SARA Computing and Networking Services is an advanced ICT service center that supplies – since more than 30 years – a complete package of high performance computing & visualization, high performance networking and infrastructure services. Among SARA’s customers are the business community and scientific, educational, and government institutions.

SARA is an independent organization with offices in Amsterdam and Almere, and collaborations with many partners. SARA has unique expertise and provides state-of-the-art solutions in respect of consultancy, facilities and management.

SARA product portfolio consists of:

– High Performance Computing & Visualization: facilities and services in supercomputing, data storage, visualization and virtual reality;

– High Performance Networking: design, installation and management of advanced Wide Area Networks;

– ICT Services: housing and management for third parties of critical infrastructures, systems, applications and connectivity.

The most eye-catching activities and facilities of SARA are the National Supercomputer Huygens, the National Compute Cluster Lisa, the academic high-bandwidth network SURFnet, and the Virtual Reality facility, the CAVE™. SARA is one of the locations of the Amsterdam Internet Exchange (AMS-IX), one of the largest Internet exchanges in the world.

An important addition to the available facilities is SARA’s thorough expertise and the resulting consultancy and support activities.