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Business Continuity and Communications via JANET

- for Post 16 Learning

 

Monday 23rd July 2007

Lakeside Centre, Aston University, Aston Triangle, Birmingham B4 7ET

Agenda

Presentations are linked to titles as pdf documents                                             

10:00     Coffee & registration                                                                                         

10:15     Introduction from Becta (English events)                     Stuart Jones, Assistant Director, Knowledge Systems -                                                                                             Learning and Teaching Directorate, Becta

              - bigger picture with e-learning strategy                                                                                                                                                                                                                     

10:30     Resilience – how much do you need?                         Tim Kidd, Head of Operations, JANET(UK)

                                                                                                                                           

-             how resilient the JANET network is at the core and the regions   

-             your own campus, how to improve your resilience

-             business case for resilience – how much should you pay?

 

11:00     Group work                                                             Facilitated by JANET(UK)        

what do you do within your organisation?                                                 

-             name five key issues, work in groups of 5

-             poster session over lunch

 

11:30    JANET services for improving your organisation’s resilience       

                                                                                         Paula Smith, Facilities & Content Services Manager,

                                                                                         JANET(UK)              

-             Co-location service                                                                                            

-             Web hosting                                                                                                        

-             CERT service                                                                                                      

 

12:00   InTechnology backup service                                     Anton Murphy, Head of Managed Services,

                                                                                         InTechnology                                               

12:15     Buffet Lunch

 

13:00   Communications and technology (presentation not available)              

                                                                                         Graham Moore, Principal & Treasurer, 157 Group,

                                                                                         Stoke on Trent College

          - why is it important, how it impacts on recruitment, retention etc  

         

13:30  Uses and benefits of JANET txt service                       

                                                                                        Paul Wakefield from JANET(UK) delivered presentation 

                                                                                        on behalf of Alistair Wren, Project Manager, PageOne    -             new text messaging for education   

                                                 

14:10  Group work                                                                Facilitated by JANET(UK)

- identify key issues

- what technologies you will use or need in next 12 months

 

14.40     JANET Collaboration service – what can it do for me?         

                                                                                        Tim Boundy, Schools Content Co-ordinator, JANET(UK)

 

15:10     JANET Talk service                                                                              

                                                                                         Roger Bolam, Content Delivery Manager, JANET(UK)

-             pros and cons of Voice over IP                                                          

 

16:00     Close