TERENA NREN Compendium 2008
Basic Information

Updated: 18 July 2008 at 13:18

D: Basic Information
D.1 Full name of the organisation (in English)
Russian Backbone Network / Russian Universities Network
D.2 Full name of the organisation in the national language(s)
Rossiski NII Razviyia Obshestvennih Setei/Gosudarstvenni NII Informacionnih Tehnologi i Telecommunicaci
D.3 Abbreviation in English
RBNet/RUNNet
D.4 Abbreviation in the national language(s)
RBNet/RUNNet
D.5 Visiting address
11, Tverskaia Street

Moscow/125009 City/postal code
D.7 Postal address
Street

City/postal code
D.9 Country
Russian Federation
D.10 Fax
+7 095 229-0488
D.11 Phone
+7 095 229-9569
D.12 General e-mail address
noc@run.net, adm@ripn.net
D.13 Website
http://www.ripn.net, http://www.runnet.ru
D.14 Convention used for individual e-mail addresses
NAME@ripn.net, NAME@rbnet.ru, NAME@run.net, NAME@informika.ru
D.15 Year the first research network operations started
1992
D.16 Year in which research networking was started as a dedicated organisational unit
1993
D.17 Year in which the NREN was founded in its current form
1994
D.18 Short description of the history of the organisation
http://www.ripn.net/about/en/

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
Council of the network
D.22 URL to description of the governing structure
D.23 Senior management team
CEO Prof. Title Alexander First name Tikhonov Last name
Director of SIIT "Informika" Job Title

E-mail address
CEO 2 Dr. Title Alexei First name Platonov Last name
Director of RIPN Job Title

E-mail address
CTO Mr. Title Yury First name Gugel Last name
Head of NOC Job Title

noc@runnet.ru E-mail address
CTO 2 Mr. Title Alexander First name Ilin Last name
Head of NOC Job Title

noc@rbnet.ru 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
2006 - New SDH based infrastructure of network backbone in Russia
2006 - 2,5Gb/s GEANT connectivity
2007 - 10Gb Moscow - Amsterdam channel (GLORIAD project)
2007 - (October) 10Gb/s Moscow - Saint-Petersburg Stocholm channel
2009 - Dark crossborder fiber
D.25 Feedback
Remarks or further information regarding this section

TERENA NREN Compendium 2008 Basic Information

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TERENA NREN Compendium 2008
Basic Information