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 (neil.shewry@ja.net)

Second Network Connection Offer

General Janet Developments

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• 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

Pathe News

Akamai

Virgin Radio

Bogons

Logicalis UKPipex

BBC

Datahop

InTechnology

INUK

RM Education

LINX multicast

NHS

Redstone

Google

NetrinoUKGamma

Getronics

London2

Getronics

aql Janet 3G

VT Group

Akamai

Google

Edge-IX

Manc’r

MCIX

VM

IXManchester

Google

Limelight

Limelight

InTechnology

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: Service@ja.net

Questions?