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We are pleased to bring you this issue of the Quarterly Report following a break in production.
The videoconferencing team has been to a couple of events and is planning Janet’s involvement in Jisc’s Digital Festival.
There are a number of updates for the Community from the Strategic Technologies team, including the publication of
three Moonshot-related Proposed Standards, and supporting 4k video streams for the Commonwealth Games.
During this quarter, members of Janet have been out and about at industry events, as well attending
Networkshop41. More details of customer visits and community news are on pages 12-15.
The Strategic Technologies team has a number of updates for the community, including new trials
for 4G and a Moonshot pilot (page 8).
As always, it’s worth noting that this report is for you, our community, so if you have any suggestions for
future content, please do get in touch by joining the community group and leaving a comment
February - April 2008
Highlights from this quarter:
- Janet successfully launched EdLab - a new online learning and collaboration facility
- 320 delegates attended the annual Networkshop
May - July 2008
Highlights from this quarter:
- The UK federation has reached 493 members
- Approximately 85% of HE and 45% of FE institutions have now joined the network
August - October 2008
Highlights from this quarter:
- Janet becomes the first European NREN to install 40Gbit/s channel technology
- The first three regional networks have neen transitioned to the new Netsight system
November 2008 - January 2009
Highlights from this quarter:
- Two new course for Janet Training have been introduced due to demand from the communnity
- Updates in UK legislatoin continue to steer Janet training courses
May - July 2009
Highlights from this quarter:
- 38 new/enhanced customer connections were completed
- Conficker remained the prominent security threat to the community this quarter
August - October 2009
Highlights from this quarter:
- Janet launches new Certificate Service
- Network Access projects have completed work
- Janet launches new regulation blog
November 2009 - January 2010
Highlights from this quarter:
- Janet has published its Corporate Plan for the period 2010-2012
- 33 new/enhanced customer connections were completed this quarter