Paul Wakefield, 5 th 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 available28 th February 2014 Final date for clarifications4 th April 2014 Closing date for tenders11 th April 2014 Selection of preferred supplier16 th May 2014 Contract in place by27 th June 2014 Delivery of new network30 th June 2014 to 31 st January 2015 Migration of services from EastERN to new network (3 months)1 st February 2015 to 30 th April 2015 Migration contingency (1 month)1 st May 2015 to 30 th May 2015 Current EastERN contract end31 st 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 ing Neil Shewry 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

Pathe News Akamai Virgin Radio Bogons Logicalis UK Pipex BBC Datahop InTechnology INUK RM Education LINX multicast NHS Redstone Google Global Transit Teliasonera Global Transit TiNET NetrinoUK Gamma Getronics London 2 Getronics aql Janet 3G VT Group Global Transit Level3 Akamai Google Edge-IX Manc’r MCIX VM IXManchester Google Limelight InTechnology NHS Capacity: 709Gbit/s Akamai BTnet Gamma Exa Net BBC LINX >300 peers GÉANT 10Gbit/s 1Gbit/s 100Gbit/s Init7 London 1 Amazon Microsoft Synetrix TMnet Introduction: External Peers

Janet Services Connecting Advice Security Communicating Infrastructure Research Training Framework Agreements Cloud Services

JANET Business and Community Engagement Acceptable Use Policy Eligibility 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: 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

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