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ICT Services

The department ICT Services focuses on complex ICT solutions for the business community, the government and education. The department covers fields of expertise, such as:

• the management of Unix and Windows servers
  
• installation and (remote) management of server-based configurations
  
• the installation and hosting of web servers and information servers
  
• the management of database management systems
  
• advice and consultancy in the above-mentioned fields.

Remote management of systems is one of the strongly developed expertises of this department. Based on the so-called thin-client concept (or server-based computing) a method has been developed which is suitable for businesses and educational institutes. This is an attractive option that can be very cost-effective.
Our extensive experience in the above-mentioned fields has resulted in SARA's position as prominent supplier of these specialized services to publishers, news media, municipalities and education, etc.

"Co-location", also called "housing", is one of the core facilities of SARA. Almost all services and products of SARA have an aspect of co-location. Therefore SARA is one of the most experienced and most successful co-location sites in the Netherlands.

Among SARA's customers of co-location services are some very special ones. For example, the Dutch national supercomputers (Teras/Aster), the Amsterdam Internet Exchange (AMS-IX), Europe's largest Internet Exchange Point, and NetherLight, an optical Internet Exchange for academic research networks. The national and international importance of this type of systems is of such a nature, that the co-location facilities of SARA are fully in accordance with the latest demands in the market.

The ICT Services department is responsible for the high level of the facilities and for the support that is provided to customers for their critical processes. This can vary from the installation of hardware up to and including the handling of failures. Safety and reliability have the highest priority. The department offers a 24x7-hours service. Guaranteed quality of service has a prominent place.

SARA is an interesting partner, especially because of the unique combination of advanced techniques, flexibility and independence.