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The Institution of Engineering and Technology to collaborate with JANET |
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25 September 2007 |
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The Institution of Engineering and Technology has announced it will be collaborating with JANET, the UK's national network for research and education, to enable academic institutions to web stream important research seminars, conferences and lectures, via IET.tv, the institution's web streaming service.
Users will now be able to access the Research Seminar channel on IET.tv via the JANET network, which connects education and research institutions across the UK - including schools, FE colleges, universities and large research institutions. JANET also provides ongoing connectivity to other national education and research networks across the world.
The research channel initiative provides users with the ability to create live and on-demand video presentations that can be uploaded on to the internet and distributed to a global audience. Eleven universities are already using the service following the beta trial and now the research seminar channel will be rolled out to all universities.
The JANET network, with its capacity for real-time data transfer, empowers research projects in a variety of fields and has an infrastructure capable of meeting the explosion of data predicted by research communities.
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The Institution of Engineering and Technology |
| The Institution of Engineering and Technology is a professional society for the engineering and technology community with more than 150,000 members in 127 countries. The Institution provides a global knowledge network to facilitate the exchange of knowledge and ideas and promotes the positive role of science, engineering and technology in the world.
IET.tv is a web streaming service with a large collection (approx. 2,000) of interactive engineering and technical presentations. IET.tv uses the latest cross-platform technology to deliver synchronised multi-media content to PC and MAC browsers anytime, anywhere in the world. Programmes from practising engineers, technologists and key industry speakers can be streamed either live or on demand.
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JANET(UK) |
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JANET(UK) manages the operation and development of JANET on behalf of JISC (Joint Information Systems Committee) for the UK Further and Higher Education Funding Councils. JISC also works in partnership with the Research Councils. JANET(UK) is government funded, with the primary aim of providing and developing a network infrastructure that meets the needs of the education and research communities.
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JANET |
| JANET is the network dedicated to the needs of education and research in the UK. It connects the UK's education and research organisations to each other, as well as to the rest of the world through links to the global Internet. In addition, JANET includes a separate network that is available to the community for experimental activities in network development. |
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