The IT Department's mission is to provide the information technology required for the fulfillment of the laboratory’s mission in an efficient and effective manner through building world-class competencies in the technical analysis, design, procurement, implementation, operation and support of computing infrastructure and services.
The CERN IT Department is a highly demanding computing environment, maintaining extensive networks on both local and global scales, pushing new technologies to their limits and providing a neutral ground for carrying out advanced R&D with various partners.