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When in 2007 a study on e-research in Flanders (Belgium) identified, among other things, the need for more support and infrastructure for grid and high-performance computing, the government established the Flemish Supercomputer Centre (VSC, see insert below). The VSC project brings together the five Flemish university associations to align and integrate their existing supercomputer infrastructure, to make their expertise available to the public and private funded research and to develop a competitive grid and HPC infrastructure available to all researchers in Flanders by 2010. The Flemish universities have been tuning their efforts since then to build a grid of super computers clustering the existing super computers on different locations and providing connectivity for the new supercomputer planned for 2010.
Arcadiz Telecom completes your switching or routing hardware with world’s only SFP+ for distances up to 70km in both colorless and CWDM colored interfaces. The hot pluggable SFP+s are SFP+ MSA with digital diagnostics and can be made compatible on all main hardware, inclusive Cisco, Juniper, Alcatel, Nortel,… and are certified on Brocade hardware. Our SFPs, SFP+ and XFPs are available in 16 CWDM wavelengths.
University of Antwerp to connect major sites via CWDM
Arcadiz Telecom’s turnkey solution selected.
Leuven, 28 August 2007 --- Arcadiz Telecom today announced that it has successfully implemented a turnkey optical transmission network over optical fiber at the University of Antwerp (UA), Belgium. The UA’s new optical transmission network connects six major sites over optical fiber in ring topology thus allowing for transparent and controlled transportation between the data centres, meeting both Ethernet-related requirements in terms of GbE and 10GbE and Fiberchannel-related requirements in terms of FC4.
The Arcadiz Telecom turnkey solution includes design, installation and first through third level maintenance. “Arcadiz Telecom designed an extremely reliable and fully flexible solution which translates in low operational expenses. In addition, the design flexibility makes it possible to expand and upgrade the system as our needs grow”, says Piet Rypens, University Antwerp’s Head of Network Department.
The network can be easily upgraded in service to up to 16 CWDM wavelengths or to combined 36 CWDM and DWDM wavelengths. The Fiberchannel transport is Brocade Certified. The network is managed through a client server Network Managing System (NMS) providing comprehensive remote diagnostics and provisioning as well as early warnings.
Secure and reliable data transmission is rapidly becoming a critical issue for many organisations. “As a preferred partner of most of the leading suppliers in the market and a trusted supplier of many operators, Arcadiz Telecom is well positioned in this growing segment. In addition, our yearlong expertise allows us to come up with tailor-made systems design that meets all present and future requirements of our customers,” says Jos Vermeylen, Arcadiz Telecom.
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Arcadiz Telecom
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About Arcadiz Telecom
Arcadiz Telecom, a privately held company headquartered in Leuven (Belgium), specializes in high-end services and customized systems design for the paneuropean and Central-Asian carrier, cellular and ISP marketplace. Arcadiz Telecom also designs and implements tailor-made solutions for end-users, like hospitals, banking institutions and other organizations that require reliable and secure transportation of large amounts of data over longer distances.
Arcadiz Telecom builds upon years of industry and engineering experience, network design expertise, and long-standing partnership relations with leading suppliers allowing to develop best-of-class solutions that meet even the most demanding customer needs.
Arcadiz Telecom offers a broad range of advanced solutions, ranging from fiber optic transmission solutions (including CWDM, DWDM, SDH and Metro-Ethernet solutions), over UMTS-related solutions for mobile operators to digital broadcast video transmission (DVB) for cable operators and off-network solutions for international operating carriers.
For more information about Arcadiz Telecom, please visit http://www.arcadiz.com
About University of Antwerp
The University of Antwerp (UA) is characterised by its high standards in education, internationally competitive research and entrepreneurial approach. It was founded in 2003 after the merger of the three universities that were previously known as RUCA, UFSIA and UIA, the university's roots go back to 1852. The University of Antwerp has approximately 10.000 students, which makes it the third largest university in Flanders. Over 1.000 of these students - exchange students not included - are from foreign countries, with a majority of EU countries. In order to face the challenges posed by the internationalization of European education and research, the University is part of the Antwerp University Association (AUHA).
The University of Antwerp has faculties in Applied Economics, Arts and Philosophy, Law, Medicine, Pharmaceutical - Veterinary and Biomedical Sciences, Political and Social Sciences and Sciences. The 'Institute of Development Policy and Management' (IDPM), the 'Universiteit Antwerpen Management School' (UAMS) and the 'Institute of Transport and Maritime Management Antwerp' (ITMMA) have an autonomous, faculty-like UA status. Doctoral programmes are available in most faculties.
The four campuses are situated in the historic city centre and in the green belt to the south of the city.
For more information about the University of Antwerp, please visit http://www.ua.ac.be