1. Josh Howlett Head, International Collaboration 22 May 2013 CEENGINE, Kiev Connecting research & education in the UK

2. The UKs research and education network Available to 18M users – Higher & Further Education – Academic research – Primary & Secondary schools – Adult & community learning Over ¼ of the UK population Janet is a not-for-profit company, owned by the UKs research & education community Local Authorities & Schools Higher & Further Education Adult

3. To deliver a highly reliable and secure network – Careful design choices – Carrier class network equipment & infrastructure – Strict SLAs To provide a network that is flexible in meeting future demand – Design enable capacity scaling at controllable cost To provide a network that is more agile in dealing with change – Management by Janet NOC – Close working relationship with industry partners Meeting customer requirements

4. public sector Janets national and regional architecture Janet national backbone whole regional public sector joint education & local government Internet UK ISPs schools and local government higher and further education global research health

5. Janet multi-service network architecture flexible transmission platform IP production network special purpose bandwidth test-beds general usee-research network R&D service development requirements to be served new service

6. Current network – SuperJanet5 – 2006 to 2013 Dedicated transmission infrastructure provided to Janet by Verizon Business Janet operates the IP and Ethernet services

7. 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 Telecity HX Getronics aql Janet 3G VT Group Global Transit TiNET Akamai Google Edge-IX Mancr MCIX Last year: 448G VM IXManchester Google Limelight InTechnology NHS This year so far: 489G Coming soon: 709G ~300 external peers Akamai BTnet Gamma Exa Net BBC LINX GÉANT 10Gbit/s 1Gbit/s 100Gbit/s Init7 Thouse North Amazon Microsoft Synetrix TMnet Level 3 External Peers

8. Janet6 Replacement of the Janet UK-wide backbone Design and delivery rooted in customer requirements Highly scalable Highly reliable Flexible Key specifications: 6500km fibre Ciena 6500 transmission platform, scalable to 8.8Tb Juniper T4000 & MX960 Managed by the Janet NOC In operation mid-2013

9. Janet delivers 40+ services Connecting to Janet Technical advice Security Communicating Infrastructure Research Training Purchase frameworks Cloud Services

10. Theres going to be more!

11. Video services – Any video client – Multiple participants – Easy scheduling – Customisable Telephony – SIP based telephony delivered over Janet Access and Identity Management – Integrated product set, including eduroam and other AIM services – Moonshot: the future of AIM Janet pilot with 44 organisations GÉANT pilot Mobile services – Janet 3G – 4G trials with EE Janet future services – meeting customer requirements

12. e-Infrastructure for research: directions & priorities maximising research investment strengthening cross-border links open market for researchers gender equality accessing scientific knowledge joint programming use of e-infrastructure – UK priorities for support: engineering & manufacturing life sciences energy construction (smart cities) information economy financial & professional services

13. Janet, Lumen House Library Avenue, Harwell Oxford Didcot, Oxfordshire t: +44 (0) 1235 822200 f: +44 (0) 1235 822399 e: Service@ja.net Thank you