Welcome

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Logistics

Agenda – this morning09.30am Arrival

Registration and Refreshments

10.15am WelcomeIntroductions and housekeepingGOETEC Update

Jon AldingtonGeneral ManagerGOETEC Limited

10.30am Business Continuity for Busy IT PeopleTips & tricks from the sharp end

David HaylingICT Infrastructure ManagerCanterbury Christ Church University

11.00am Refreshment Break

11.20am Shared Security Services within the FE/HE SectorHow ESISS got started and the benefits to customers

Matt CookHead of EMMAN Shared Information Security Service (ESISS)EMMAN Limited

11.50pm KPSN Options for ResilienceA detailed look at the options to make your JANET connection resilient

Gavin HutchinsonIT Operations ManagerEducation iT Services

Agenda – this afternoon12.10pm Lightspeed Demo

Lightspeed is a powerful, flexible web filtering service offered by KPSN

Mark ShrimptonEducation iT Services

12.30pm IPv6What is it and why does it matter

Martin DunmoreNetwork Infrastructure Development Team ManagerJANET(UK)

1.00pm Buffet Lunchand close of the formal part of the proceedings

1.45pm Parallel Round Table Discussions Led by ‘table captains’

3.00pm CloseRefreshments will be available before Departure

GOETEC Update

Jon Aldington

General Manager

GOETEC Limited

GOETEC Activities

Lots of discussions• Data centre resilience• ICT provision in classrooms• WAN options• New point-to-point circuits for the University of

Kent, Canterbury Christ Church University– For point-to-point circuits, contact GOETEC– For JANET connections, contact JANET

• Several new layer 2 KPSN tunnels• Various quotes for upgrades/additional

connections

GOETEC Activities

• Discussions KPSN and JANET about CPE router and MRS routers on site– May be necessary to have both devices, but we’re exploring the

option

• JANET about support for site-to-site connections– Early indications are promising– Makes configurations like this possible:

JANET

GOETEC Activities

• Representing your interests with KPSN

• Improved network reliability– Risk Register– Improved change

control process– Liaison with

JANET(UK)/KPSN to ensure effective support processes

GOETEC Activities

• Discussions about KPSN strategy

• Strategy workshop next week– Make your ideas

known

GOETEC Activities

KPSN Projects• Extending eduroam into schools, libraries, and

other public sector buildings• “Wireless last mile”– For hard to reach sites– Or a means for resilient connectivity

• QinQ– For VLAN tagged layer 2 tunnels across KPSN

• “SIP services”– SIP trunking, site-to-site VoKPSN calls

GOETEC Activities

• A new “large file” sharing service being investigated– For files too big to email– Free to members for modest use– Small charge for non-members and heavier

users– Uses shibboleth/LDAP, so no account

management overhead

GOETEC Activities

Community Events• Round table discussions– First one this afternoon

• Considering conference calls to discuss topics of interest

• Possibly video• Please let us know what

you’d like to see

We’d like your feedback

• What services do you need?

• What discussion topics are you interested in?

• What are your priorities for KPSN?– Cost?– Resilience?– Additional services (what?)

Questions?