Press releases
2023
- The ELI ERIC Consortium has become an associate member of CESNET
January 6, 2023
2022
- CESNET organizing e-IRG Workshop on current issues of large research e-infrastructures in the EU
December 8, 2022 - CESNET wins Czech Head award in the Industry category for audio and video transmission with minimal latency
December 5, 2022 - Part of the data from the LHC accelerator will continue to be transmitted over the CESNET network in the coming years
November 11, 2022 - We are moving into new offices
October 20, 2022 - Jan Gruntorad’s life story on the Internet Hall of Fame website
October 11, 2022 - CESNET services are also available on Svalbard (Spitsbergen) – the northernmost Czech research site
August 25, 2022 - Josef Underground Laboratory – Internet and eduroam 130 meters underground
August 9, 2022 - Books and magazines within reach not only during holidays
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August 1, 2022 - CESNET has created an interactive digital model of a jewellery from the 5th century
July 18, 2022 - We increased our data storage capacity by 33 PB
June 26, 2022 - We have completed the first phase of network modernisation
June 30, 2022 - The Academy of Performing Arts in Prague, CESNET and Belgium’s Luca School of Arts to salute the Czech Presidency of the Council of the EU with an unorthodox concert
June 10, 2022 - Čapek’s robot was set in motion at the Strž memorial using an interactive app
June 1, 2022 - NTK and CESNET confirmed their long-standing cooperation by signing a memorandum
May 17, 2022 - CESNET opens remote access to ČNB professional library documents via eduID.cz
May 11, 2022 - CESNET successfully transmits precise time and frequency in parallel with quantum keys (QKD)
April 28, 2022 - CESNET participates in the experimental deployment of 5G technology at VŠB-TUO
April 7, 2022 - 30 years online! On February 13th, 1992, our country joined the Internet. We celebrated the anniversary at a conference. Famous Vint Cerf also sent his greetings.
February 10, 2022 - The 30 years of Internet Conference will be on-line. Famous Vint Cerf will also speak.
February 4, 2022 - CESNET, in cooperation with the French company Reflex CES, has developed acceleration card for 400Gb networks
February 3, 2022 - CESNET has developed a technology for detecting vibrations on the fiber infrastructure; successful tests took place on the ČD -Telematika network
January 17, 2022
2021
- Jan Gruntorád is the first from the CEE region to be inducted into the Internet Hall of Fame
December 14, 2021 - People can browse a 3D visualisation of the rare treasury of the guild of shoemakers in Ctěnice
November 23, 2021 - CESNET upgraded the SAGElab
October 13, 2021 - Jakub Papírník is the new CESNET Director since August
August 6, 2021 - CESNET has expanded the security of its infrastructure
May 10, 2021 - Jakub Papírník will be the new director of the CESNET association, replacing Jan Gruntorád
May 3, 2021 - The three-day CESNET e-Infrastructure Conference starts tomorrow and will take place on-line
April 19, 2021 - CESNET increased computing capacity by a quarter
March 31, 2021 - CESNET celebrated its 25th birthday with a virtual toast
March 5, 2021 - Science Mesh for effective data sharing and international cooperation of the scientific community
February 17, 2021 - CESNET, Masaryk University and VSB-Technical University of Ostrava became members of the EOSC Association, a joint European research cloud
January 26, 2021 - The National e-infrastructure for research and development e-INFRA CZ will increase its parameters, counts on a speed of 400 Gb/s
January 11, 2021
2020
- The American company Kemp buys a Brno University of Technology spin-off, Flowmon Networks. The CESNET association was at the beginning.
