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The survey aims to identify the presence of Data Stewards in Italian Universities and Research Institutions.

The migration to the new GARR-T network infrastructure has entered a new phase. With Phase 3, activities in the Northwest regions have been completed, and the new network has arrived in Rome and Florence.

The IDEM Federation's scientific technical committee and the IDEM GARR AAI Service have collaborated to create a shared document on digital identity assurance profiles, a system of rules for verifying and asserting the quality of digital identities within the IDEM Federation.

The GÉANT General Assembly has recently renewed the composition of the GÉANT Project Planning Committee (GPPC), the body of NREN representatives which oversees and guides the planning and submission of proposals that the GÉANT Association engages in.

The Rome office of GARR is looking for a communication specialist. Applications must be submitted by 12.00 on April 11, 2023.

About cloud technology, many institutions are currently debating whether to rely entirely on public cloud services (managed by the major international market players) or to build and maintain their ownh cloud infrastructures, maybe considering the federation of resources as with the GARR Cloud.

The Horizon 2020 project NEANIAS, which began at the end of 2019 with the goal of developing prototypes of innovative services in the EOSC context, particularly for the submarine, atmospheric, and space research sectors, has been completed. The project's Italian scientific partners are GARR, INAF, and UNIMIB, while ALTEC (an ASI subsidiary) and MEEO participated as SMEs (small and medium-sized companies).

On 14 March 2023 a new project was launched in Italy: TeRABIT. Supported by the EU funds of Italy's recovery and resilience plan, the project aims to build by 2025 a next-generation integrated computing and network infrastructure to improve collaboration and information exchange among Italian scientific communities.

Two vacancies are now open as Junior Network Engineer for GARR Rome office. Applications must be submitted by by filling in the form by 12.00 on 23 March 2023.

The installation and configuration of the new computing and storage resources were completed successfully.

The Scholars’ Day 2023 takes place on February 27 at the GARR headquarters in Rome: an opportunity to get to know the new winners of the Orio Carlini scholarships and their research projects.

From 3 April 2023, the old Webmeetings service will be discontinued in favour of video communication services based on open solutions.