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Mark TysomJanet, UKTerena TF-MSP Meeting, Budapest 16 Sept 2014
v-sceneThe new Janet Videoconferencing
Service
The Janet Videoconference Service
• Established in 1995
• Deliver educational content over video
• Education and research, administration, content providers
• 8,151 Videoconferencing Systems
• 9,866 Users
• 1,112 Organisations
• 50,000 conferences per year
Why change?
• Primarily to address customer requirements and feedback
• And review the:- operational model- cost model- support arrangements
What’s new?
• More friendly, cleaner, intuitive interface
• More focus on immediate conferences
• Browser based video desktop client (Vidyo)
• Personal virtual meeting rooms
• Increased streaming capacity
• A future focus on interoperation
The Headlines
Hardware transition process
•Desktop client (browser based)•Recording•Streaming•Meeting Rooms
The v-scene Desktop (VidyoWeb)
• Mac, Windows and Linux
• Launches in browser
• Minor plugin download (admin rights not required)
• Scalable Video Codec (SVC)
• Up to HD (depending on bandwidth)
• Branded for Janet/JISC
Look and feel
Live DemoLive Demo
Outline
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Picture of schedule/launch page
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Picture of schedule/launch page
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Meeting Room Picture
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Meeting Room Picture
Tariff Structure
• Education and Research- centrally funded for schools, colleges, universities, research
• Public Services- reduced rate for public sector bodies with an education remit
• Commercial-tariff for providers of educational video content and services
• International Education and Research- GPD based calculation for other NRENs
v-scene NREN Tariff
• Uses the same calculation as the GEANT Cost Sharing Model
• Charges increase progressively as GDP increases
• Used to generate a starting price
• Additional services can be bolted on:
- MCU integration- User migration- Interface language translation- Branding
• Prices start from €35,000 p.a. for managed service
Multi-tenanted managed service
• Super Organisations created to manage individual communities
• Allows NRENs to organise and manage their own customers
• Can restrict collaboration within a community or multinational
• HEAnet (Ireland) first NREN to sign-up:
- use same type of MCUs- aligned support contracts with supplier- self-registered users- mixed mode support
• Discussions with several interested NRENs
Service Levels
Hours of Service
The service is available 24 hours a day, 7 days a week, all year
Target Availability
Videoconferencing service and booking service: 99%Gatekeeper hierarchy and gatekeeper service: 99.5%Service-affecting maintenance is capped at 0.5% and is normally carried out
with at least two weeks' notice.
Support and Fault Management
The help line is staffed from:8am to 9pm (GMT) Monday to Friday8am to 5pm (GMT) Saturday
(excluding Christmas Day, Boxing Day, New Year's Day and Good Friday)
