The JANET network has its origins in the Research Council and other Networks which were brought together to form the national infrastructure in 1984, and the Research Community continues to be at the leading edge in using networks to further its activities. JANET provides a high-quality, high-capacity network for communications within the UK and has excellent connections to our European and US peer networks to support international collaboration.
Certain topics which are likely to be of particular interest to the Research community are highlighted here, though it should be noted that these are a subset of a very broad range of activities and initiatives which are described in related sections.
One area to note is the current trend within academic networks globally to engineer separate capacity into their infrastructures to support demanding applications and potentally disruptive research and development work.The UK is actively following this direction and the concept is embodied in both the UKLight programme and SuperJANET5
A list of services is available at: http://www.webarchive.ja.net/services/publications/service-documentation/services-leaflet/web/index.html
UK Research Councils have connections to JANET from their research institutions and their administrative headquarters through which they manage their research programmes. Please contact the account manager (details below) to discuss changes or capacity upgrades for Research Council connections to JANET.
Account Manager
Paul Wakefield
Email: paul.wakefield@ja.net
Tel 01235 822 239
Mob 07976 593 656
