TERENA NREN Compendium 2008
Basic Information

Updated: 30 May 2008 at 16:01

D: Basic Information
D.1 Full name of the organisation (in English)
SigmaNet, Academic Network laboratory of Institute of Mathematics and Computer Science, University of Latvia
D.2 Full name of the organisation in the national language(s)
SigmaNet, Latvijas Universitates Matematikas un Informatikas instituta Akadēmiskā tīkla laboratorija
D.3 Abbreviation in English
SigmaNet
D.4 Abbreviation in the national language(s)
SigmaNet
D.5 Visiting address
Raina bulvaris 29 Street

Riga, LV-1459 City/postal code
D.7 Postal address
Street

City/postal code
D.9 Country
Latvia
D.10 Fax
+371 67225072
D.11 Phone
+ 371 67211241
D.12 General e-mail address
sigmanet@sigmanet.lv
D.13 Website
http://www.sigmanet.lv/
D.14 Convention used for individual e-mail addresses
name.surname@sigmanet.lv
D.15 Year the first research network operations started
1993
D.16 Year in which research networking was started as a dedicated organisational unit
1996
D.17 Year in which the NREN was founded in its current form
2007
D.18 Short description of the history of the organisation
We do not have that now.

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
Institute of Mathematics and Computer sciences, University of Latvia
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
Head of the SigmaNet reports to the director of the Institute of Mathematics and Computer Science, University of Latvia (IMCS UL), which reports in some cases to the rector of the University of Latvia.
Members are those who can and want to be connected to the GEANT2.
D.22 URL to description of the governing structure
We do not have it.
D.23 Senior management team
CEO Ms. Title Baiba First name Kaskina Last name
Acting general manager Job Title

baiba.kaskina@sigmanet.lv E-mail address
CEO 2 Mrs. Title Zaiga First name Sulte Last name
Head of the Customer Service department Job Title

zaiga.sulte@sigmanet.lv E-mail address
CTO Mrs. Title Kristine First name Andersone Last name
Head of the Network Management department Job Title

kristine.andersone@sigmanet.lv E-mail address
CTO 2 Ms. Title Solvita First name Rovite Last name
Head of the Programming department Job Title

solvita.rovite@sigmanet.lv E-mail address
OTHER Mrs. Title Katrina First name Sataki Last name
Researcher Job Title

katrina.sataki@sigmanet.lv 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
IMCS UL LATNET laboratory broke up long lasting partnership with LATNET Serviss Ltd. company. IMCS UL laboratory was renamed and now is called SigmaNet. Both organisations separated the network, the users, the staff.
SigmaNet was left with very little network and less users. Now we procure links for our clients from other providers based on the wishes and requirements of clients. We have agreements with 6 providers who are providing Layer 2 connectivity to our customers.
The amount of staff did not change much and the open positions were filled afterwards.
The managers were changed.
The activities has become more focused on real needs.
D.25 Feedback
B.3 part is not well developed, because if I answer that we do not run federations I still get a lot of questions about them.
For many questions there is no option to express that we do not have such users or we cannot provide certain services.
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TERENA NREN Compendium 2008 Basic Information

D: Basic Information

TERENA NREN Compendium 2008
Basic Information