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OPN simplifies network management at Open University

SURFnet6 is a perfect solution for the Open University in the Netherlands: an Optical Private Network greatly simplifies network administration. And finally there is sufficient bandwidth for new applications.

The Open Universiteit Nederland (OUN), founded in 1984, provides high-grade remote education for adults at the academic level. The educational department
consists of six Schools and one School of Education. Together they offer multiple Bachelor and Master programmes. Approximately 22,000 students and alumni
make use of the electronic learning environment from their homes. For support in person and meetings there are eighteen study centres – six of which are in Flanders - and three provincial support centres. ‘Before the advent of SURFnet6 each location had its own network with a router, firewall and server,’ says senior system engineer Wim Vrancken. 

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