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Welcome to the 24th NORDUnet Conference

Welcome to the 24th NORDUnet Conference. Kimmo Koski Managing Director CSC, the Finnish IT Centre for Science. Finland. 5 300 000 people (16 / square km) 1 000 000 in Helsinki metropolitan area max + 34 °C, min - 49 °C 75% forest 200 000 lakes 200 000 islands the midnight sun sauna

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Welcome to the 24th NORDUnet Conference

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  1. Welcome tothe 24th NORDUnet Conference Kimmo Koski Managing Director CSC, the Finnish IT Centre for Science

  2. Finland • 5 300 000 people(16 / square km) • 1 000 000 in Helsinkimetropolitan area • max + 34 °C, min - 49 °C • 75% forest • 200 000 lakes • 200 000 islands • the midnight sun • sauna • architecture and design • high technology • Nokia, Linus Torvalds, Jean Sibelius, Alvar Aalto, Teemu Selänne, Jari Litmanen, Mika Häkkinen, Kimi Räikkönen…

  3. CSC at a glance • Founded in 1970 as a technical support unit for Univac 1108 • Reorganized as a company, CSC - Scientific Computing Ltd. in 1993 • All shares to the Ministry of Education of Finland in 1997 • Operates on a non-profit principle • Facilities in Espoo, close to Otaniemi community (of 15,000 students and 16,000 technology professionals) • Staff 160 and growing • Turnover 2007 16.7 million euros

  4. CSC’s services FUNET SERVICES COMPUTING SERVICES APPLICATION SERVICES STORAGE AND CURATION SERVICES INFORMATION MANAGEMENT SERVICES

  5. Funet Network • the National Research andEducation Network in Finland • 80 member organisations • universities • polytechnics • public research institutes andother state-owned institutes • university hospitals • student dormitories • more than 350 000 users

  6. Funet Anniversary Year 2008 • 25 years of Funet research and education networking • Funet was set-up as a project in December 1983 • First international connections (EARN) in 1985 • Linux distribution started from FTP.FUNET.FI in 1991 • Funet CERT - first CERT team in Finland since 1995 • Funet IPv6 enabled since 2002 • Identity federation HAKA in production since 2005 • Wireless roaming since 2005 • 20 years of Internet in Finland • First connection by Funet and NORDUnet in 1988

  7. Funet News in 2008 • Funet network upgrade to a optical hybrid network:IP network and Lightpaths on 4000 km of dark fiber • New services like Funet Antenn- a free IPTV for all Funet members and users

  8. The Finnish model: Impact through centralization at CSC • One center: critical mass, fast decision making, services and infrastructure close to each other • FUNET network services part of the national IT center – exceptional concept internationally • Wide range of services from research networks to supercomputing and data management, from scientific applications to information management etc. • Strong player in international research infrastructures • Influence in European strategy working groups • New demand for high capacity data transfer through new experiments and increased international collaboration • Aiming at a key role as one major IT center for science in the future Ecosystem for European e-infrastructure

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