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Welcome to Zurich. TERENA TF-PR Meeting 29.9.10 - 1.10.08. How to survive three days at SWITCH?. SSID: public-switch username: terena password: tfpr. Welcome to Switzerland. 350 km; 215 miles. 220 km; 135 miles. Lunches & Dinners. Mount Uetliberg. SWITCH - Mission.
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Welcome to Zurich TERENA TF-PR Meeting 29.9.10 - 1.10.08
How to survive three days at SWITCH? • SSID: public-switch • username: terena • password: tfpr
Welcome to Switzerland 350 km; 215 miles 220 km; 135 miles
SWITCH - Mission • Mission of foundation • Founders: • Swiss Confederation • 8 universitary Cantons "to create, promote and offer the necessary basis for the effective use of modern methods of telecomputing in teaching and research in Switzerland, to be involved in and to support such methods“ The foundation has neither commercial targets, nor is it aligned with profit-making.’
SWITCHconnect • Physical mobility within the academic community both nationally and internationally • Access to one‘s home organization, and thus access to the Internet from anywhere • wireless or over cable of any Swiss university • over public WLAN hotspots • Europe-wide withinthe academic world
Innovations • IDN • SWITCHbasic • Our standard domain name • Improved password quality • Comprehensive online administration • History functionality • Simplified handling • SWITCHguard • Increased security for domain names • Improved password quality • Comprehensive online administration • History functionality • More complex handling
Current projects • SWITCHcast • Promotion of service to IT, professors and students • SWITCHcert • Attract Swiss banks to customer base • SWITCHconnect • Increase usage of PWLAN nationwide • SWITCH Website • Complete redesign of website • Hire more staff • SWITCH Junior Web Award • Successful accomplishment of third round • Image analysis • Brand awareness, image and customer satisfaction • SWITCH Journal • Complete redesign of customer magazine • Marketing training for staff • Implement picture data base