JANET News

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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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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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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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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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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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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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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At the UCISA Conference in March, JANET(UK) CEO Tim Marshall, gave a speech on the 5 key factors that he considers important in facing up to the challenges that lie ahead. 

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

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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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