Best practices
Six documents describe the practical use of SURFnet6 for higher education and research and other sectors.
CineGrid
May 2007
CineGrid Amsterdam is to become the first European junction in a global initiative to develop, show and distribute video in super-high quality.
OPN simplifies network management at Open University
May 2007
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.
Digital breast cancer population screening (DigiBOB)
May 2007
The RIVM (National Institute for Public Health and the Environment in the Netherlands) is working hard to digitise the population screening for the prevention of breast cancer. Radiologists will remotely assess the X-ray images.
LOFAR: the ultimate test for SURFnet6
June 2007
Thanks to the DEISA infrastructure academics can optimally distribute their extremely intensive computations across the European supercomputers.