Janet East Midlands Network: EMMAN Transition
November 2012
Responsibility for the operation of the regional network in the East Midlands, currently operatedby EMMAN, will transfer to Janetat the end of December 2013.
This transfer is part of Janet’s ongoing national programme of work to move in-house the operation of the regional delivery of Janet services. In tandem with this process, the East Midlands regional network will undergo a procurement refresh during the course of 2013.
Janet and EMMAN (together with assistance from the East Midlands institutions) are working together on the transition and the procurement, with planning meetings having begun several months ago.We are committed to ensuring that your Janet service continues to meet your needs and that it is capable of responding to your future demands.
To this end, a programme board and related project panels have been established, the make-up of which will ensure strong representation on behalf of the academic sectors in the region. A requirements consultation process has now also taken place, which has informed the procurement exercise.
We are about to start the re-procurementof the physical network, using the Janet Telecommunications Framework.By the end of February 2013, suppliers will have been appointed to implement the network refresh. This will allow plenty of time to implement any changes needed for the new network and for customers to be migrated onto it,before the handover occurs. The refreshed regional network is planned to be fully operational by the end of November 2013.
Your service will not be affected by the re-procurement process; any service disruption needed during the migration to the refreshed network will bekept to a minimum and completed at a time agreed in advance with every customer.
Service changes
As is currently the case, if you need to make changes to your Janet service, for example to obtain a new connection, increase your bandwidth, or to move the termination point within your campus, you should contact Janet’s Connections Management Group on Tel: 01235 822308 or send an email to . Early indications of any new or enhanced requirements would be welcome.
During the transition period, the regional network will continue to be managed on behalf of Janet by EMMAN. Ian Griffiths and EMMAN colleagues are working to ensure a continued high level of serviceand a smooth transition.The contact points for EMMAN services remain unchanged until the end of 2013.
Further Information
Janet is here to help you. If you have questions about the procurement or about the transition to Janet operation, please contact John Littledale, Janet Programme Manager.
We would also encourage you to join the Janet East Midlands community group, to stay up to date with developments & latest news. The community group is
Janet regional stakeholder groups will be established in due course to ensure that the regional network continues to meet requirements for the communities we serve, now and in the future. For further details of the stakeholder groups, please contact your Janet Customer Engagement Manager, Robert Prabucki.
Contact details
Robert Prabucki
Customer Engagement Manager
East Midlands and East of England
01235 822 226
0781 665 4409
John Littledale
Programme Manager for the EMMAN transition and procurement
01235 822 303
07795 238376
Ian Griffiths
Executive Director
EMMAN Ltd
0115 848 8534