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012.28 Netherlands - SURFnet
by Kees Neggers <Kees.Neggers@surfnet.nl>
SURFnet bv is the national organisation in the Netherlands for the
provision of information and communication services for research and higher
education including industrial research. It is a private
not-for-profit company. The owners are the SURF Foundation (51%),
representing the user community, and the Netherlands PTT (49%).
The main services of SURFnet are:
- Megabit multi-protocol backbone services (IP and X.25) with IP
rates up to 1.5 Mbps; CLNS will follow in 1992;
- E-mail, file transfer and remote access, both TCP/IP and OSI,
including gateway services;
- Open Library Network in cooperation with the national
organisation for library automation Pica;
- File services and a variety of other information services e.g.
NEWS (in cooperation with NLnet, the Dutch part of EUnet); in The
Netherlands SURFnet is responsible for EARN/NJE and HEPnet
services.
The SURFnet services are managed in a one-stop shopping approach
where customer total support, administrative and technical (e.g.
help-desk), is provided by SURFnet's personnel. Operational
management tasks are subcontracted, SURFnet retaining the overall
service provision responsability vis a vis its customers. SURFnet
has 22 employees, 9 of them being responsible for user support,
network consultancy and account management, 6 are responsible for
network management, quality control and network
development and the remaining 7 are dealing with general management
and internal support. The subcontracted operational management
tasks are carried out by approximately 10 additional full time
equivalents.
The 1991 turnover was 7 M$. The 120 connected institutions and
companies pay 5.5 M$ for operational services via volume
independent tariffs. The remaining 1.5 M$ are related to
forthcoming innovative services (i.e. pilots, development projects)
and are financed by the government funded SURF Foundation.
SURFnet's activities are restricted to universities, colleges,
research institutions including industrial research, scientific and
public libraries and academic hospitals.
SURFnet is strongly focussed on international cooperation, both in
operational and in innovative activities. International
connectivity is presently achieved via the EBONE initiative and via
IXI. SURFnet's employees are active in several international bodies
and programs (i.e. RARE, Internet, COSINE).
Current development activities include:
- The development of an Open Library Network based on the VTP
protocol;
- The connection of student workplaces at home via the TV cable
infrastructure;
- Enhancement of the Megabit multiprotocol backbone in terms of
topology (resiliency), introduction of CLNS, introduction of 34 Mbps
trunks, upgrade of international connectivity, investigation of
protocols like Frame Relay, DQDB and ATM and integration of network
management;
- Extension of the pilot X.500 directory service with full scale
data management tests and interworking tests;
- Set up of an X.400 1988 extension of the present X.400 1984
infrastructure including interworking tests of new products;
- Set up of a file service based on FTAM and FTP with interworking
tests of new products;
- Introduction of security procedures and facilities including the
set up of a CERT NL (Computer Emergency Response Team);
- The set up of a pilot Full Image Document Delivery Server in
cooperation with scientific libraries and publishers (under
preparation).
For further information, please contact:
Admin@SURFnet.nl or:
c=nl, ADMD=400net, PRMD=SURF, O=SURFnet, S=Admin