You must surely agree that reaching the 50th edition of the CONNECT magazine is quite a milestone. I’d like to thank everybody who has contributed in some way or another since that first edition – whatever form CONNECT takes in the future it will continue to represent all of our diverse community thanks to all of you.
Enjoy the issue and, as ever, let us know what you think!
Contents
- All
- C50 - Magazine Features
- C50 - Community Features
- C50 - Security Features
- C50 - Network Features
- C50 - Project Features
- C50 - Services Features
- C50 - Partner Features
Connecting Europe’s supercomputers: GÉANT enables a hyperconnected research and education ecosystem
GÉANT has been awarded a contract by the EuroHPC Joint Undertaking (JU) to deliver high-capacity, secure, pan-European connectivity for Europe’s su...
TNC26: sisu and the Finnish key to success
The theme: Digital Sisu The Finnish word sisu is untranslatable, but overall it can be explained as a concept encompassing inner strength, tenacit...
SIG-Procurement leading with purpose to transform procurement together
The GÉANT Community Programme (GCP) welcomed a new Special Interest Group for Procurement (SIG-Procurement), established in 2024 to bring together pr...
A greener future with SIG-Sustainability
In 2024, a Special Interest Group on Sustainability (SIG-Sustainability) was formed within the GÉANT Community Programme (GCP), uniting members commi...
TNC25 Community Hub: did you find the golden horse?
In the Brighton Dome, the location for TNC25, the search for the golden horse guided participants to a unique place within the programme, the Communit...
One year on: GEM sparks growth, connection, and confidence across the GÉANT community
One year ago, the GEM initiative, GÉANT’s Mentorship Programme, launched with the ambition to create a space for professional connection, skills de...
The GÉANT Compendium in 2025: new faces on the Advisory Board, and a new survey cycle opening soon!
After a complete overhaul of the GÉANT Compendium website in 2023, and a renewal and revitalization of the Compendium Report in 2024, 2025 sees more ...
KREN leading Kosovo’s digital transformation in education and research
The Kosovo* Research and Education Network (KREN) was established in 2019 as part of the Kosovo Digital Economy (KODE) Project, supported by the World...
25 years of security in Research & Education
For 25 years, GÉANT – and its predecessors – have contributed to the evolution of the Research & Education (R&E) security landsca...
Ditching multitasking for meta-awareness: how digital mindfulness can protect us against social engineering
Words: Jodie Williams When Anna Collard, SVP Content Strategy & Evangelist at KnowBe4 Africa, describes the moment she clicked on a phishing email...
From mindfulness to crisis readiness: GÉANT’s cybersecurity initiatives
Many of us will agree that cybersecurity is progressively becoming also a cognitive issue, so this year GÉANT is breaking the mould with a new bold a...
CESNET datasets are transforming cybersecurity research
Researchers from CESNET and the Czech Technical University in Prague have released unique datasets of real network traffic. These were created within ...
The Global Platform for Labs: towards reusable orchestrated service provisioning in an experimental network infrastructure
Across the R&E community networks are seeing increased demands for flexibility and programmability to support a wide range of experimental use-cas...
Smarter reviews, stronger software
In today’s software-driven world, reliable and maintainable source code is the backbone of every project. Its quality determines whether it will mee...
Fast but not furious: how Funet powers science and learning
Research and education increasingly depend on fast, reliable, and secure networks. The volume of data produced in fields such as artificial intelligen...
SFU and BCNET power Canadian research with world-class supercomputer and next-generation network
Simon Fraser University (SFU) and BCNET are pleased to share two major milestones that elevate the research capability for British Columbia and Canada...
SUBMERSE: a journey into the world of fibre sensing
A new chapter for ocean and earth sciences with the SUBMERSE project Every day, almost all of the world’s internet traffic flows unseen along the se...
20 years of international engagement. Part 2: Bridging continents
25% of the traffic across the GÉANT network backbone either originates from or is destined for locations outside of Europe, supporting global dat...
Fostering global links: Twinning Programme’s expanding impact in 2025
The GÉANT Twinning Programme continues to be a driving force in global research and education networking, facilitating dynamic, six-month collaborati...
WACREN connects six new countries and sets foundation for climate programme
Expanding the WACREN Backbone The historic expansion brings The Gambia, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Mauritania, Sierra Leone, and Senegal into WACREN’s h...
How Butterfly is changing opera and the climate
Can opera be reimagined in a sustainable way? Butterfly set out to prove it could. For the first time, a full-scale opera production was prepared enti...
Towards the web of the future: Brazil’s national blockchain observatory as a public knowledge platform
In Techniques of the Observer: On Vision and Modernity in the Nineteenth Century, Jonathan Crary analyzes the historical processes that shaped the ide...
System gathers data to reduce climate change impact in the Amazon
The Amazon is one of the world’s most climate-vulnerable ecosystems. Proximity to the Equator makes the region particularly susceptible to changes t...
eduGAIN piloting use of OpenID Federation
eduGAIN is investigating how OpenID Federation can be used for eduGAIN alongside the SAML infrastructure. eduGAIN is currently built on SAML, a techno...
Metro eduroam deployment for greater impact
In 2023, Uganda had 27.7 million active Internet subscriptions with the typical user consuming only 1.7 GB of mobile data per month, barely enough to ...
SURF Tech Trends Report 2026
What are the biggest future digital trends for education and research? Together with education and research institutes in the Netherlands, SURF wrote ...
Harnessing machine learning to improve outcomes for cochlear implant patients
Artificial intelligence and machine learning are often described as transformative forces in healthcare, capable of enhancing patient experiences, str...
Safeguarding knowledge: data security and sovereignty in higher education
Microsoft’s vision In today’s digital era, data security and sovereignty have become central concerns for higher education institutions. As univer...
Securing sensitive traffic in research networks
National Research and education networks (NRENs) carry sensitive and high-value traffic across Europe. Protecting this data while maintaining high per...
Secure, resilient network capacity ready for research collaboration
Research and education networks have long been the proving ground for innovation. Collaboration among educational institutions, public and private res...
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