NTS

All of the employees of the IKT at the FH

Kärnten (University of Applied Sciences

Carinthia) are thoroughbred technicians.

However, when it involves the coopera-

tion with NTS, they show an inclination

towards chemistry, which - according to

them - is simply right after 20 year of

collaboration: “From the very beginning

till today!”

The central task for the 15-member team

is an acrobatic one. On the one hand one

has to strike a balance between a user-

friendly service for the employees and

the students of the FH, and on the other

hand, the security requirements.

A third of the students are study part-

time. Therefore, they access the learning

platforms, the network drives and the

servers around-the-clock from every-

where with different devices. They recei-

ve their assignments from the network

and upload their exam papers. Despite

this high volume of traffic, the traffic

lights need to stay on green all the time

and traffic jams are a no-go. This does

not work out on the roads of Carinthia’s

cities all the time, but it does work con-

THE

SCENT OF

THE LAKE

AND THE

PASTA

Recently NTS Klagenfurt

found a new home in the

Lakeside Technology Park –

in a good neighborhood.

Words by:

Michael Samec

Photo by:

Lakeside Park, E.C.O.

sistentlyon the network of the FHCarin-

thia. In 2017, the IKT overall availability

stood at 99.98 %.

In 2000, when the FH established its

data center, nobody else had it in this

form. “However, NTS knew how it work

ed”, recollects an employee. Then as now,

NTS

characterized

highly

specialized expertise as well as by fast

and direct communication. “There is

hardly any staff turnover, the contact

persons remain the same. They always

know exactly how our system is

structured and provide a great and swift

problem-solving expertise.”

Therefore, it is natural to deepen the col-

laboration in other fields as well. In the

future, NTS will use the FH degree

program Network and Communication

Engineering more actively as training

grounds. There, students will get the op-

portunity to do internships and to write

test papers together or for NTS. “The re-

sponses fromNTSwill help us to improve

the quality of our training”, expresses the

FH as it is looking forward to a many-fa-

ceted technical-chemical combination.

Kasnudeln

(traditional

Carinthian pasta)

for 2 persons for

lunch is the NTS

kitchen record.

It is irrelevant that the rooms are

still a little bit bare. It is much more

important that the NTS employees

in Klagenfurt moved a little bit closer

to the lake during the recent relocation.

Albeit just a little bit, but for real

Carinthians every meter counts when it

concerns LakeWörthersee.

With their new offices in Block B03 at

the Lakeside Park the NTS Klagenfurt

employees are in a good neighborhood:

Infineon, Skidata, Asfinag are only a few

of the other names one can read on the

wood-paneled office blocks. They all

work alongside each other in order to

advance the technological progress.

Right in the middle one can find Thomas

Prugger, who just got a brew from the

coffee machine and is now talking shop

to his colleagues. How this project is ad-

vancing, which special solution was

found there, how does it work with the

smart meter that an energy supplier is

installing soon… Even during the

breaks, one does not rest…

At the moment there are only 5 emplo-

yees at this location, but further desks

and computers will be delivered during

the next couple of days. These are work-

spaces for additional colleagues. Then

that small pot which is standing on the

stovewill not be sufficient.When you lift

the lid, you will find Kasnudeln (traditi-

onal Carinthian pasta) inside that are

currently slowly simmering. Almost

ready for our lunch.

Above all lies the scent of the Lake

Wörthersee – even during wintertime.

Maybe not so real and quantifiable, but at

least emotionally. That is why one of our

internal location rules stipulate: during

summertime, swimming trunks and beach

towels are part of the office equipment.

2,200 students attend

the FH Kärnten at 5

different locations.

Lakeside Technology Park:

the home of NTS close to

Lake Wörthersee.

46° 37′ N

After Bolzano the second

most southern coordinates.

Block B03

Is the name of the new

home in the Lakeside Park.

Team Lakeside

Currently 5 with room for

expansion.

Customers. Amongst them

FH Kärnten (University of

Applied Sciences Carinthia),

LAM Research, Raiffeisen-

landesbank Kärnten.

1000

Meters is the distance

from the NTS desk to the

lakeshore at the public

lake bathing area in

Klagenfurt.

klagenfurt Office:

INTERNAL LOCATION RULE NO.1: A

BEACH TOWEL AND SWIM TRUNKS

ARE A DEFAULT OFFICE ACCESSO-

RY DURING SUMMERTIME.

TECHNICAL CHEMISTRY

facts

1 central data center

5 locations

2,200 students

320 employees

3,500 clients on the network

15 IKT employees

Training grounds: in future,

university students can do

internships and much

more at NTS.

fun facts

PROFILE

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REPORT

NTS takes care that everything runs smoothly behind the scenes in the

Information & Communication Technology (“IKT”) Department.

Words by:

Michael Samec

Photos by:

FH Kärnten

klagenfurt