TERENA NREN Compendium 2008
Basic Information

Updated: 16 May 2008 at 15:43

D: Basic Information
D.1 Full name of the organisation (in English)
Funet
D.2 Full name of the organisation in the national language(s)
Funet
D.3 Abbreviation in English
Funet
D.4 Abbreviation in the national language(s)
Funet
D.5 Visiting address
c/o CSC, Keilaranta 14 Street

02150 ESPOO City/postal code
D.7 Postal address
P.O. Box 405 Street

02101 ESPOO City/postal code
D.9 Country
Finland
D.10 Fax
+358 9 457 2302
D.11 Phone
+358 9 457 2001
D.12 General e-mail address
helpdesk@csc.fi
D.13 Website
http://www.funet.fi (http://www.csc.fi/funet)
D.14 Convention used for individual e-mail addresses
first.lastname@csc.fi
D.15 Year the first research network operations started
1983
D.16 Year in which research networking was started as a dedicated organisational unit
1983
D.17 Year in which the NREN was founded in its current form
1983
D.18 Short description of the history of the organisation
http://www.nic.funet.fi/index/FUNET/history/internet/en/etusivu-en.html

D.19 Form of organisation
( )Separate legal entity of its own
(x)Not a legal entity of its own, but part of a larger organisation
( )Not a separate legal entity and also not part of a larger organisation
Name of the parent organisation
CSC - Scientific Computing Ltd.
D.20 What is the formal relationship between the organisation and the government?
( )We are a government agency or part of a ministry
(x)The Government appoints at least half of the members of our Governing body
( )There is an indirect relationship (for example if at least half the members of your Governing body are appointed by research and education institutions that in itself are (largely) government-funded)
( )No formal relationship
( )Other, please explain below
D.21 Description of the governing structure of the NREN
Funet is a service provided by CSC - Scientific Computing Ltd.
CSC is a not-for-profit company owned 100% and governed by the Ministry of Education in Finland.
As a limited company, CSC has a Board of Directors (appointed by the shareholders, that is Ministry of Education) and a Managing Director.
D.22 URL to description of the governing structure
http://www.csc.fi/english/csc/whatiscsc/organisation/index_html
D.23 Senior management team
CEO Dr. Title Kimmo First name Koski Last name
Managing Director Job Title

E-mail address
CEO 2 Mr. Title Janne First name Kanner Last name
Director, Funet services Job Title

E-mail address
CTO Mr. Title Juha First name Oinonen Last name
Development Manager, Funet network Job Title

Juha.Oinonen@csc.fi E-mail address
CTO 2 Mr. Title Jari First name Miettinen Last name
Development Manager, Funet customers and products Job Title

Jari.Miettinen@csc.fi E-mail address
OTHER Title First name Last name
Job Title

E-mail address
D.24 Short description of major changes that occurred in the network during the past year or that are foreseen for the coming year
Internal resturcturing of management: Funet now forms a own organization unit within CSC.
Starting roll-out of IRU fiber based DWDM network in summer 2008.
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TERENA NREN Compendium 2008 Basic Information

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TERENA NREN Compendium 2008
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