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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.
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
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
February - April 2010
Highlights from this quarter:
- The Janet network will be delivering up to 10 Perabytes of data per year from CERN to physics departments across the UK
- The UK's Digital Economy Act passed into law
May - July 2010
Highlights from this quarter:
- Janet begins gathering requirements for the next Janet backbone
- The new N3 Janet Gateway service went live in June
August - October 2010
Highlights from this quarter:
- Savings of £4.6m are made available to Janet customers by the Email Abuse Protection Service
- Janet achieves high level of customer satisfaction rates from UK federation members
May - July 2011
Highlights from this quarter:
- Janet Training was awarded Learning and Development Provider Accreditation by IITT
- Two new laws relevant to Janet have come into force on Cookies and unintentional interception
February - April 2008
Highlights from this quarter:
- Janet updates its videoconferencing booking system with improved functionality
- eduroam companion app is available via Apple's App Store
November 2011 - January 2012
Highlights from this quarter:
- Janet is one of the funding channels for projects benefitting from the multi-million poind e-infrastructure investment package
- Janet customers can now access voice services without the need to purchase additional bandwidth
