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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03 November 2011
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.
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02 November 2011
Janet is delighted to announce the appointment of Brent Dempster to the Janet Board of Management as a non-executive Director.
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16 September 2011
JANET(UK) has been awarded Learning and Development Provider Accreditation by the prestigious IITT for its range of training courses. Described as ‘entirely worthy’ of the accreditation by the IITT, the award demonstrates JANET(UK)’s commitment to maintain the highest of industry training standards and continually develop courses to meet customer needs. The IITT is the leading [...]
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