2002 - cesnet

2.4 Other ProjectsThe objective of Infrastructure and Technology for Online Education is to supportthe use of the Internet for the purposes of education in Czech universitiesand other institutions involved in education. We have launched theeLearning.cesnet.cz portal, providing information concerning electronic education.We have also implemented several pilot projects, primarily in collaborationwith FEL ČVUT Prague and the University of Pardubice.The development of a Distributed Contact Centre was meant to check some ofthe advanced services provided by the IP telephony. We established two centres(one in Prague and one in Ostrava), which are interconnected and forma fully redundant unit. The resulting contact centre may serve the needs of anumber of projects.The development of the NetFlow Intelligent Analyser continued from previousyears. In 2002, we decided to redesign the core of the system. In consequence,the output of the entire analyser reported a sharp increase. We also extendedthe range of the provided functions. In the meantime, we have been completinga version of the analyser for distribution, which we would like to offer to thepublic in early 2003.The research in Storage over IP focused on iSCSI technology, enabling remoteaccess to SCSI devices over the standard IP network. We tested several availablesolutions – both software solutions based on the Linux OS, and commercialhardware products. The conclusions are not very convincing. The availableiSCSI implementations are very immature and suffer from a number of “teethingtroubles”.The objective of the Presentation was particularly to popularise the researchactivities pursued by the association and its achievements. In 2002, we publishedthree professional monographs, 18 technical reports and almost 80 relevantcontributions in proceedings and articles in both printed and electronicperiodicals. We have also devoted considerable attention to updating thewww.cesnet.cz server, serving as the main platform for the publication of theresults of our research plan.The System for the Support of Solutions to Operational Problems and Requestsserves for the coordination of research teams. In addition to the routine operationof the current RT system, the project focused on its updating and modificationsaccording to users’ requests. We checked some new opportunities whichwe plan to implement next year. We have become members of a limited team ofprogram localizers and so the currently developed version 3 will offer a Czechinterface. Version 3 is to be launched next year, it is now in the process of alphatesting.High-speed National Research Network and its New Applications 200215