Writing this as I sit at Schiphol airport waiting for my delayed flight (due to snow, there was barely a dusting) back to Heathrow. Some reflections on 2 days spent in Amsterdam with peers and colleagues from across Europe. GÉANT GÉANT is the pan-European network for the research and education community. It connects Janet and roughly 40 […]
The 123rd member meeting of LINX (formerly the London Internet Exchange) took place on the 20th and 21st November, 2024. This also marked the 30th anniversary of the creation of LINX. For those that don’t know, Internet Exchange Points (IXPs) are locations where a number of Internet Service Providers (ISPs) and Content Delivery Networks (CDNs) […]
Introduction The last Monday in October saw my alarm set for 02:45 in order to catch a 05:55 flight from Manchester Airport to head to Prague for RIPE 89. There are a number of reasons I participate in RIPE meetings. First of all, the RIPE community sets the policies by which Jisc, and other service […]
Earlier this month was the NORDUnet conference where me and 2 colleagues from Jisc joined 270 other delegates from NRENs across the world to share, learn and collaborate. The event took place in Bergen, Norway: NORDUnet represents the 5 Nordic countries – Denmark, Finland, Iceland, Norway and Sweden – so the event has a strong […]
