Business Continuity and Communications via JANET

- for Post 16 Learning

 

London House, Goodenough College, Mecklenburgh Square, London WC1N 2AB

Wednesday 23rd May 2007

Agenda

(Please note that presentations from the conference are now available linked to the presentation title as pdf documents)

                                                                           

10:00    Coffee & registration                                                                Speakers

10:15    Introduction from Becta                                                              Andy Black, Becta

• bigger picture with e-learning strategy                                         

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

• how resilient the JANET network is at the core and the regions
• your own campus, what could you be considering to improve resilience
• business case for resilience – how much should you pay?

11:00   JANET services for improving your organisation’s resilience            Paula Smith, JANET(UK)

• Co-location service
• Web hosting
• CERT service

11:30  InTechnology backup service                                                        Anton Murphy, InTechnology  

     

11:45    Group work                                                                               Facilitated by Hilary Baxter                                                                                                              & Paul Wakefield, JANET(UK)                                                                                                                      

• what do you do within your organisation with regard to business continuity?
• name five key issues, work in groups of 6
• poster session over lunch

12:15    Buffet Lunch

13:00  Communications and technology                                                  Satwant Deol,  West London College

(Presentation unavailable on web because of content)

• why is it important, how it impacts on recruitment, retention etc.                                                                                                                                                  

13:30  Uses and benefits of JANET txt service                                         Alistair Wren, PageOne

• new text messaging for education                                               

13:50    JANET Collaboration service                                                      Kevin Sharp, JANET(UK)

• what can it do for me?

14:10    JANET Talk service                                                                   Arron Bowley, JANET(UK)

• pros and cons of Voice over IP

 

14:30 Group work                                                                                 Facilitated by Hilary Baxter &

                                                                                                             Paul Wakefield, JANET(UK)

• identify key issues, and what technologies you will use or need in next 12 months

15:00    Close

 

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