Category Archives: CLOUD ACTIVITY

23Jul/19

Cloud Highlights from the Largest Networking Conference in Europe

July 23, 2019CLOUD ACTIVITY, NewsAudrey Gerber

Cloud user stories, vendor workshops and discussions: A recap of some of the most well-attended and popular TNC19 sessions From technical topics, to user stories from the field, strategic sessions on theRead More…

26Jan/17

Infrastructure as a Service – Delivering services to Europe’s NRENs

January 26, 2017CLOUD ACTIVITY, NewsKarl Meyer

The team working on the Pan-European procurement of IaaS services for European NRENs and their institutions met in Trondheim on the 25 and 26 January. Experts from seven different NRENs are part of theRead More…

26Oct/16

GÉANT with Microsoft cloud connectivity agreement

October 26, 2016CLOUD ACTIVITY, NewsKarl Meyer

GÉANT has signed a partnership agreement with Microsoft to act as network connectivity provider for Microsoft’s Azure ExpressRoutes service. This will help accelerate open research and education in Europe. The agreement connectsRead More…

26Mar/16

GÉANT and Amazon Web Services – breaking down barriers to cloud service adoption

March 26, 2016CLOUD ACTIVITY, NewsKarl Meyer

Amazon waiving data egress charges is a major step forward for use in European research and education. Cloud computing – on-demand delivery of IT resources on a pay-as-you-go basis – offers hugeRead More…