Services offered 2012/13 - Sunderland Learning Hub

Core Network -• Private leased Circuit - Dedicated, superior availability, guaranteed max speed(10mb Non Secondary, 100mb Secondary)• New High speed 1GBps internet connection• Safe Internet – Web Filtering (Provided to BSF schools by third party)• Secure – Central Firewall• Provision to transport CCTV to remote monitoring facility• Provision to transport boiler management control to remote location• Internet Access• Connection to the JANET *network• Access to the Council Intranet• Access to the SAP Finance system• Access to SAP printing• Secure file transfer area for exchange of data between the LA and schools.• Licensed enterprise anti-virus product for deployment to desktops and servers(Provided to BSF schools by third party)• Monitoring of the network for faults and performance• Helpdesk 9 hours/ 5 days a week*What and who is JANET ? …JANET is the network dedicated to the needs of education and research in the UK. Itconnects the UK’s education and research organisations to each other, as well as to the rest of the world through links tothe global Internet. The JANET network connects UK universities, FE Colleges, Research Councils, Specialist Collegesand Adult and Community Learning providers. It also provides connections between the Regional Broadband Consortia tofacilitate the DfE initiative for a national schools’ network. Over 18 million end-users are currently served by the JANETnetwork….See this link http://webarchive.ja.net/about/index.htmlOptional – All of the below are optional but require the Core Network option• E-mail Services - Provision for “@schools.sunderland.gov.uk” E-mail.This service will be initially for Staff only. As part of the Curriculum,pupils will have the ability to use a generic account for training. It isalso intended to extend this service to have the option to include fullemail accounts for pupils during 2012. We are going to be radical ……Radically change the way we offer e-mail; working with our longstanding partners we’ll be offering a Microsoft service to all teachersand pupils. The Council will work with you to deploy, migrate and gainthe most use of this service. This is likely to the first of many servicesoffered in partnership and in many cases at no additional cost byworking in partnership with Microsoft. What’s more you’ll be able tohave your own school e-mail address and benefit from the very best insafeguarding and security features.• Remote Access – Access to School IT Systems from home etc.This service will be initially for Staff only.The service provides access to the Schools Network and allows staff toaccess systems and applications.• E-mail Support Services – Support for Schools hosting their own E-mail i.e.Mail routing, Anti-Spam & Anti-Virus.• Sunderland Schools VLE* – Access to the Sunderland Schools VLE59