TERENA NREN Compendium 2009
Basic Information

Updated: 25 July 2009 at 18:45

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F1. Full name of the organisation (in English)
National Information Infrastructure Development Institute / Hungarian Academic and Research Networking Association
F2. Full name of the organisation in the national language(s) (please use the Latin alphabet)
Nemzeti Informacios Infrastruktura Fejlesztesi Intezet / Magyar Kutatasi es Oktatasi Halozati Egyesulet
F3. Abbreviation in English (if applicable)
NIIF/HUNGARNET
F4. Abbreviation in the national language(s)
NIIF/HUNGARNET
F5. Visiting address
18-22 Victor Hugo Street

Budapest, H - 1132 City/postal code
F6. Postal address (if different from above)
Street

City/postal code
F7. Country
Hungary
F8. Fax
+36 1 350 6750
F9. Phone
+36 1 450 3060
F10. General e-mail address
institute@niif.hu
F11. Website
http://www.niif.hu
F12. Convention used for individual e-mail addresses
(please specify / explain, e.g. [firstname].[lastname]@[NRENname].[ccTLD]...)
[firstname].[lastname]@niif.hu
F13. Year the first research network operations started
1987
F14. Year in which research networking was started as a dedicated organisational unit
1990
F15. Year in which the NREN was founded in its current form
(Please compare the answers given here with the answers of some of the other NRENs you are familiar with)
1992
F16. If you have a short description of the history of your organisation on your website, please provide a URL to that brief description
http://www.niif.hu/en/story
F17. 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
F18. What is the formal relationship between your organisation and your government?
( )We are a government agency or part of a ministry
( )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
(x)Other, please explain below
Joint NREN operation by HUNGARNET (independent) and NIIFI (government supervised, see below).
F19. Please briefly describe the governing structure of your NREN
(in terms of members, governing body, decision making process, etc.)
Governing structure of HUNGARNET:
General Assembly, President, Executive President, Vice Presidents (Presidential Board), Secretary General + Secretariat.

HUNGARNET closely co-operates with the Hungarian National Information Infrastructure Development (NIIF) Programme that provides the organisational and financial frameworks for developing and maintaining the infrastructure, services, and pilot applications, as well as specific content generation for and within the academic and research community.

The NIIF Programme is executed/co-ordinated by the NIIF Institute (NIIFI), an organisation operating under the umbrella of the government.

The NIIF Programme is governed by a Programme Committee, consisting of high level officers of the participating ministries and some other bodies, including the Hungarian Academy of Sciences. The NIIF Programme Committee operates also a Technical Committee.
F20. If you have a description of your governing structure on your website, please give the URL
http://www.niif.hu/en/progstructure - http://www.niif.hu/en/organization - http://www.niif.hu/en/hungarnet
F21. Do you have a Connection Policy on your website?
(x)Yes ( )No
F22. If yes, please specify the URL
http://www.niif.hu/aup/ - English translation: http://www.niif.hu/en/aup
F23. Do you have an Acceptable Use Policy?
(x)Yes ( )No
F24. Please provide the URL to the AUP:
http://www.niif.hu/aup - English translation: http://www.niif.hu/en/aup
F25. Has your AUP been changed in the last year?
( )Yes (x)No
F26. If yes, please summarise briefly how it has changed
F27. Do you have a Security Policy?
(x)Yes ( )No
F28. If yes, please give the URL
No public access to the related URL
F29. Do you request your connected sites to sign Terms and Conditions in addition to the CP and AUP?
(x)Yes ( )No
F30. Does your NREN have an environmental policy for efficient use of power, recycling etc.?
( )Yes (x)No
F31. If available online, please give the URL
F32. Do you have an online topology map of your network?
(x)Yes ( )No
F33. If available online, please give the URL
http://www.niif.hu/en/hbone
F34. Do you have an online weather map of your network?
(x)Yes ( )No
F35. If available online, please give the URL
No publicly accessible URL
F36. We would appreciate it if you would be able to give us a short description of major changes that occurred in your network during the past year or that you foresee for the coming year (structural changes, changes in your mandate or remit, major technology upgrades, changes in the user base, etc.)
1. NIIFI has earlier been operating under the umbrella of the Ministry of Communication and Informatics, anbd later the Ministry of Economy and Transport for several years. From April-May 2008 the structure of the Hungarian Government has changed. Since then, NIIFI is operating under the umbrella of the Office of the Prime Minister.

2. The research network in Hungary has been continuously developing during the last several years (backbone and access network extensions and upgrades + international connectivity upgrade to GEANT+). No considerable changes in organisational structure and mandate are foreseen for 2008-2009, while a considerable technical development (reconstruction and upgrade of the internal NIIF/Hungtarnet network) is planned for 2008-2010. No remarkable change in the user base is forecasted.
F37. We would be interested in receiving your feedback, both regarding the Compendium 2008 and this questionnaire. Both general comments and specific comments (e.g. about questions that you found difficult to understand or to answer or of limited value) would be appreciated.
Let our last year comment/suggestion be repeated here: Perhaps a well defined procedure might be established for enabling continuous/occasional updating of the related Compendium pages by the NRENs so that changes in their important parameters (eg. postal and e-mail addresses, phone numbers, names of contact persons, etc.) are made available immediately as such changes occur and also the TERENA member pages are corrected, if necessary, in case of such updates.
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TERENA NREN Compendium 2009 Basic Information

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