The Fabric and Communication Systems group is responsible for the core IT infrastructure and services. It procures, manages and operates the layer providing IT equipment for the CERN experiments and users community, the Data Centres and associated Computing Facilities. It is also responsible for the CERN-wide networking, telephony and radio services. 

Communication Tools (IT-FCS-CT)

Section Leader: Marwan Khelif

The Communication Tools section develops and maintains the software tools that underpin the operation of CERN’s network and telephony services, most notably the central networking database, LanDB, and the network portal that allows users to manage their network configuration (devices registration, Firewall openings, DNS resolution) and register their networking devices.

Data Centres (IT-FCS-DC)

Section Leader: Jaroslaw Polok

The Data Centres section operates and supports the Data Centres and associated Computing Facilities. It organises the lifecycle management of the computing equipment and develops and supports the associated software applications and the integration with existing facilities monitoring systems.

Deployment and Operations (IT-FCS-DO)

Section Leader: Daniele Pomponi

The Deployment and Operations section is responsible for the day-to-day operation of CERN’s networking and telecommunications infrastructure, including the incident management lifecycle and advanced end-user support. The section also upgrades and deploys new infrastructure to meet ever-evolving requirements of the Organization across technical and administrative buildings, experiments, and the accelerator complex.

Hardware Procurement (IT-FCS-HP)

Section Leader: Luca Atzori

The Hardware Procurement section plans, coordinates and executes the procurement lifecycle for server, storage and data-centre equipment for the CERN Data Centres and associated computing facilities. The section also runs site-wide procurement of desktop/laptop computing equipment.

Network Engineering (IT-FCS-NE)

Section Leader: David Gutierrez Rueda

The Network Engineering section is responsible for the planning, deployment and operation of CERN’s internal networking infrastructures---the sitewide campus network and Wi-Fi infrastructure, the data centre network, CERN’s external network connections, the high-speed links to the LHC and other experiments, control networks for the experiments and the dedicated technical network that supports accelerator operations. The section also supports the many essential network services such as DNS, DHCP, NTP, eduroam and the firewall.

Telecoms and Radio (IT-FCS-TR)

Section Leader: Rodrigo Sierra Moral

The Telecoms and Radio section is responsible for the planning, deployment and operation of supports CERN’s fixed-line and mobile telephony services, the TETRA digital radio service for the Fire Brigade and the LoRaWAN infrastructure to support low power IoT devices. The section is also responsible for the development and maintenance of the CERNphone softphone client for Windows, MacOS and Linux desktops/laptops as well as Android and iOS mobile phones.