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Introduction: From 2005 to 2009, the Scientific and Technical Branch Program "Cuban Network of Science" was developed under the auspices of the Cuban Ministry of Science, Technology and Environment, which obtained outstanding results and a national and international impact. Then more than 10 years after its design, it became necessary to develop a new version in correspondence with the current state of ICT and its services. With the purpose of modernizing and completing the Cuban Network of Science as a digital network of contents, products and services of Science, Technology and Environment, the project "Modernization of the Cuban Network of Science" was developed. Objective: to approach the main results of the project, their correspondence with the objectives that were set and ways to achieve them. Material and methods: the techniques and methods used, the historical - logical, the systemic approach, the focus group and force field techniques, the interviews, the scientific observation, the literature review, the expert opinion and the Iadov technique stand out. Results and discussion: the commissioning of a modernized technological infrastructure of the network with higher levels of access and connectivity, a general portal of the Cuban Network of Science 2.0 web version, a system of selection, acquisition, processing, organization and updating of the contents, as well as the creation of experimental facilities for cloud computing. Conclusions: the project contributed to improving integration with other networks and services with shared and personalized use in a more efficient way. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]