UK Deployments Expand to include UKERNA and JANET – UK’s Research and Education Network

inSORS Unified Collaboration Server to drive IG usage

January 28, 2005

(Oxon, UK) UKERNA, which runs the United Kingdom’s Research network JANET, announces that it will deploy an inSORS Unified Collaboration Server (UCS) to increase the collaboration opportunities for the educational institutions connected to its network. The UCS will serve the fifty-plus inSORS Grid nodes currently deployed throughout the UK’s e-Science’s program. JANET is a private, government-funded network for education and research. All further and higher education organizations are connected to JANET, as are all the Research Councils. UKERNA offers the full range of user services over JANET including e-mail, news feeds and videoconferencing , with supporting network services.

inSORS, based in Chicago, develops, markets, and supports enterprise collaboration software and solutions that enable multiple groups and individuals to collaborate via audio, video, and data modes of interaction. Access Grid and related distributed collaboration technologies are inSORS' sole focus. The inSORS Grid solution provides an innovative conferencing and collaboration software platform. inSORS Grid solutions include client and venue software, documentation and technical support, and a comprehensive range of professional services including installation, network consulting, and training. inSORS also offers custom configurations and private venues.

For more about inSORS and the inSORS Grid, contact Jim Miller at jmiller@insors.com or visit www.insors.com.