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.
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
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
February - April 2008
Highlights from this quarter:
- Janet successfully launched EdLab - a new online learning and collaboration facility
- 320 delegates attended the annual Networkshop
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 2010 - January 2011
Highlights from this quarter:
- Janet supports internatinal astronomical research
- Janet published the first official history of the network
February - April 2011
Highlights from this quarter:
- 34 new or enhanced customer connections were completed this quarter
