Dedicated Virtual Network Infrastructures - for the Health Sector (and the rest of us)
Open Internet doesn't grow (much) anymore. The users' IT-usage, however, still grows at much higher rates. What our network infrastructures need in order to collect some of this growth and in order to be more versatile to the users are facilities for dedicated traffic - some kind of VPN on steroids.
With examples from the Danish National Health Network and from the Danish Research Network, it is explained why this is important, why it is the only sensible thing to do from an economical perspective, what are the technical options, how you can get started in an afternoon (or two) and what it takes to do this on a regional or national level.
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Martin Bech's Biography
Martin Bech has an MSc in Electrical Engineering and has been with UNI•C (which is a government-owned Danish National IT-centre) since 1986, where he has been a driving force in many pioneering projects: large-scale student computing facilities, firewalls and security, parts of the first commercial Internet service in Denmark, nation-wide services for schools in Denmark, the Danish Healthcare Network and many other projects.
Today, he is Deputy Director and is responsible for the commercial IT services offered by UNI•C as well as the operation and development activities of the Danish research network, Forskningsnettet. In this capacity, he has been a driving force in many projects to reform the Danish NREN, among which are internet provision for an expedition around the world, and an upgrade to an all-optical backbone as well as the deployment of contemporary management principles to the NREN operation and development. |
