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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.
February - April 2011
Highlights from this quarter:
- 34 new or enhanced customer connections were completed this quarter
May - July 2012
Highlights from this quarter:
- A new videoconferencing content directory is now live
- Janet has been successful in its partnership with the BBC and Japanese broadcaster NHK to stream super hi-vision coverage of the 2012 Olympics
- Janet Brokerage works with Microsoft in order to give customers a better deal when signing up for Microsoft cloud services
August - October 2012
Since we first started to produce this report, we’ve seen a number of developments – from changes to existing services, to the introduction of new offerings. This new format will now reflect these changes, including information about specific services that have changed during the period. It will also include details of other services we believe will be of interest to you.
This report is for you, our community, so if you have any suggestions for future content, please do join the community group and leave a comment.
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
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
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
