TERENA NREN Compendium 2008
Basic Information

Updated: 15 May 2008 at 09:46

D: Basic Information
D.1 Full name of the organisation (in English)
Israel Interuniversity Computer Center
D.2 Full name of the organisation in the national language(s)
Merkaz Hachishuvim haBain Universitai
D.3 Abbreviation in English
IUCC
D.4 Abbreviation in the national language(s)
MACHBA
D.5 Visiting address
Inter-University Computation Center, MATACH building, 16 Klausner Street, POB 39513 Street

Ramat Aviv, 61394 City/postal code
D.7 Postal address
Street

City/postal code
D.9 Country
Israel
D.10 Fax
+97236460557
D.11 Phone
+97236460555
D.12 General e-mail address
iucc-info@mail.iucc.ac.il
D.13 Website
http://www.iucc.ac.il
D.14 Convention used for individual e-mail addresses
D.15 Year the first research network operations started
1985
D.16 Year in which research networking was started as a dedicated organisational unit
1985
D.17 Year in which the NREN was founded in its current form
1985
D.18 Short description of the history of the organisation
http://www.iucc.ac.il/html/framesets_eng/about_iucc.html

D.19 Form of organisation
(x)Separate legal entity of its own
( )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
D.20 What is the formal relationship between the organisation and the government?
( )We are a government agency or part of a ministry
( )The Government appoints at least half of the members of our Governing body
(x)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
There are 8 universities, each of which is a founding member. Each university appoints one member to the Executive Committee which is chaired by a chairman.
D.22 URL to description of the governing structure
http://www.iucc.ac.il/html/framesets_eng/about_iucc.html
D.23 Senior management team
CEO Prof. Title Yigal First name Burstein Last name
Chairman Job Title

yigal.burstein@weizmann.ac.il E-mail address
CEO 2 Mr. Title Moshe First name Gottlieb Last name
Director Job Title

moshe.gottlieb@mail.iucc.ac.il E-mail address
CTO Mr. Title Hank First name Nussbacher Last name
Consultant Job Title

hank@efes.iucc.ac.il E-mail address
CTO 2 Title First name Last name
Job Title

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
On the international aspect - we upgraded from 2x STM-4 links to Geant-2 to 1x STM-16 link.
On the national aspect - we are in the midst of a tender to upgrade our national links.
D.25 Feedback
The online form is one of the best around. If only such an online form was used for the EARNEST study.
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TERENA NREN Compendium 2008 Basic Information

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TERENA NREN Compendium 2008
Basic Information