November 11, 2020 - The National Museum Has Become an Associate Member of the CESNET Association
June 29, 2020 - CESNET wins European Heritage Award / Europa Nostra Award 2020 for the project “Cross-border Collaboration for European Classical Music”
May 7, 2020 - Research infrastructures help accelerate the mapping of collective immunity to coronavirus
May 7, 2020 - The Old Town Gothic Madonna has “revived” thanks to a sophisticated 3D model
April 6, 2020 - CESNET Showcases its Disaggregated Open Optical Line System at the Optical Fiber Conference 2020
March 10, 2020 - CESNET technology ensures the transmission of the concert to commemorate priest Josef Toufar
February 18, 2020 - New AI cluster available to scientists
January 6, 2020
2019
- New US patent of CESNET and FIT CTU for compression using dispersion tables
July 23, 2019 - Second pilot operation within PROTECTIVE project
July 12, 2019 - Three large research infrastructures unite under the project e-INFRA CZ
July 2, 2019 - CESNET to interconnect technology and art during a unique music and dance performance
March 26, 2019 - The NIX.CZ National Interconnection Node will Test DDoS Protection Developed by CESNET
March 11, 2019 - Prague 1848 → 1918 exhibition offers unique 3D models
February 18, 2019 - CESNET conference to be held in Prague on 29 and 30 January
January 23, 2019 - CESNET evaluated as an excellent research organization by the Ministry of Education, Youth and Sports
January 8, 2019
2018
- CESNET in London introduced new Flex ROADM optical switches
October 30, 2018 - A Tribute to the Brave concert will offer distant interplay between Prague and Bratislava
October 8, 2018 - Registration for The Catch hacking competition open
October 4, 2018 - CESNET Successfully Passed the Certification Audit According to the ISO/IEC 27001 Standard
July 16, 2018 - CESNET Invites You to Its Traditional IPv6 Workshop
May 28, 2018 - CESNET became partner of the CSNOG—the first community meeting of Czech and Slovak network administrators
May 24, 2018 - Success at SPIE Photonics Europe 2018
May 9, 2018 - Data from the European Chemical Biology Database will be administered by large infrastructures from the Czech Republic
April 26, 2018 - PROTECTIVE, EU project to boost cyber-security, commences pilot operation verification
March 21, 2018 - CESNET to Attend InstallFest Linux Conference
February 23, 2018 - CESNET makes audiovisual connection between Olympic Festival sports venues
February 15, 2018 - Safer Internet Day with the CESNET Association
February 2, 2018 - CESNET and GÉANT Deploy 300 Gbps Wavelength in R&E community
January 23, 2018 - CLONETS project meeting in progress in Prague
January 15, 2018
2017
- CESNET presenting its services as well as a new logo
December 11, 2017 - Large Research Infrastructures Have Their Own Website
November 30, 2017 - Joint Screening Not Only for the Disabled
October 13, 2017 - Workshop on Next Generation Internet to take place in Prague
October 9, 2017 - CESNET preparing own booth and lectures for weekend Linux Days
October 3, 2017 - CESNET and CZ.NIC to build the CTI cybersecurity system
May 31, 2017 - Entities Working on the European Cyber Security Project Named PROTECTIVE Have Met in Prague
May 29, 2017 - Artists From Six Parts of the World to Create a Multimedia Composition of the Future at a Single Moment
May 24, 2017 - CESNET Forensic Laboratory Experts Were Members of the Winning Team at the Locked Shields 2017 Security Exercise
May 3, 2017 - CESNET at Science Research Innovation Fair
February 22, 2017 - Our country joined the Internet 25 years ago
February 7, 2017 - CESNET has successfully completed the first phase of an international project 8KSVIP
January 23, 2017
2016
- CESNET has another US patent
December 19, 2016 - Successful streaming of unique non-intubated thoracic surgeries
December 16, 2016 - COMBO-CG network card won the Industrie Prize in the Czech Head competition
November 22, 2016 - Restored Ikarie XB 1 to Enhance This Year’s Week of Science and Technology
October 26, 2016 - CESNET to Contribute Five Lectures to LinuxDays 2016
September 23, 2016 - Part of Spielberg’s Holocaust Digital Archive Located in Prague
July 18, 2016 - Return of Ikarie XB-1 to the Silver Screen to Be Launched on 16 June by Parallel Premieres in Prague and Brno
