Press releases

English press releases released by the CESNET association. Since 2004 we publish every press release in both Czech and English languages. Full list of all the press releases (in Czech language) is also available.

2010

• CESNET has provided a HD broadcast of thyroid surgery
  March 4, 2010
• Prague hosts talks about experiments targeted at the future of the Internet
  March 1, 2010
• Interconnection of CESNET and Google in Prague via IPv6
  February 26, 2010
• Opponency Board Commends the CESNET Research Project
  February 5, 2010
• Live Internet broadcasts of ophthalmologic surgeries in the CESNET2 network
  January 20, 2010

2009

• Phosphorus project to support global scientific collaboration finishes successfully
  December 18, 2009
• CESNET Successfully Demonstrated an Intercontinental Uncompressed Moving Image Transmission with 4K Resolution
  December 17, 2009
• Professionals Discussed IP Telephony and Videoconferences in Prague
  December 7, 2009
• Jan Gruntorád Elected Member of the GÉANT Project Executive Committee
  December 4, 2009
• Grid Computing Seminar Introduced MetaCentrum Project
  November 16, 2009
• Prague will host talks about multimedia on the Internet
  November 2, 2009
• The Third Science and Technology Week in the CESNET2 Network
  October 26, 2009
• CRS-1, currently most efficient routers in the CESNET2 network
  October 12, 2009
• C2C project will allow quality 3D stereo projection
  September 24, 2009
• 10 Gb/s for the Astronomical Institute of the Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic
  September 22, 2009
• CESNET presented its research and development results at the FPL conference held in Prague
  September 3, 2009
• CESNET to Represent the Czech National Grid Infrastructure
  July 15, 2009
• CESNET Organized Network Security Seminars
  June 1, 2009
• Recommendations of the 5th Customer Empowered Fibre Networks Workshop
  May 28, 2009
• CESNET Successfully Tested the 40-gigabit Technology in the CESNET2 Network
  May 21, 2009
• Representatives of All EU Countries Discussed e-infrastructure Development in Prague
  May 20, 2009
• The Future of the Internet: Europe moving forward
  May 11, 2009
• The Conference Heterogenous Media in Education – User Experience Live on the Internet
  March 20, 2009
• CHEP 2009 – Top Meeting of Nuclear and High-Energy Physicists in the CESNET2 Network
  March 20, 2009
• MTPP programmable platform under routine operation in the CESNET2 network
  February 26, 2009
• Board of Opponents: Results of the Research Plan of the CESNET Association Maintaining a High Professional Level
  February 10, 2009
• Tomorrow's BUSINESS TUESDAY Topic: Film and Technology
  February 9, 2009
• Live Eye Surgery Transmissions in the CESNET2 Network
  January 23, 2009
• Prague Hosts a Meeting on Future European Grid Infrastructure Development
  January 19, 2009

2008

• The CESNET2 National Network Newly Running on the World's Most Powerful Router
  December 18, 2008
• Virtualised Interactive Environment of the MetaCentrum Project
  November 27, 2008
• FEDERICA Project Officially Launched in Lyon Today
  November 24, 2008
• New Trends in the Area of IP Telephony and Videoconferencing
  November 20, 2008
• Science and Technology Week on CESNET2
  November 6, 2008
• EGEE Grid Project Meeting to Take Place in Prague
  November 4, 2008
• Czech Scientists Demonstrating UltraGrid for HD Video
  October 29, 2008
• CERT/CSIRT Team Members Training to Take Place in Roztoky Near Prague
  October 22, 2008
• CESNET Raising Interest in Seattle with Unique Photonic Multicast
  October 20, 2008
• Jan Gruntorád, Director of the CESNET Association, Invited to a Meeting of the White House Advisory Board
  October 9, 2008
• Advanced Tele-Medicine at CESNET Conference 2008
  September 24, 2008
• Vint Cerf Visited the CESNET Association Today
  September 22, 2008
• Leading Internet Experts from All Over the World Heading to Prague for the CESNET Conference 2008
  September 18, 2008
• Scientists from three continents confer in Prague on measuring cosmic radiation
  April 16, 2008
• Advanced DWDM Nodes in CESNET2 Optical Network
  March 7, 2008
• CESNET's Research Plan: New Communication Options and Greater Convenience for CESNET2 Users
  February 7, 2008
• CESNET to Enable Video Conferences of Ophthalmologists
  January 24, 2008

2007

• CESNET Experts to Receive a Research Award from the Education Minister for the Development of a Unique Optical Fibre Amplifier Today
  November 26, 2007
• Experts discussed the IP telephony and videoconferences in Pragu
  November 13, 2007
• The director of CESNET association, Jan Gruntorád, has been elected to the Executive Committee of the GN2 project
  October 31, 2007
• A Week of Science and Technology Live on the Internet via CESNET2
  October 30, 2007
• European LOBSTER project finished successfully
  October 22, 2007
• A unique live broadcast of eye operations on the Internet
  October 10, 2007
• Prague CEF Networks Workshop Attracted Experts from all over the World
  October 1, 2007
• World-class Experts Watched a Trial 4K Video Transfer in Prague, Offering a Resolution 4-times Higher than HDTV
  September 21, 2007
• Prague Hosts Meetings of TERENA's Task Forces
  September 12, 2007
• Representatives of academic federations met in Prague
  September 7, 2007
• CESNET has organized a specialized seminar titled Security of networks and services
  May 15, 2007
• CESNET Successfully Contributing to the Development of an Internet Infrastructure for Passive Monitoring
  April 23, 2007
• CESNET2 Providing Students from Brno with Access to a Unique Supercomputing Course
  April 18, 2007
• The Prague lecture by Vint Cerf was watched on the Internet by two thousand people, dozens of them through the IPv6 protocol
  April 11, 2007
• Thursday, Vint Cerf's Lecture Broadcast to the Internet through CESNET2
  April 3, 2007
• CESNET will ensure the connectivity of the 68th IETF meeting in Prague
  March 18, 2007
• Board of Opponents: Last Year's Results of the Research Plan of the CESNET Association Have a World-Class Level
  February 5, 2007
• Video Conference of Ophthalmology Specialists
  January 30, 2007
• CESNET to Offer Globally Accepted Server Certificates to All Association Members at Least for the Next Three Years
  January 25, 2007

