Connectivity Providers Database

From: INFO@FRCU.EUN.EG To: sghuter@psg.com Date: Sun, 16 Apr 1995 14:37:15 +0000 (O) The Egyption Universities Network Egypt is connected to Internet since 1993.It has been connected to EARN/BITNET (TERNA now)too scince April 1989.FRCU Computer Center,at the Supreme Council of Universities (SCU),is the main center and focal point of the Egyption Universities Network(EUN).It is also the Egyption gateway to the Internet and Bitnet. EUN, being the gateway to Internet and EARN,connects academic and research centers and institutes as well as other governmental and nongovernmental organizations. For the time being,there are more than 40 leased lines to educational/academic/scientific,governmental, commercial and non-profit organizations and sectors. Some of them are full Internet nodes but some are still mail-only nodes. Most of the services available today at the EUN nodes are for the internal use within the universities.Usually the universities main centers are located at the universitie's central library or at the scientific computer center.They are interested in developing information systems and supplying searching services in CD/ROM databases. At the main center,at SCU,there are other services to help all the educational and scientific community like: - Internet and EARN (TERENA) adminstration for Egypt. - Networking connectivity to different sectors. - Full internet services (e-mail),remote login,file transfer,Gopher,WWW, Mosaic,...). - General and specialized training courses and documentation on different networking areas. - Consultation and assistance for building and enhancing networks. - Assistance with installing and programming scientific or statical packages. - Building and maintaining a national database for M.SC. and PH.D Theses approved by the Egyption Universities. - Building and maintaining a University Staff biographical database. - Building and maintaining FRCU projects database. - Building and maintaining EUN user Directory. - Searching in CD/ROMS database like ERIC,MEDLINE,AGRICOLA,and COMPENDEX+. This is in addition to providing connectivity to all the Egyption sectors covering all activities.