Tom Young, Computing, Tuesday 29 September 2009 at 17:30:00
Janet has issued a request for information from suppliers with a view to
cutting costs
The UK education network Janet is considering consolidating datacentres Janet has issued a request for information from suppliers with a view to All further- and higher-education organisations and Research Councils in the But a number of factors are pressuring Janet to review this strategy, "The education and research sectors already benefit from the Janet network to Janet is currently carrying out a survey of institutions to get a better idea A strategy will be developed over the next three months and Janet is actively
across the higher education sector.
taking action over the next two years.
UK are connected to Janet, but until now computing power has resided in
respective institutions.
according to Dan Perry, head of strategic business at Janet.
provide a high capacity, reliable, resilient enabling solution," he said "Now,
in collaboration with stakeholders and sector and industry representatives, the
need for a sector-wide shared datacentre strategy is clear."
of what users might need from such a solution.
seeking the views of stakeholders and suppliers.
Full story at http://www.computing.co.uk/computing/news/2250331/education-network-share
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