2006

• GN2 project, the fastest European infrastructure is successful
  November 28, 2006
• Leading experts discussed SIP IP telephony in Prague
  November 7, 2006
• Cross Border Dark Fibre triangle for multiple 10 gigabit connection of Austrian, Czech and Slovak research and education networks enabled by advanced photonic technology
  November 6, 2006
• Luděk Matyska from the Masaryk University in Brno has been Elected Chairman of the Project Management Board of the International EGEE II Project
  September 18, 2006
• CESNET has become a PlanetLab Consortium member
  August 9, 2006
• GÉANT2 Has Completed the First Year of Operation
  July 10, 2006
• CEF Networks 2006 Workshop in Prague: The important government and public institutions are going to use the CEF Networks
  June 6, 2006
• EGEE, the Successfully Completed Pan-European Grid Infrastructure Project to Be Followed by the EGEE II
  June 1, 2006
• European Union and China Interconnect High-Speed Networks
  May 12, 2006
• The EGEE Grid Infrastructure Helps in Fighting the Avian Flu
  May 10, 2006
• The Ministry of Informatics Supports the eduroam Project
  April 25, 2006
• CESNET gained access to globally accepted server certificates
  April 21, 2006
• International Meeting of Internet Research Leaders, CESNET Conference 2006, Opened by the Minister Petra Buzková
  March 13, 2006
• CESNET Conferences 2006 Has Witnessed the First High-Definition Videoconference in the Czech Republic
  March 13, 2006
• CESNET Considerably Increased the Speed of CESNET2–SANET Connection
  February 16, 2006
• Board of Examiners: CESNET's Research Plan Solution Was Highly Professional in 2006
  January 30, 2006
• Basic DWDM Ring Commissioned on the CESNET2 Network
  January 3, 2006

2005

• Transcontinental Network Connections for Scientific Applications Established Between Czech Republic, U.S. and Taiwan
  December 19, 2005
• HDTV videoconference with the U.S. president's science advisor
  October 6, 2005
• Trust on the Grid Goes Global
  Press release of IGTF
  October 5, 2005
• Representatives of European Peering Nodes Met in Prague
  September 21, 2005
• Panel of WHO Experts Includes CESNET's Milan Šárek
  September 12, 2005
• CESNET and the Óčko Television Station: A Pilot Project for Broadcasting over the Internet
  September 6, 2005
• 6NET Project Confirmed the Readiness of Modern Data Networks for Transition to IPv6
  August 1, 2005
• Church Internet Broadcast
  July 18, 2005
• Experts from the Czech Republic are Working on the Development of Network Roaming and IP Mobility
  June 27, 2005
• CESNET2 Network Supports IPv6 Multicast Addressing
  June 17, 2005
• CEF Networks workshop 2005 successful
  May 30, 2005
• HDTV quality in CESNET2 network
  May 5, 2005
• CESNET wins best Czech RCNA award for 2004/2005
  April 15, 2005
• SCAMPI Project Completed Successfully
  April 6, 2005
• CESNET helps to develop NRENs in South-East Europe
  March 14, 2005
• Meeting of European NREN Operators Held in Prague
  March 8, 2005
• Czech Technical University connected to CESNET2 at 10 Gbps
  February 28, 2005
• Ludek Matyska elected member of the EGEE Project Management Board
  February 9, 2005
• 20 Gbps to the NIX.CZ peering point
  February 3, 2005
• 6NET Consortium Meeting in Prague
  January 31, 2005
• Research plan evaluated successfully
  January 28, 2005
• First 10 Gbps DWDM route in the CESNET2 network
  January 5, 2005

2004

• Advanced seminar on EGEE
  December 20, 2004
• Jan Gruntorad elected to the GN2 executive committee
  December 8, 2004
• Workshop on Network Monitoring
  November 9, 2004
• CESNET among World Leaders in CEF Networks
  November 3, 2004
• Introductory EGEE seminar
  October 27, 2004
• European GN2 project started
  September 13, 2004
• eduRoam project - roaming between academic networks
  September 10, 2004
• CESNET organised Worshop on CEF Networks
  May 31, 2004
• CESNET became a partner of GLIF
  May 6, 2004
• 2.5 Gbps to the GEANT network
  April 2, 2004
• New research plan accepted
  February 3, 2004
• Research plan evaluated successfully
  January 16, 2004

2000

• 2.5 Gbps technology implemented
  February 10, 2000