We firmly believe in teamwork and in cultivating a technology instinct

Wherever Swiss universities want to work together on the joint implementation of pioneering ICT projects, SWITCH is to be found at their side. As networking the university environment is above all a question of individual input, we make sure that they find the latitude they need to do a proper job of work – in our working groups.

Grid

Services for scientific computing

Grid technology is needed wherever researchers work across organisational boundaries on problems that require a high computing power. SWITCH is engaged in pioneering work throughout Switzerland with its Grid project. This will give researchers shared, but controlled access to resources.
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AAA/SWITCH

E-Infrastructure for E-Science

Innovative, sustainable and cooperative – these are the characteristic features of the cooperative projects that are being conducted in the framework of "AAA/SWITCH – e-Infrastructure for e-Science". In the period up to 2012, we will be working together with the universities on constructing key components of a national IT infrastructure on a step-by-step basis. The point of departure for this is SWITCHaai, which is internationally pioneering in teaching and research.
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Cooperations

SWITCH frees up resources

Ideas and innovations generally develop where people pool their capabilities, ideas and resources in a meaningful manner. This is why SWITCH is firmly committed to joint projects involving the cooperation of a wide range of different institutions from both Switzerland and other countries, all of which make their individual contribution.
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ICT Law Working Group

The meetings of the working group on ICT law provide a forum for debating legal issues affecting the fields of information and communication technology that are of concern to the legal advisors to the Swiss universities. These sessions serve not only the goal of understanding the law better, thanks to the presentations by legal experts, but also constitute an opportunity for meeting face-to-face with others.
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Mail Working Group

The Mail Working Group's agenda for its regular meetings covers everything that is of concern to the mail community. Those SWITCH customers whose professions require them to take a serious interest in this area have the opportunity of meeting with others in similar situations and of adding to their know-how.
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Media Working Group
To ensure that audio and video recordings can be integrated in academic teaching and learning in the correct manner, the multimedia experts at Switzerland's universities have joined forces: in the Media WG.
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Network Working Group

This working group focuses above all on the latest network technologies as well as on projects and plans for cooperating with others in the immediate future. Experts from SWITCH and the Swiss university environment put forward valuable suggestions, exchange ideas amongst themselves and use the opportunity to intensify their one-to-one contacts.
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Security Working Group

The Security Working Group's remit is to consider every possible aspect of the theme of IT security. Twice a year, SWITCH-CERT and security experts from the university environment provide information and valuable food for thought, and participants have to opportunity of getting to know one another better and of pooling ideas.
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Storage Working Group

Data packages are snowballing. Just as the user requirements in terms of data security and availability. In the Storage Working Group, those in charge at the Swiss universities engage in a joint search for solutions.
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LEP

The future at SWITCH

Where is SWITCH going to be in fifteen or twenty years' time? If we are to be in a position to appraise that reasonably, we believe that there is no alternative to being proactive and having a carefully thought-out strategy for looking forward. The first stage in devising long-term development prospects (LDPs) was to involve experts and stakeholders. Building on this, SWITCH will define trail-blazing strategic objectives in order to meet the requirements of the Swiss university world in the long term too.more information