June 16, 2016 - Jan Gruntorád receives prestigious Vietsch Foundation Medal
June 14, 2016 - Listen to organ interplay between Prague, Czech Republic and Trondheim, Norway
June 13, 2016 - Third European Patent of the CESNET Association
May 31, 2016 - CESNET to help represent Czech Republic at Cannes Film Festival this year
April 21, 2016 - CZ-AT-SK Cross-border Fibre Triangle Fundamentally Upgraded
April 20, 2016 - Internet and CESNET Connect Musicians in Different Parts of the World
April 5, 2016 - CESNET to Celebrate 20 Years with a Remote Virtual Concert and More
March 8, 2016 - CESNET at the weekend InstallFest conference
March 1, 2016 - Josef Vojtěch of the CESNET Association has attained the level of Senior Member in the IEEE hierarchy
February 12, 2016 - CESNET to Contribute to Safer Internet Day with Workshop
February 4, 2016 - Czech Science Connects to World at 100 Gbps
January 21, 2016
2015
- ECI and CESNET Announce Successful Trial of 400G Flex-Grid Blade Over Live CESNET Network in the Czech Republic
December 9, 2015 - CESNET Has Its Second European Patent
December 9, 2015 - Grid Computing Workshop 2015 Held in Brno
December 4, 2015 - European Commission approves EUR 25 million for the next phase of the GÉANT project
November 18, 2015 - CESNET at the Week of Science & Technology: streaming and presentation regarding forensic analysis of digital data
October 30, 2015 - New Generation of Medical Devices to Be Introduced in 3D Live Footage at the Urology Conference
October 19, 2015 - Visitors to LinuxDays to see an Optical Lab
October 2, 2015 - Experts on Lambda Networking to Meet in Prague
September 25, 2015 - New 10Gbps link supercharges long-term EU-China research and education partnership
September 15, 2015 - Cyber Performances Become a Reality
August 12, 2015 - Virtual Concerts to Become a Reality in a Future Not Too Far Away
June 29, 2015 - CESNET to Implement Live Broadcast of Neurosurgery Performed by World Specialists
June 3, 2015 - CESNET participates in a new configuration for OpenFlow switches
May 12, 2015 - Invea-Tech and CESNET Launch the “400G Project” to Protect the High Speed Networks of the Future
April 29, 2015 - 4K medical visualisation captivating in New Zealand
April 22, 2015 - CESNET at the weekend InstallFest conference
March 4, 2015 - International Consortium XIFI to meet in Prague
February 12, 2015 - Malaysians interested in CESNET solution
January 28, 2015 - Heart operation live tomorrow on the internet
January 22, 2015 - CESNET extends an invitation to a networks and services security seminar
January 16, 2015 - CESNET acquires first European patent
January 12, 2015 - Third US patent for CESNET
January 7, 2015
2014
- CESNET, Czech Television and UPP introduce a new concept for sports and cultural broadcasts
December 19, 2014 - CESNET’s E-infrastructure Receives Honorary Mention Award in 2014 Innovation Prize
December 5, 2014 - CESNET Establishes FLAB, Team of Forensic IT Investigators
December 3, 2014 - CESNET at the Internet and Technology 14.2 Conference
November 13, 2014 - CESNET invites you to a forum on processing and archiving big data
November 11, 2014 - 29 EU countries undertake a cyber-security exercise
November 5, 2014 - CESNET at Science & Technology Week: on-line broadcasts and a lecture on modern optical networks
October 31, 2014 - GÉANT Association to lead European collaboration in the development of research and education infrastructures
October 15, 2014 - Easy wireless connection at railway stations
October 14, 2014 - Eye surgery in the Spanish Hall at Prague Castle
October 9, 2014 - LinuxDays in 4K on the Internet
October 7, 2014 - CESNET involved in Night of the Scientists
October 1, 2014 - Prague workshop recommends CEF Networks services as instrument supporting research and innovation
September 22, 2014 - Czech Specialists Contribute to a Unique Transcontinental Performance
August 12, 2014 - CESNET and INVEA-TECH demonstrate 100 Gbps transfers over PCIe with a single FPGA
July 21, 2014 - CESNET the only participant actively involved in the Future Internet PPP research project in the Czech Republic
May 30, 2014 - CESNET presented modern transmission services
May 28, 2014 - EU researchers attained a federated cloud
May 21, 2014 - Europe again fought against a simulated cyber attack
May 2, 2014 - How to foster the campus networks’ security?
