Biography
Neil is a Project Manager at Janet. Having completed a degree in Computer Science at Swansea University, he joined Janet in 2002 (then UKERNA) as part of the Applied Network Services Group. Neil moved into the Connections Management team in 2004 where he spent 3 years as a Customer and Connections Advisor. During this time Neil has also played a key role in the development and operation of the Janet Lightpath Service, and has experience in managing Janet's external peering processes. In 2007 Neil was promoted to Project Manager and began managing the procurement and rollout of regional network infrastructure, a role which involved successfully re-procuring the EastERN (previously EastNET), WMRN (previously MidMAN) and South West (previously SWERN) regions, as well as playing a key role in the establishment of the Janet/N3 gateway. In 2010 Neil was formally transferred into the Network Planning and Project Group, where his current role is that of Lead Project Manager for the procurement and rollout of Janet6.
Abstract
Janet6 Project
Janet6 represents the largest project Janet has undertaken in its 28-year history, and after signing fibre and equipment contracts in the Summer of 2012 work to build and commission the new network will be approaching completion by the time of Networkshop41. In this session, Jeremy Sharp will begin by giving an overview of the Janet6 programme of work, why we needed a new network and how Janet went about gathering the requirements for that network. Rob Evans will describe how those requirements were translated through to a network design during the process of competitive dialogue with potential suppliers. Mark Corney of SSET will then relate how that design led to the construction of a national fibre network. Simon Allder of Ciena will describe how Janet's requirements and specifications led to the design of the transmission equipment on Janet6. Neil Shewry will then outline some of the challenges that have been overcome during the building of Janet6 before Jeremy Sharp concludes the presentation with a look at how Janet sees the network developing over the coming years.
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