22 May 2012
An Android version of the hugely successful eduroam companion app has now been released with a native Android user interface. Other enhancements to the app for Android include an increase in the quality and types of information captured when a user tags a location, a new ‘heatmap’ coverage view, and integration with popular social networks [...]
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15 May 2012
On 2nd July 2012, Janet will enable a groundbreaking collaboration between Royal Shakespeare Company, CISCO and Ravensbourne to bring theatre online and live straight to the classroom. Up to 3000 UK schools are expected to register for the World Shakespeare Festival where a filmed version of I, Cinna (the poet), written and directed by Tim [...]
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13 April 2012
Over the last year, we have been busily laying plans for the next generation of our Janet infrastructure, Janet6. With a huge growth in research data, remote working and the increase in technology for teaching and learning, updating the Janet network infrastructure to Janet6 is essential to ensure we take advantage of significant technological developments. [...]
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09 February 2012
Janet, the UK’s research and education network, announces a framework of eight of the world’s leading cloud and data centre suppliers, in the first dedicated procurement framework of its kind. This is a wide-ranging framework offering colocation through to cloud infrastructure services, which is available to everyone with a Janet network connection. In conjunction with [...]
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05 January 2012
eduroam users can now more easily locate eduroam-enabled sites thanks to a new app for the iPhone and iPad. The app ‘eduroam companion’ helps users to locate their nearest eduroam point by visualising the central database of eduroam-enabled facilities on a map and provides information that the user will need in order to connect to [...]
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22 December 2011
Following a recent market investigation, Janet has announced that seven suppliers have been short-listed to proceed to the next stage of procurement – this is to provide the fibre infrastructure for the next generation of the Janet network. The suppliers selected from the market investigation are: British Telecommunications C&W Worldwide Geo Networks Level 3 Communications [...]
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21 December 2011
Data traffic across Janet hit a new peak this month when numbers reached over 100Gbit/s – this is the equivalent of uploading 10000 YouTube videos! Seasonal fluctuations mean that high traffic volume is expected during this time of year, but this is the first instance in Janet’s history that numbers have hit 100Gbit/s. Our research [...]
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16 December 2011
Janet is trialling eduroam on public transport. The pilot, in conjunction with Greyhound Coaches offers eduroam on three routes in the UK. The eduroam enabled Greyhound coach routes are: London – Glasgow London – Bournemouth via Southampton and Portsmouth Cardiff – Swansea This pilot aims to address the needs of students and staff for mobile broadband [...]
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24 November 2011
PQQ for the optical transmission equipment now released. The first phase of research for the next generation of the Janet backbone is now underway. A preliminary market investigation has begun to explore how suppliers respond to the requirements for the new Janet backbone network – the project to do this is called Janet6. A similar [...]
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18 November 2011
Janet will connect National Virtual Incubator (NVI) sites across the UK in the next stage of Cisco’s British Innovation Gateway (BIG) initiative. At an event on the 10th November 2011, Prime Minister, David Cameron cited Cisco’s BIG initiative – and specifically the NVI as a significant example of success in the Government’s goal to drive [...]
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