1999

NUS Computer Centre was awarded the ISO 9001 certification. Complement the secured Plug-n-Play (SPnP) network with wireless access in strategic locations in July 1999. NUS Internet bandwidth was increased to 8 Megabit per second (Mbps). NUS quality living and working efficiency were enhanced with more new online application like hall admission, student career and employment service, online posting and review of staff suggestion and a database on academic interaction. Latest series of high performance HP 9000 servers were set up to streamline the existing operations servers. All academic staff and student cluster PCs were upgraded to the latest Pentium II configurations to facilitate high performance usage of IT for teaching, research and learning amongst the staff & students. Enhanced global connectivity and reachability with SingAREN (Singapore Advanced Research and Education Network) becoming the first research and education network in Singapore linking to US Internet 2 member universities on both the vBNS and Abilene networks [more]. Established the first SingAREN (Singapore Advanced Research & Education Network) connection to Korea at 2 Mbps as part of the APII (Asia Pacific Information Infrastructure) initiative.