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Janet UK to spend up to £80m on fibre upgrade

...under initiatives such as the UK e-infrastructure initiative funded by the Joint Information Systems Committee. "Upgrading the Janet network infrastructure means we can provide... Read more

28 October, 2011 by Gill Hitchcock

University cloud services get £12.5m injection

...number of proposals for shared infrastructure would be sent out by the Joint Information Systems Committee (Jisc), which is managing the programme, "soon". The shared... Read more

7 February, 2011 by Jack Clark

Secure advice for higher education

JSIC is targeting UK universities and colleges, offering formal guidance on readdressing IT security Read more

23 November, 2005 by ZDNet UK

Universities to consider national shared services

...will investigate a national shared services infrastructure for universities and colleges. The Joint Information Systems Committee says it will explore this and other shared and... Read more

4 January, 2010 by Kable
National Archives puts Cabinet Office papers online

National Archives puts Cabinet Office papers online

...charge. The 'Cabinet Papers 1915-1977' project has been funded by the Joint Information Systems Committee (Jisc) digitisation programme and will enable users to search... Read more

4 December, 2008 by Kable

Web 2.0's impact on students under scrutiny

...for England — and its Scottish, Welsh and Northern Irish equivalents — and the Joint Information Systems Committee. The committee will include representatives from universities, colleges, schools... Read more

4 March, 2008 by Kable

Higher-education bodies warned over XML transition

The Joint Information Systems Committee has published a report highlighting the need for co... Read more

9 August, 2007 by Kable

Government intellectual property under scrutiny

...Agency, the British Library, the Department for Education and Skills, JISC (the Joint Information Systems Committee) and MLA (the Museums, Libraries and Archives Council) on... Read more

30 June, 2005 by Kable

Grid computing 'vital to Europe's future'

...started operating in September last year with four nodes funded by the Joint Information Systems Committee, the Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council and the... Read more

1 June, 2005 by Cath Everett

Colleges enrol more open source software

...PS newsletter today! OSS Watch, which is funded by the government's Joint Information Systems Committee, said that while 77 per cent of colleges and... Read more

11 August, 2006 by Steve Ranger
NETWORK ENGINEER (FIELD OPERATIONS)

NETWORK ENGINEER (FIELD OPERATIONS)

...research and education network, and its associated services. Funded by JISC (the Joint Information Systems Committee), Janet is one of the world's leading research... Read more

25 May, 2012

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