Archive | May, 2011

Discovering the past to create the future

Discovering the past to create the future

JANET Videoconferencing will play a key role in a new project for schools, led by actor Colin McFarlane, which helps school pupils to explore their family trees and cultural backgrounds.

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JANET Videoconferencing Enhancements

JANET Videoconferencing Enhancements

Upgrades to the JANET Videoconferencing Service now allow more control over live conferences and increase both scope and convenience for guests and users, without compromising the security of conferences.

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JANET at TERENA Conference 2011

JANET at TERENA Conference 2011

JANET staff are presenting a number of talks at the TERENA annual conference for European research and education networks.

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Videoconferencing Trends in Research and Education

Videoconferencing Trends in Research and Education

JANET(UK) has published the results of its recent survey to find out the current trends for videoconferencing in research and education.

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High-definition democracy on JANET

High-definition democracy on JANET

Democracy was live, interactive, and streamed in high definition over JANET at Southampton University’s student union elections in March.

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A night at the opera

A night at the opera

For the third year, TERENA is teaming up with Internet2 and European NRENs to organise a Network Performing Arts Production Workshop in Europe. JANET organisations are among those invited to participate.

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JANET’s youngest researchers

JANET’s youngest researchers

Already old hands at using videoconferencing, the pupils of High Hesket CE School in Cumbria wanted to know more. How does it work? How is it actually possible (for example) to link up with a museum in the USA? And so they asked JANET.

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JANET(UK) Board responds to review of JISC

JANET(UK) Board responds to review of JISC

The Board of JANET(UK) has published its official response to Sir Alan Wilson’s review of JISC.

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JANET pushes the boundaries with 100Gbit/s network for UK education and research

JANET pushes the boundaries with 100Gbit/s network for UK education and research

JANET has delivered a technical first for UK research and education with the switch of its production traffic to 100Gbit/s.

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JANET use by the Schools Sector in England

JANET use by the Schools Sector in England

JANET’s value to the schools sector in England has been demonstrated by the Department for Education’s (DfE) decision to continue to provide central funding for the network’s continued use in the forthcoming financial year

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