TERENA NREN Compendium 2008
Basic Information

Updated: 14 May 2008 at 23:39

D: Basic Information
D.1 Full name of the organisation (in English)
SWITCH - The Swiss Education & Research Network
D.2 Full name of the organisation in the national language(s)
SWITCH - Teleinformatikdienste für Lehre und Forschung / Services de téléinformatique pour l'enseignement et la recherche
D.3 Abbreviation in English
SWITCH
D.4 Abbreviation in the national language(s)
SWITCH
D.5 Visiting address
Werdstrasse 2 Street

CH-8004 Zürich City/postal code
D.7 Postal address
Postfach Street

CH-8021 Zürich City/postal code
D.9 Country
Switzerland
D.10 Fax
+41 44 268 1568
D.11 Phone
+41 44 268 1515
D.12 General e-mail address
info@switch.ch
D.13 Website
http://www.switch.ch/
D.14 Convention used for individual e-mail addresses
[givenname.]lastname@switch.ch
D.15 Year the first research network operations started
1988
D.16 Year in which research networking was started as a dedicated organisational unit
1987
D.17 Year in which the NREN was founded in its current form
1987
D.18 Short description of the history of the organisation
http://http://www.switch.ch/de/about/SWITCHjournal_Nov07_en.pdf

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
D.22 URL to description of the governing structure
http://www.switch.ch/about/structure.html
D.23 Senior management team
CEO Mr. Title Thomas First name Brunner Last name
Managing Director Job Title

thomas.brunner@switch.ch E-mail address
CEO 2 Dr. Title Constantin First name Toenz Last name
Director Deputy Job Title

constantin.toenz@switch.ch E-mail address
CTO Mr. Title Christoph First name Graf Last name
Head Network Security Job Title

christoph.graf@switch.ch E-mail address
CTO 2 Mr. Title Willi First name Huber Last name
Head Network Job Title

willi.huber@switch.ch E-mail address
OTHER Mr. Title Urs First name Eppenberger Last name
Head Internet Domains Job Title

urs.eppenberger@switch.ch 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
SWITCH moved offices to its new location in downtown Zürich at Werdstrasse 2, finally gathering all SWITCH employees under one roof.

As a founding member of the newly established Swiss National Grid Association (SwiNG), SWITCH is making good progress in building up a grid infrastructure for the Swiss universities.
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TERENA NREN Compendium 2008 Basic Information

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TERENA NREN Compendium 2008
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