The GWDG is looking for two system architects and developers (m/f/d) to strengthen the working group “eScience” (AG E) as of the next possible date.

The job vacancy …

The May issue of the GWDG News has just been published.

It contains among others the following topics:

• Online Surveys with LimeSurvey at the GWDG: Upcoming Relaunch
• Koha at the GWDG – First Library Catalogue is Online
• E-Mail-Encryption Using X.509 Certificates – Part 6: Private Certificates with the Program “Volksverschlüsselung“
• Comparing Two Approaches for DB2 Reorganization in the Scope of IBM Spectrum Protect

>> Click here for the GWDG News 5/2021

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