NORDUnet Nordic Infrastructure for Research & Education
Welcome to NORDUnet
Lars Fischer BoD Workshop Copenhagen, 5 November 2013
NORDUnet Nordic infrastructure for Research & Education Welcome to Copenhagen NORDUnet Nordic infrastructure for Research & Education Where we are What is Norden? Nordisk Ministerråd NORDUnet Nordic infrastructure for Research & Education The Nordic Countries
• Five small countries: • Five• Denmark, small countries Finland, : Norway, Sweden, Danmark,Iceland Finland, Norge, Sverige and Island• Three autonomous areas: • Three• Faroe autonomous Islands, areas:Greenland, Åland The• 8 Færøenetime zones, Grønland and• 25 Åland mill people • –9 8official time zones languages – 25 mill people (2007) • Shared history, culture – 9 official languages
• Together, the worlds 7th largest economy NORDUnet Nordic infrastructure for Research & Education Nordic NREN collaboration
• 5 independent NRENs, tradition for collaboration • NORDUnet: regional network, international connection • 25+ year history • 1 mil users • NORDUnet annual budget: 14 mil € • NORDUnet incorporated, owned equally by Nordic countries • Funded by NRENs, Cost-sharing by GDP FUNET
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• NORDUnet & Nordic NRENs are • a strong global partner • a strong partner in European networking • a major contributor to GÉANT – 3rd largest contributor of man-hours in GN3 and GN3+ • NORDUnet firmly • believe in and support a strong European infrastructure • understand that world-class European networking is essential to Nordic R&E • believe that through regional collaboration we offer the best support for European networking – for the benefit of all NORDUnet Nordic infrastructure for Research & Education NORDUnet Europe
• Strong European Dark Fibre network • Scandinavian interconnect, connection to Europe • GEANT, neighbour NRENs, IP transit • Strong emphasis on peering fabric NORDUnet Nordic infrastructure for Research & Education NORDUnet North-Atlantic
• North Atlantic connectivity • Serving needs of Nordic NRENs, Campus IT • Serving eScience, research collaborations NORDUnet Nordic infrastructure for Research & Education NORDUnet North America
• North American presence • Emphasis on peering, connectivity to cloud providers for campus IT and research • Connecting to global NRENs (i.e, South America, Asia) • Fabric for end-to-end services NORDUnet Nordic infrastructure for Research & Education Circuits for Science
• Optical networks • OLE-by-OLE circuit routing NORDUnet Nordic infrastructure for Research & Education iGrid 2005 e-VLBI demo • Global networking for global science NORDUnet Nordic infrastructure for Research & Education OLE-centric networking
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