand usersfrom56countries.Allbroadcastsandlectures,presentationspapersarenow CESNET viaitsnetwork.TheFullHDqualitystreamingallowedattendancebyanother8.5thou- (Ing. JanGruntorád,CSc.) Photo 4:TERENANetworkingConference 2011 th In the autumn, the Association organised three expert seminars for the professional public. In theautumn,Associationorganisedthreeexpertseminarsforprofessionalpublic. On theeveofTNC2011(11to13May),22 anniversary(Photo6).InvitationsbyIng.JosefKubíček,ChairmanoftheCESNETBoard Photo 5:TERENANetworking TNC 2011on17May,crownedthecelebrationsofAssociation’s Conference 2011 Campus Network Grid ComputingSeminar nd meetingoftheEUGridPMA,European Monitoring Workshopon25Oc- took place in Brno on 7 took placeinBrnoon7 33 ANNUAL REPORT CESNET 2011 PUBLIC RELATIONS 34 ANNUAL REPORT CESNET 2011 PUBLIC RELATIONS Photo 7:22 sional journals.TheAssociationmade29pressreleasesin2011:arecord-breakingnumberall part inbroadcastingofselectedexpertlectures. of theco-organiserseleventhyear ence inGenevaon24-27October(Photo10).InNovember,theAssociationagainbecameone presented byCESNETexpertsattheprestigiousinternational Bystrica, Slovakia.Exceptionalattentionwasdrawntothestereoscopiclow-latencybroadcasts, expert colloquiumUseofInformationTechnologyinHealthCare in 3DwasdonebytheAssociation’sexpertsledIng.JiříNavrátil,CSc.,atinternational gery andForensicMedicine,heldinMikulov. Association wasinvolvedinanonlinestreamingfromthe of signifi them towardsthepotentiallyappropriatetechnologytosupporttheirspecifi structure userstothebroadrangeoftransmissionsystemsandtheirapplications,thusdirect Among otherthings,theaimofsessionon30Novemberwastointroduce HD videostreaming,securityinIPtelephony,conferencing,andothermultimediaservices. HW, SWanddevelopmentaswellfutureplans.TheMultimediaSeminardealtwithHDPost research problemsandchallenges;itpresentedthepreviousyear’smostprominentmilestonesin The Associationpublishedtheresultsofitsresearchactivitiesinprintandelectronicprofes- One oftheimportantpresentationformsAssociationisprovisionlivestreaming cant professionalaswellpopulareducationalevents.On1and2September,the nd sessionoftheEUGridPMA An hour-longonlinebroadcastofroboticsurgery Science andTechnologyWeek Photo 8:22 Association’s 15 on theoccasionof Photo 6:Ceremonial lunch International CongressofTraumaSur- ITU TelecomWorld2011 nd , heldon20OctoberinBanská sessionofthe EUGridPMA th anniversary c needs. c CESNETLargeInfra- (Photo11),taking confer- (Ing. JiříNavrátil,CSc.,Ing. Petr Žejdl) Photo 10:ITUTelecom World 2011 Association’s workinapositivelight. monthly analysesoftheseoutputshaveconfi rmed asteadyincreaseinactivitiespresentingthe ENA andGÉANT2PRNetworkgroupofDANTE. four daysinarow. in Prague,theAssociation’sexpertsappeared being television.Thistraditionalsocontinuedin2011;ontheoccasionofTNC2011held are alsodownloadableinelectronicformfromtheAssociation’swebsite. the associatedevents.Both that wereachieved.TheJuneissueof research projectNationalResearchOpticalNetwork ies 2011waspublished.TheMarchextendedissueofDatagramdedicatedtothecompleted them wereadoptedbyatleastoneprintorelectronicprofessionaljournal. its existence.Thequalityofthecontentpressreleasesisconfi rmed bythefactthatallof CESNET Association.Thefi was dedicatedtoannouncingtherequestsubmitprojectsforDevelopmentFundof The Associationmakesuseoffeedbackintheformregularmediamonitoringandits Internationally, theAssociationcontinueditsactiveinvolvementinTF-CPRgroupofTER- At leastonceeveryyearsince2005,CESNEThasmadeitintothebiggestmassmedium, Three issuesoftheDatagram fth yearoftheselectedtechnicalreportanthology Datagram journal werepublishedduringtheyear;anotherspecialissue Datagram and theanthologyweredistributedinprintform,they was single-featured,dealingwithTNC2011and , lookingbackatthemostimportantresults Milénium Photo 11:ScienceandTechnology Week Monitoring Photo 9:CampusNetwork show ontheČT24newschannel Networking Stud- 35 ANNUAL REPORT CESNET 2011 PUBLIC RELATIONS 6 ECONOMIC RESULTS THE ASSOCIATION DULY MANAGED THE FUNDS ENTRUSTED. THE AUDITOR HAD NO RESERVATIONS TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENT. 38 ANNUAL REPORT CESNET 2011 ECONOMIC RESULTS cuting internationalresearchprojectsundertheEU’s7 network