News & Events

21 Oct. 2021

BNIX Online Event 2021

Last year, given the public health situation, we were unable to celebrate the 25th anniversary of the launch of the first Belgian Internet Exchange in a festive manner. We nevertheless organized a web event, attended by many participants from all over the world.

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25 Jun. 2021

HERS University College upgrades its entire network infrastructure thanks to the Belnet framework agreement

In 2019, the Haute École Robert Schuman (HERS) decided to upgrade its networking equipment, typically a huge investment. Fortunately, the circumstances were favourable: after all, Belnet had just started negotiating a framework agreement for networking equipment for its entire community. This agreement, which was recently awarded to the integrators Infradata and Dynniq after a European tendering procedure, gives all Belnet members access to the best possible conditions in terms of maintenance costs, purchase discounts – with reductions of up to 70 percent – and service quality.
24 Jun. 2021

European Commission invests heavily in the European Open Science Cloud

The EOSC Association signed an agreement with the European Commission on June 23. In this agreement, the Commission undertakes to release an amount of EUR 490 million for the development of the EOSC (European Open Science Cloud). The agreement is therefore one of the first official partnerships in Europe.
21 Jun. 2021

Customers have their say: Jules Bordet Institute

In a context of increasing digitalisation, the teams of Philippe Hennebert (IT Director - Institut Jules Bordet) and David Lerens (IT Support Manager for the Clinical Trials Support Unit) play a key role within the Institut Jules Bordet. On the eve of a landmark move, they talk about the role of IT in research, the various challenges linked to the crisis and their long-standing collaboration with Belnet.
21 Jun. 2021

Customer in the spotlight: Hospital Network Antwerp

The Hospital Network Antwerp (ZNA) is the biggest health organisation in Belgium. In addition to providing care at ten different sites, the ZNA also carries out research. Belnet spoke with Alix Devroye, Network and Security System Administrator, about the challenges which the COVID-19 crisis has brought in terms of ICT and about the increasing importance of security.

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