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NPAPW25

The annual Network Performing Arts Production Workshop (NPAPW) will be held online this year: From 12-13 November 2025, an international community of artists and IT experts will discuss and test low latency technologies for interactive live streaming. Participation in the webinar is free of charge.

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AT:NOG 2025/2

The Austrian Network Operators Group (AT: NOG) will meet for the second time this year on 19 November 2025, at nic.at in Vienna. Please register in advance if you wish to attend in person! Online participation is possible without registration.

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ACONET Community Programm

The programme initiated by the ACONET Association aims to promote cooperation and innovation. Cross-institutional working group information is continuously collected and published to support knowledge exchange. In addition, the programme offers regular online Infoshares on current topics.

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Be mindful. Stay safe.

European Cyber Security Month (ECSM) is organized every October at EU level to raise awareness of IT security issues. GÉANT also participates regularly in ECSM - this year with a campaign focusing on AI-driven threats. The campaign's information materials and webinars are available online.

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Welcome to ACOnet!

ACOnet is the Austrian National Research and Education Network (NREN) for science, research, education, art 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 participants various target-group-specific services to support research projects and communities.

ACOnet and COVID-19:

The ACOnet team is working from the home office again since 19 November 2021. Our availability has not changed, however. You can reach us Monday to Friday, 9:00 to 17:00, CEST; preferably by e-mail but also by phone (see contact information). In the case of an emergency you may also call us outside our office hours and leave a message. If necessary, we will call back swiftly.

ACOnet Annual Report 2024

Our Annual Report 2024 offers an overview (in German) of infrastructural improvements and new services, reviews of last year's events, and informative guest contributions on projects of ACOnet participants. We wish you an interesting read! 

Some topics:

  • Das ACONET Community Programm
  • GovIX: Status und Ausblick
  • Anti-DDoS-Maßnahmen im ACOnet
  • Academic AI - ein Service von ACOmarket
  • PHAIDRA als Drehscheibe für digitale Datenkreisläufe

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GÉANT

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As a National Research and Education Network (NREN), ACOnet provides access to a global network of research and education institutions that exists parallel to the commercial internet.

ACOnet is a member of GÉANT, the umbrella organization of European NRENs. Through GÉANT, ACOnet participating organizations are connected to around 50 million users in more than 10,000 European academic institutions via high-performance data networks.

Stopline

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Stopline, initiated by the ISPA in 1998, is the officially authorized online reporting centre against depictions of sexual abuse involving minors and evidence of endorsement of National Socialist ideology on the internet. Here, users can report pages containing such content - even anonymously.

The Stopline team examines these pages and works closely with the providers and law enforcement agencies to ensure that illegal content is removed from the network.