withacomprehensivesetofservices.Inaddition,theAssociationwasinvolvedinexe- quality toprovideAssociationmembersandotherentitieseligibleforconnectiontheCESNET2 ture inRegions(eIGeR),torunfor30months,alsowithamajorinvestmentfocus. ture, withaprimarilyinvestmentfocus,andExtensionoftheNationalR&DInformationInfrastruc- tive, amountingtoCZK9,861thousand. penditures wereCZK428,633thousand. Revenues fromtheAssociation’sprincipalactivityamountedtoCZK429,286thousand;ex- Technology AgencyoftheCR,andprojectsDevelopmentFundBoard. auditor withoutanyremarks. Czech Republicandconcluded contracts.Thefi resulting fromthelegislation,decisionsofMinistry ofYouth,EducationandSportthe The Associationproperlymanagedtheentrustedresources in2011,meetingallitsobligations Conclusion profi t ofCZK9,125thousand. thousand. TheAssociationwillpayincometaxofCZK4,366 thousandfor2011,resultinginanet a profi t amountingto CZK13,491thousand. The totalbookeconomicresultoftheCESNETAssociation priortotaxationreportedin2011was Total BookandTaxEconomicResult itive, amountingtoCZK14,120thousand. expenditures ontheeconomicactivitywereCZK22,319thousand. Revenues fromtheAssociation’seconomicactivityin2011amountedtoCZK35,157thousand; funds. commercial partoftheCESNETnetworkin2000andmanagementfi based portfoliooftheDevelopmentFundcomprisingfi The Association’seconomicactivityin2011mainlyinvolvedmanagementofthelargelybond- Economic activity Two newlargeprojectswerelaunchedin2011:thefi Principal Activity utes: PrincipalActivityandEconomicActivity. Activities oftheCESNETAssociationaredividedintotwocategoriesinaccordancewithitsstat- 2011 EconomicResults ECONOMIC RESULTS As partofitsprincipalactivity,theAssociationstartedbuildingane-infrastructureanew The incometaxbasefromtheyieldsofAssociation’sprincipalactivityin2011wasposi- The Association’sprincipalactivityended2011withabookprofi t ofCZK653thousand. The totalincometaxbaseafterdeductingtheitemslowering thetaxbasewasCZK22,981 The incometaxbasefromtheyieldsofAssociation’seconomicactivityin2011waspos- The Association’seconomicactivityended2011withabookprofi t ofCZK12,838thousand. nancial statementfor 2011wasverifi ed bythe ve-year project ve-year th nancial resourcesobtainedbysaleofthe Framework Programme,agrantfromthe nancial resourcesinother CESNET LargeInfrastruc- PROFIT ANDLOSSSTATEMENTinThousandsofCZK prto usds296519711668193,720 115,270 186,688 54,505 139,771 63,425 229,675 18,691 107,775 19,603 78,960 26,039 Material andenergyconsumption Purchase priceofsoldgoods Revenue total Operation subsides Received membershipfees Other revenues Current liquidassetsrevenues Earnings forthesaleofgoods Other liabilities Loans Obligations External resources Undivided profi t fromlastyears Economic result Funds Own resources Liabilities total Other assets Current liquidassets Receivables Supplies Current assets Financial Investments Tangible fi sesttl934469597461753,947 754,621 649,539 973,454 Intangible fi Fixed Assets Assets total BALANCE SHEETinThousandsofCZK Economic result(revenue–costs) Costs total Income tax–assesmentforthecurrentyear Other costs and tangiblefi Depreciation andamortizationofintangible Personnel costs Purchased services Earnings ofownproductandservices xed assets xed xed xed assets xed assets 6,4 8,2 6,5 428,671 366,256 384,226 464,443 100,946 105,437 102,050 100,933 7,5 1317,8 70,923 74,141 70,980 73,620 149,112 41,321 43,829 138,110 173,658 529,987 133,454 175,912 538,976 123,281 474,303 665,136 9,4 0,1 8,0 679,806 753,947 681,001 754,621 605,710 158,078 649,539 797,542 160,692 973,454 144,003 228,267 252,428 312,523 230,608 208,788 314,169 189,690 206,780 319,076 345,790 137,150 317,284 306,765 2,6 5,4 2,1 525,680 524,013 459,849 627,664 5,1 8,7 6,4 427,964 362,341 386,273 455,318 103,807 178,318 104,878 191,555 100,852 149,385 129,133 197,130 2932,4 40734,103 44,037 36,086 26,645 25,879 22,943 19,042 70,176 7809,7 42180,474 40,262 14,261 30,902 93,576 24,926 27,810 23,006 74,905 17,416 15,274 21,958 ,2 207395707 3,915 -2,047 9,125 ,5 ,0 ,4 3,218 2,640 2,508 707 2,254 3,915 -2,047 9,125 ,1 ,2 ,6 4,369 3,064 3,623 3,615 ,6 ,4 ,1 2,056 3,310 2,245 4,366 2011 0121 092008 2009 2010 2011 243000 61 941 19 15 16 12 344 23 20 21 0000 0000 0020 2008 2009 2010 39 ANNUAL REPORT CESNET 2011 ECONOMIC RESULTS 40 ANNUAL REPORT CESNET 2011 ECONOMIC RESULTS