Compendium 2002 Country Information
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BASIC INFORMATION
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Full name of the organisation (in English:)
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DFN Verein
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Full name of the organisation in the national language(s):
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Deutsches Forschungsnetz e.V.
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Abbreviation in the national language(s):
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DFN
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Postal address:
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Anhalter Str. 1
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City/postal code:
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10963 BERLIN
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Germany
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Year founded:
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1984
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Year operations started:
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1984
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Fax:
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+49 30 8842 9970
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Phone:
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+49 30 8842 9923
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Website:
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www.dfn.de |
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General e-mail address:
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dfn-verein@dfn.de
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Convention used for e-mail addresses:
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surname@dfn.de
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ORGANISATIONAL INFORMATION
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Form of organisation:
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Separate legal entity /
Other non-profit organisation /
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Number of organisational members, shareholders and/or owners:
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370
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Brief description of the governing structure:
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Membership;
Board of Directors elected by the members;
Operating staff with:
Technical+Administrative Executive Officer;
Staff members;
(two major working areas: production environment and advanced projects)
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Name(s) of Chief Executive Officer(s):
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Mr. Klaus Ullmann
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Dr. Klaus Eckhart Maass
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Head of the Technical Staff:
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Mr. Klaus Ullmann
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E-mail:
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ullmann@dfn.de
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Name of contact person for PR matters:
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Mr. Kai Hoelzner
PR Manager
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E-mail:
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hoelzner@dfn.de
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STAFFING
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Number of directly employed staff in Full-Time Equivalents (FTEs):
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40
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Number of directly employed Technical Staff in FTE:
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35
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Average number of people (in FTE) working for the organisation as subcontractors or on outsourced basis:
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0
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Number of administrative and financial staff in FTE:
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10
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Number of user support and training staff in FTE:
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10
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Total amount of effort in person/months per year:
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420
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FINANCES, BUDGET
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The budget year is equal to the calendar year.
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Total budget of last financial year (in euro):
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50 M
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Total budget current financial year (in euro):
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50 M
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Source
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Percentage of income
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Restricted
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Free
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Government/public bodies:
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25
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Users:
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75
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Method of client charging:
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We use a combination of flat fee and usage-based fee
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Method of obtaining national data communications capacity:
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We have contracts with several providers
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Method of obtaining international data communications capacity:
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Through the GÉANT project
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Remarks:
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For international connecitivity, we also have contracts with providers.
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USER BASE
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Total number of students in tertiary education (x 1000):
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2087, year: 1999
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External traffic per university student in 2001 (in GB/yr):
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3.1
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Number of institutions with a permanent connection:
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555
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Number of connected Universities:
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85
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Percentage of total number of Universities that is connected via the NREN:
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98
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Remarks:
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Connected Universities, Research Labs, Companies: about 600
Connected Schools: about 4000
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CAPACITY AND PLANS
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Current core network capacity in Mbps:
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2500
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Volume of outbound external traffic in 2001 (in TB):
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3250
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Volume of inbound external traffic in 2001 (in TB):
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3250
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Volume of outbound external traffic in January 2002 (in TB):
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350
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Volume of inbound external traffic in January 2002 (in TB):
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350
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Typicial large-site access capacity (in Mbps):
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622 Mbps
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Expected access capacity in two years time:
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4 times as much
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Operational external connections in January 2002 (usable capacity in Mb/s:)
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Global Upstream, 2 x 2.5 Gb/s
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GEANT, 2.5 Gb/s
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G-IX, 1 Gb
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Deutsche Telekom, 2 x 622 Mb/s
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Technology used for the core network:
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IP on SDH on WDM.
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Expected core capacity in two years:
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4 times as much
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SERVICES AND DEVELOPMENTS
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Services provided:
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- Basic IP provision:
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Done by NREN
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- User support:
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Done by NREN
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- NOC:
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Done by NREN
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- Directory services:
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Outsourced
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- Security incident response:
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Outsourced
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- PKI/CA:
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Outsourced
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- Annual Conferences:
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Done by NREN
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Summary of or URL to Acceptable Use Policy:
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There are no special restrictions. Also private companies may participate at the WIN.
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Current interests:
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SDH /
Giga Ethernet /
Wireless LAN /
Diffserv/Qos /
IPv6 Development /
User authentication /
In house PKI development/deployment /
In house Certification Authority /
Directory Services /
Multicast /
Mobile Access (Persistence of presence) /
CERT incident coordination /
CERT services /
Teaching and learning methods /
Video Conferencing /
Streaming Media /
Traffic Monitoring /
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Essential future interests:
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SDH /
Giga Ethernet /
Lambda Testbed access /
Lambda Service Deployment /
Wireless LAN /
Diffserv/Qos /
IPv6 Development /
IPv6 Service Deployment /
User authentication /
In house PKI development/deployment /
In house Certification Authority /
Directory Services /
Multicast /
Mobile Access (Persistence of presence) /
CERT incident coordination /
CERT services /
Teaching and learning methods /
Video Conferencing /
Streaming Media /
Traffic Monitoring /
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Potential future interests:
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Caching, Indexing, Mirroring /
Charging / billing systems /
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