1995

Completion of the upgrade of all staff and student computers to Pentium and PowerMac-based machines. The entire campus network infrastructure was upgraded to a new ATM-ready, multigigabit multimedia network of the future. NUS's continuous capitalisation on the multimedia platform as an enhancement to the current teaching method resulted in the launch of the Video-on-Demand (VoD) service on campus. Launch of the NUS Alumni Web. Establishment of the Supercomputing and Visualisation Unit to promote the development and application of high performance computing technologies on campus. Computer Centre's pioneering role on the Internet and its successful management and synergistic symbiosis with Technet precipitated the successful privatisation of Technet.