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'''UKERNA''' (United Kingdom Education and Research Networking Association) is the trading name for '''JNT Association''', a non-profit company funded by [[JISC]] to manage and develop the UK national research network backbone'''JANET''', a computer network connecting the research and educational organizations in UK as well as the research and education networks in other Europe, United States and the Far East.<ref>[http://www.bbc.co.uk/dna/h2g2/alabaster/A6227417 bbc.co.uk]</ref> UKERNA is also known as '''JANET (UK)'''.
'''UKERNA''' (United Kingdom Education and Research Networking Association) is the trading name for '''JNT Association''', a non-profit company funded by [[JISC]] to manage and develop the UK national research network backbone. UKERNA is also known as '''JANET (UK)'''.
==History==
==History==
On December 10, 1993, the Higher Education Funding Councils for England, Scotland and Wales and the Office of Science and Technology formed the '''JNT Association''',a not-for-profit company funded by JISC traded as UKERNA. Its primary responsibility is to develop and manage JANET and work under a service level agreement with JISC which ensures that the network will be developed and operated with the education, learning and research community in mind.<ref>[http://www.bbc.co.uk/dna/h2g2/alabaster/A6227417 www.bbc.co.uk]</ref>
On December 10, 1993, the Higher Education Funding Councils for England, Scotland and Wales and the Office of Science and Technology formed the '''JNT Association''',a not-for-profit company funded by JISC traded as UKERNA. Its primary responsibility is to develop and manage JANET and work under a service level agreement with JISC which ensures that the network will be developed and operated with the education, learning and research community in mind.<ref>[http://www.bbc.co.uk/dna/h2g2/alabaster/A6227417 www.bbc.co.uk]</ref>
==Mission==
The company's mission is to provide an outstanding and distinctive communication and information services to the UK's research, education, training and cultural communities.<ref>[http://www.ja.net/documents/company/corporate-plan-2010.pdf Mission]</ref>
==JANET Network==
==JANET Network==
'''JANET (Joint Academic Network)''' is a computer network connecting the research and educational organizations in UK as well as the research and education networks in Europe, United States and the Far East. It was created in 1984 to bring together several regional academic networks run by various universities, research organisations and computer centers to facilitate better communications. It was built with an initial speed of 9.6 kbps with connections to around 50 sites.<ref>[http://www.bbc.co.uk/dna/h2g2/alabaster/A6227417 bbc.co.uk]</ref>
==Super Janet==
The Super Janet backbone is a result of the Janet Network expansion in 1992. Its speed, coverage and reliability increased and established connections to the global internet and to academic networks not just in Europe but also in the US, Japan and China. Super Janet is maintained on a fixed-term contract to keep up with the continuous development of technology.
==Janet Connections==
The Janet Network offers different connections depending on the type of their organizations such as:<ref>[http://www.ja.net/services/connections/types-of-connection.html Janet Connections]</ref>
# Primary Connection
# Sponsored Connection
# Proxy Connection
# Interconnect Connections
==Services==
UKERNA of Janet (UK) provides numerous services to its clients including:<ref>[http://www.ja.net/services/service-listing.html Services]</ref.
# Advisory Services
# Access Grid
# Authentication and Autherization
# Domain Name Registration
# eduroam
# Janet Aurora
# Janet 3G
# Janet Lightpath
# Janet Mail Services
# Janet txt
# Video Services
# Web Services
# Janet Certifice Services
# [[JANET CSIRT]]
# Web Hosting
# Manage Router Service
# Web Content Filtering
==References==
==References==