This has been well received by the user community, a number of enhancements have already been incorporated as a result of feedback received. Representatives from several institutions attend at various sites around the country. The theme of this meeting was H.323 and IP based videoconferencing. There was strong feedback requesting that more work be undertaken, as a mater of priority, in the area of H.323 and IP videoconferencing. In the previous report, we covered the provision of additional access capacity to improve the performance of the cache grouping located at the University of Manchester.
Plans are in hand to organise courses for the remainder of the year.
Continued and improved liaison with the community in the form of publications, user groups, regular workshops etc. Delegates were keen to see more work taking place in the area of security and were pleased to hear that JISC had commissioned work in the area of site security policies. A representative of the University of Bath gave a popular talk on how they enforced reasonable behaviour on the network. The delegates appreciated the programme of events and the excellent talks given by the speakers. Due to the fact that September is now a busy month for most institutions with terms beginning earlier it has been decided to hold this event in July in future.