April 23, 2014 - UltraGrid Technology at Networkshop42 Conference
April 15, 2014 - CESNET got attention with medical 4K streaming in Denver
April 10, 2014 - Friday Talk of UN Secretary-General Live from Prague
April 3, 2014 - Competition for PhD students and graduates – the best IT idea will be awarded 100.000 CZK
March 17, 2014 - New network multimedia SAGElab will improve research and education in modern technologies
March 13, 2014 - CESNET at InstallFest at Strahov over the weekend
February 26, 2014 - New adapters for 40G and 100G technologies
February 24, 2014 - CESNET got involved in the Secure VLAN project
February 7, 2014 - Another US patent for CESNET
February 6, 2014 - First US patent for CESNET
January 15, 2014
2013
- CESNET launched high-capacity data storage in Brno and Jihlava
November 13, 2013 - eIGeR project will bring our regions closer to global research
November 6, 2013 - Doctors commented their own surgeries on-line
November 6, 2013 - Autumn Internet and Technology Conference will present key projects of the CZ.NIC and CESNET Associations
November 4, 2013 - CESNET in the Week of Science and Technology: on-line broadcasts and presentation “Safely in the Internet World”
October 29, 2013 - Unique compression solution developed by the CESNET Association attracts strong investors
October 21, 2013 - CESNET will present national e-infrastructure services
October 14, 2013 - Our Specialists Contributed to a Unique Transcontinental Show
August 19, 2013 - GÉANT’s terabit upgrade gives European science the data network of the future
August 7, 2013 - Czech Republic joined the new global LHCONE network
July 18, 2013 - Advanced Software and Global Networks Stream 4K 3D Digital Movies from Poland to the U.S.
July 17, 2013 - CESNET e-infrastructure Core Running on 100 GbpsCESNET e-infrastructure Core Running on 100 Gbps
July 1, 2013 - CESNET significantly contributed to development of network applications in Europe and behind
June 14, 2013 - CESNET arranges interactive transmissions of new cardiology methods
May 17, 2013 - Europe to connect with America at 100 Gbps
May 2, 2013 - A remote 3D concert took place at Lucerna. The musicians looked real on the screen
April 30, 2013 - Remote 3D concert to be seen at Lucerna
April 25, 2013 - The accelerated ORIENTplus Internet route will boost cooperation between the EU and China
April 12, 2013 - EUR 3.3 million for high-speed network projects
April 9, 2013 - “30 Years with the PC” moves to a larger venue due to massive demand
April 2, 2013 - Opening of SAGElab, a laboratory for research and education in modern networking and multimedia technologies
March 25, 2013 - Deploying 100 Gb/s and Photonic Services over a Shared Fibre
March 20, 2013 - From Milan to Zlín and from There to the Entire World
March 19, 2013 - IQ-151 and PMD 85 launched 30 years ago. Come and remember!
March 18, 2013 - CESNET e-infrastructure backbone starts providing 100 Gbps
February 8, 2013 - The Langweil Model of Prague and a Concert by the Prague Academy of Music and Dance Captivated Hawaii
January 28, 2013 - Digitally Cleaned Films Can Be Inspected Remotely
January 16, 2013 - New UWB server rooms useful for scientists all over the country
January 10, 2013
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