Modern times. When the staff and students at Freie Universität first began to use the internet, the computers were large and the volume of data was small. In February 1995 ZEDAT, the Central Computing Services at Freie Universität began to offer a free email address to any member of the university who wanted one as well as access to the internet. These services are still available. The German name ZEDAT has sinced changed to FUB-IT. The domain fu-berlin.de has been active since 1989.
 

Sources and additional information

The demands on the digital infrastructure of universities are increasing rapidly. To meet these demands the IT landscape at Freie Universität evolved over the past decade. Recently, a new project, FUtureIT – for a Service-oriented and Future-oriented IT, was created to analyze and evaluate the system. Those involved made several changes, which resulted in the creation of a new central facility FUB-IT, which was officially founded on April 1, 2023. It combines the former Electronic Administration and Services (eAS) and ZEDAT, the Central Computing Services.

• Article in campus.leben about the new IT unit, posted May 8, 2023 (in German)
• Series in campus.leben about 50 Years of ZEDAT, posted December 20, 2022 (in German)
• Information about Freie Universität’s IT strategy for the future and the university’s IT structure