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Vladimír Pavlík left us forever on 27 February 2025. Vláďa was part of the team of people who brought the Internet to the Czech Republic, or more precisely, connected the Czech Republic to the global Internet. He was able to talk about this period very beautifully and with humour. He was one of the last living true experts on the first commercial Unix platforms, such as the SunOS and later Solaris operating systems from SUN. Managing these systems was a real art, comparable, for example, to playing the violin, which he also mastered. At CESNET, for many years, he w

Pavel Vachek left us forever on February 3, 2025. His name brings to mind words such as modesty, humility, diligence, willingness, reliability, generosity. And such First Republic gentlemanliness. And a great outlook. He could talk to anyone, not only about work, but also about literature, politics, family, faith - in short, about life. But underneath the kind, unassuming veneer, there was also an expert with immense knowledge, which he was happy to impart. Andrea Kropáčová: Pavel was one of my first teachers after joining CESNET. In his gentle and non-violent way, he trans

The Institute of Physics of the Czech Academy of Sciences became the first institution whose connection to the CESNET backbone network (e-INFRA CZ) was upgraded to 400 Gb/s!

We are very pleased that the Polytechnic University of Jihlava (VŠPJ) has become the 28th full member of our association. This is an exceptional event - VŠPJ is the first ever new full member since CESNET was founded in 1996.

In the first week of December 2024, we participated in CLAW, GÉANT’s annual crisis exercise. As the pan-European network connecting national research and education networks (NRENs), GÉANT organises this dynamic event to help participants build resilience against unexpected challenges. While our work in security product management and awareness rarely places us in the middle of a crisis, we were eager to gain a first-hand understanding of crisis handling and its broader implications for building organisational resilience.