This is a place to discuss Jisc Cloud Services and related topics, including cloud storage and research data management, amongst other things.
Jisc's cloud blog post is available at:
https://cloud.jiscinvolve.org/wp/
There you can read about whether cloud benefits outweigh the challenges and what it costs to migrate apps to the cloud.
CESG has some useful documents on Cloud security guidance and best practice - just follow the link https://www.cesg.gov.uk/cloud-...
Welcome to the Janet West Midlands Group
This is the regional group for Janet customers in the West Midlands seeking information about Janet connectivity in their region, support, services and contact information.
The advanced technology at the heart of Janet coupled with the government’s drive for shared services and efficient procurement mean that Janet’s common infrastructure can support multiple communities and deliver significant savings.
This Framework has been set up by Janet(UK) for Data Archive to Tape as a Service for the Janet community. The service is intended for organisational use within the Janet community, with individual contracts being established between the nominated supplier and user organisations.
For the purpose of this Framework, archive data is defined as data that is being preserved so it can be accessed in the future and is generally data that is being retained beyond the reason for which it was...
Arcus Global portal to AWS
After having run for almost 4 years, the current Arcus Global framework is coming to the end of its lifetime and will finish on 9 August 2018.
Under the Jisc Cloud Services portfolio, Jisc now offer the GÉANT Infrastructure as a Service (IaaS) framework, providing you with an EU directive compliant procurement route to purchase cloud services including AWS.
The GÉANT IaaS Framework facilitates the purchase of IaaS cloud services...
File Sync and Share
Please be aware that this service ended on 10 July 2016 and is now closed to new purchases. Any agreements that were set up under the framework prior to the expiry date, will continue until their agreed end date.
We’re currently gathering requirements for a replacement service that reflects users’ changing requirements: Secure File Sync & Collaboration service
It would be really helpful if you could let us know what aspects of the...
Jisc, working closely with two sets of Anchor Tenants, has set up two single supplier framework service agreements for the detailed design, supply, installation, configuration, commissioning and maintenance of shared datacentre facilities.
Our first shared data centre framework was established in July 2014. The shared data centre is located in Slough and is operated by Jisc's partner VIRTUS.
Our second shared data centre framework was established in October 2016. The...
The Janet SDN (Software Defined Network) testbed is available for use by academic networking researchers. If you’re interested in using it, read on, or jump to the contact information at the foot of this text. If you log in to the Communities area and have joined the SDN testbed group, you can also view more details of the testbed design and configuration.
About SDN
If you’ve stumbled onto this page and just want to find out more about SDN in general, then you...
