We do IT together
The Higher Education and Science Information Technology
Shared Service Centre, or VPC, was established by Latvia's
four largest universities RTU, RSU, LU, and LBTU
to drive forward the digitalization and advancement of Latvia's
education system. VPC’s mission is to leverage the expertise
of these institutions to boost digital competencies and foster
sustainable development within education.Learn moreOur services
We do IT together
The Higher Education and Science Information Technology
Shared Service Centre, or VPC, was established by Latvia's
four largest universities RTU, RSU, LU, and LBTU
to drive forward the digitalization and advancement of Latvia's
education system. VPC’s mission is to leverage the expertise
of these institutions to boost digital competencies and foster
sustainable development within education.Start nowOur services

What do we do?

We deliver comprehensive IT services tailored to educational needs.

We provide secure, high-performance digital solutions tailored to support your organization’s connectivity and data needs.

eduGAIN enables secure, seamless access to online resources for academia, allowing users to access global research tools with their local institutional credentials. This fosters secure, simplified international collaboration in education and research.

eduroam provides secure, worldwide WiFi access for students and researchers, allowing them to connect to participating institutions’ networks using their home institution credentials. It simplifies connectivity, enabling seamless internet access across campuses globally.

The Dataverse repository will have a front page where all important information related to data curators, data governance, and data usage can be placed. There will be a main front page, as well as individual front pages for each university, which will provide access to the repository’s technical pages.

GEANT’s Trusted Certificate Service (TCS) provides universities and research institutions with secure, cost-effective TLS/SSL certificates, ensuring encrypted connections for safe data transmission across academic networks.

ORCID provides a unique identifier for researchers, ensuring their work is accurately attributed and easily connected across platforms, enhancing visibility and collaboration in academic networks.

Security measures

Data security is our commitment.

At VPC, we utilize the latest security technologies to protect the Latvian education and research community. With advanced safeguards in place, we care for the security and reliability of data for over 42,000 users.

Security

Since we deal with high-influence documents and information – security is our main focus.

  Virtual cloud server

Our upcoming encrypted private cloud system will provide secure storage and computing solutions, specifically designed to support researchers with safe and efficient data handling and analysis.

Identity Management

Identity Management ensures secure and streamlined access by managing user identities, permissions, and authentication across all systems.

What do we do?

We deliver comprehensive IT services tailored to educational needs.

We provide secure, high-performance digital solutions tailored to support your organization’s connectivity and data needs.

eduGAIN enables secure, seamless access to online resources for academia, allowing users to access global research tools with their local institutional credentials. This fosters secure, simplified international collaboration in education and research.

eduroam provides secure, worldwide WiFi access for students and researchers, allowing them to connect to participating institutions’ networks using their home institution credentials. It simplifies connectivity, enabling seamless internet access across campuses globally.

The Dataverse repository will have a front page where all important information related to data curators, data governance, and data usage can be placed. There will be a main front page, as well as individual front pages for each university, which will provide access to the repository’s technical pages.

GEANT’s Trusted Certificate Service (TCS) provides universities and research institutions with secure, cost-effective TLS/SSL certificates, ensuring encrypted connections for safe data transmission across academic networks.

ORCID provides a unique identifier for researchers, ensuring their work is accurately attributed and easily connected across platforms, enhancing visibility and collaboration in academic networks.

Security measures

Data security is our commitment.

At VPC, we utilize the latest security technologies to protect the Latvian education and research community. With advanced safeguards in place, we care for the security and reliability of data for over 42,000 users.

Security

Since we deal with high-influence documents and information – security is our main focus.

  Virtual cloud server

Our upcoming encrypted private cloud system will provide secure storage and computing solutions, specifically designed to support researchers with safe and efficient data handling and analysis.

Identity Management

Identity Management ensures secure and streamlined access by managing user identities, permissions, and authentication across all systems.

More than 40 thousand users nationally

More than 40 thousand users nationally

YOUR organization could be our next checkpoint

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Security measures

Securing infrastructure for tomorrow

VPC is working to establish a collaborative relationship with CERT to secure our shared infrastructure against future threats, ensuring a safer digital environment for Latvia’s education and research communities.

“VPC – Research universities joined forces to provide Latvia’s faculty, researchers, and students with shared global digital solutions to open new academic frontiers.”

/ Jānis Grēviņš, VPC Director /