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Paul Wakefield, 5th February 2014
Janet Update - RSC Eastern Technical Forum
• Introductions
• Eastern Procurement project
• BIS funded upgrade/additional connection programme
• General Janet developments
• Questions/discussion
Agenda
Eastern Procurement
• Timescales
• What are we looking to achieve?– What you tell us– As much as we can within budget!
Eastern Procurement
Operational Requirement available 28th February 2014
Final date for clarifications 4th April 2014
Closing date for tenders 11th April 2014
Selection of preferred supplier 16th May 2014
Contract in place by 27th June 2014
Delivery of new network 30th June 2014 to 31st January 2015
Migration of services from EastERN to new network (3 months)
1st February 2015 to 30th April 2015
Migration contingency (1 month) 1st May 2015 to 30th May 2015
Current EastERN contract end 31st May 2015
• Currently speaking to all HEIs in the region• Survey submitted to tertiary sector• Consultation today
• Preliminary results:– Additional capacity – Resilience
– (increased student numbers, BYOD, uptake of “cloud services”)
Consultation to date
Proposed Infrastructure
BIS Project Funding
• Funding from BIS• Not applicable to VIth Form or Specialist Colleges
(funded by DfE), just GFE• Covers:
– installation (circuit & equipment)– first year’s annual rental
• Organisation liable for future annual charges• All College Principals have received a letter from
Martyn Harrow in January.
• Register your interest by emailing Neil Shewry ([email protected])
Second Network Connection Offer
General Janet Developments
Janet6
• 92 fibre routes 6,000km
• 80 PoPs 35 new
45 existing
• 146 racks
• Ciena 6500 platform 91 chassis
5,000+ individual parts
• 382 power feeds
• 27km of construction
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INUK
RM Education
LINX multicast
NHS
Redstone
NetrinoUKGamma
Getronics
London2
Getronics
aql Janet 3G
VT Group
Akamai
Edge-IX
Manc’r
MCIX
VM
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NHS
Capacity: 709Gbit/s
AkamaiBTnet
Gamma
Exa Net
BBC
10Gbit/s 1Gbit/s
100Gbit/s
Init7 London1
Amazon
Microsoft
Synetrix
TMnet
Introduction: ExternalPeers
Janet Services
• Connecting• Advice• Security• Communicating• Infrastructure• Research• Training• Framework Agreements• Cloud Services
JAN
ETBusiness and Community Engagement
Acceptable Use PolicyEligibility Policy
State Aid
££
• A service which facilitates the sending and receiving of SMS text messages to and from relevant groups and individuals at a competitive price
• Pay per text only service for any Janet community organisations.
• Web based service
• No annual licence fee
Communicating: SMS - Janet txt
What are we delivering?•One stop shop telephony purchasing framework•Customers can purchase anything telephony related
• On site telephony equipment• Hosted Services• SIP Trunks and ISDN• Mobiles• etc etc…..
•The more services purchased the greater the savings - up to 50% or £75-£100k per year •Reduce procurement time by up to 2 months as Janet stepped through OJEU processes – mini competition•All suppliers will have to meet various financial and technical requirements
Frameworks: Telephony Purchasing Service
• Connecting• Advice• Security• Communicating• Infrastructure• Research• Training• Framework Agreements• Cloud Services
Janet Services
• Help research and education institutions move to cloud and data centre services through guidance, collaborative purchasing power, and due diligence
• Cloud and Data Centre Framework
• Cloud Services for Education Agreements
• Agreement for Microsoft Office 365 (available) and Google Apps (coming soon)
• Due diligence on the contractual documents to save time and money (£10-20k on Office 365 according to one institution)
• url:https://www.ja.net/products-
services/janet-cloud-services/cloud-services-education-agreements
Subscription content
AWS
• Why?– Researchers already using it– Access via credit card uncontrolled and risky– No opportunity for volume discounts
• What?– Access portal from Arcus Global for provisioning giving:
• Monthly itemised billing £ or $• Aggregated usage reports to trigger discounts• Better Ts and Cs and (we hope) prices
• Where?– Pilot starts with Cambridge and Newcastle end Jan 2014
Arkivum
•Why?•RDM and archive is a critical requirement•HEFCE keen to see a solution
•What?•“Data Archive to Tape” as a service.•Arkivum service is a spin off from Southampton•Long term data storage•Guaranteeing 100% integrity
•Where?•Framework in place so available for sale now
Sync and Share•Why?
•Folk already using Dropbox which isn’t suitable•Dropbox not responding to overtures re national agreement•Others e.g. Box already have agreements with Surf et al
•What?•DPS in preparation with four lots:
–Basic sync and share–EEA data protection compliance–Encryption with user controlled keys–Access management integration via Shibboleth
•Where?•DPS with Procurement for final review and release•Box and other suppliers ready to bid
Public Access Solution Design
Janet, Lumen HouseLibrary Avenue, Harwell OxfordDidcot, Oxfordshiret: +44 (0) 1235 822200f: +44 (0) 1235 822399e: [email protected]
Questions?