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    The Works of DANTE - Issue 5

    SURFnet6 launched in Amsterdam

    SURFNet6 logo  The next generation of research network in the Netherlands, SURFnet6, was launched on 23rd January 2006. A total of 750,000 students and staff of Dutch institutes for higher education and research can now use one of the most innovative national networks in the world. 

    The network connects 180 universities, research institutes and academies for professional education to one another and to the Internet. SURFnet realised the network within the GigaPort project, which involves both private and government funding, with the aim of strengthening the national knowledge economy.

    More on SURFnet6 and GigaPort can be found at www.surfnet.nl

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    1. Welcome
    2. The DANTE View on...
    3. GÉANT2 Network status update
    4. First GÉANT2 Technical Workshop held in Cambridge
    5.  New Traffic Provisioning System unveiled at Tech Workshop
    6. Development week aims to perfect perfSONAR
    7. International Co-operation strengthens global research
    8. E-Concertation collaboration continues
    9. Extensions to ALICE and EUMEDCONNECT Projects announced
    10. EUMEDCONNECT supports EUMEDGRID project
    11. Focus on: The ALICE Project
    12. TEIN2 network deployment marked at APAN meeting
    13. Networking Community Round-Up
    14. Belgian connection to GÉANT2 launched
    15. Conference celebrates CESNET’s 10 year anniversary
    16. SEEREN2 Topology announced
    17. UKERNA announce MCI as supplier for new network
    18. SURFnet6 launched in Amsterdam
    19. Latin American launch events celebrate RedCLARA connections
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