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Janet, The UK government-funded research and education network, has unveiled a framework of eight of the world’s leading cloud and data centre suppliers in the first dedicated procurement framework of its kind.
The framework is offering colocation through to cloud infrastructure services, which will be available to every organisation with a Janet network connection. In conjunction with the recently formed JANET Brokerage service, the organisation claims it will help drive the use of cloud computing across the UK, as well as saving time and money.
Dan Perry, head of strategic business at Janet, said: “We’ve managed to establish a framework that is agile enough for everyone on the Janet network, in a remarkably short space of time.“
So far, five IT suppliers have been named – Dell, Eduserv, HP, Liberata and Logicalis and Janet said it is already in discussions with a number of universities and public sector bodies keen to use the framework.
“Institutions are queuing up to use it, with our support, to help them move to cloud computing and datacentres,” Perry added.
Janet commented that the nature and provision of cloud services will change over time, and the scope of this framework enables suppliers to evolve their products to continually provide the latest technologies available.
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