ICT
IT at the Federal Institute for Agricultural Economics, Rural and Mountain Research is focused on meeting the needs the research activities as well as the associated national and international projects. This is achieved with a focus on maximum flexibility in the provision of ICT resources and a continuous visionary foresight into the future, with regard to technical developments and also possible ICT-relevant projects.
The high flexibility and rapid response rate in the provision of server resources is also highly appreciated by our project partners and the central office. The Federal Institute for Agricultural Economics, Rural and Mountain Research is the only agency connected to the BMLRT network via a direct fibre optic connection.
To enable this high degree of flexibility on the one hand and to cope with the tight budgetary framework of a research institute on the other, no external service providers are deployed, and no maintenance contracts have been necessary. The IT department implements absolutely everything with its own staff, while at the same time pushing the use of open source products wherever possible. Thus, in the last two years, all servers that are not used in the administrative area have been migrated to Linux. Meantime, the share of servers with a Linux operating system is over 80%.
These premises enable the BAB to operate with above-average technical equipment given the size of the research institution, but also demand a great deal from the IT staff
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