News
17th KUKIT Meeting
The 17th meeting on "Arts, Culture and IT" will be held on October 23, 2018 at the Albertina in Vienna.
New eduroam member:
PMU Salzburg
We are pleased to welcome the Paracelsus Medical Private University Salzburg to the eduroam family.
58th ACOnet TBPG Meeting
The 58th ACOnet TBPG Meeting will be held from November 7-8, 2018 at Vienna University of Economics and Business.
Wilfried Wöber receives "Rob Blokzijl Award"
Our colleague Wilfried Wöber was honored for decades of commitment to the development of the Internet with the RIPE community's very first "Rob Blokzijl Award". Our heartfelt congratulations!
Welcome to ACOnet!
ACOnet is the Austrian National Research and Education Network (NREN) for science, research, education, and culture. It is operated by the Vienna University Computer Center, in co-operation with other universities in Austria.
ACOnet provides a nation-wide fibre optic backbone with high-performance access to international academic networks via GÉANT, as well as to the Internet. Furthermore, ACOnet offers its members various target-group-specific services to support research projects and communities.
New opportunities through PRACE
A consortium of Austrian universities, represented by the ACONET Association, joined the international "Partnership for Advanced Computing in Europe" (PRACE) in July 2018. This opens new opportunities in the field of supercomputing for researchers and students in Austria.
ACOnet Annual Report 2017
Our annual report (in German) provides information on infrastructural improvements and new services. In addition, it contains reviews of last year's events (this time: TNC17, net:art | near in the distance 3, and others), site portraits, and guest contributions on interesting projects of ACOnet participants. We wish you an interesting read!