The "heart" of digital governance "beats" at the University of Crete

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 Source: CretaLive
 Author: Katerina Mylona


 "Part of the National Network of Technology and Research Infrastructures is hosted in the facilities of the Foundation in Knossos."

 

The Data Center is housed in the facilities of the University of Crete in Knossos, the so-called white buildings.

 

The president of the National Network of Technology and Research Infrastructures will be in Heraklion on Thursday, May 12 – ΕΔΥΤΕ Α.Ε. (GRNET, https://grnet.gr/company/), professor Stefanos Kollias, to sign the agreement for the concession of the space from the University to EDYTE and the creation of the center.

The National Network of Technology and Research Infrastructures, the host of the Ministry of Digital Government, is one of the largest public technology institutions in the country and provides advanced infrastructure and network, cloud computing and IT services to academic and research institutions, education and training institutions of all levels. to public, wider public and private sector bodies. EDYTE SA has been appointed responsible for the cloud of the Research and Education Sector and has a strategic collaboration with the University of Crete.

«Our University already hosts a large part of the RE-Cloud in the Knossos data center in spaces that it has provided to EDYTE. The data center also hosts data storage services for hospital imaging, modernizing the health sector and improving the service to the citizens of the country ", says the vice-chancellor of the Foundation, professor Michalis Pavlidis.

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