An evolution of VsceneTim Boundy, JiscJohn Wilson, AjentaDr Christian Killow, Scottish Universities Physics Alliance (SUPA)
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1. History of Janet Videoconferencing to Vscene2. Major features (and the new browser interface)3. New aims for Vscene4. Divestment or partnership5. Vscene and the Jisc subscription6. The next 12 months7. Introducing Ajenta
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JVCS / Vscene 1994 to 2017>Janet / Jisc service
>Developed and managed by Janet>Delivered and supported by Edinburgh University>Used by HE, Schools, Local authorities, FE, Content providers>The most heavily used NREN videoconferencing service>No charge to Jisc subscribers or schools (DfE funding)>Re-launched as Vscene in July 2014
>60,000 conferences per year>1 Million conferencing hours reached – October 2005>10 Million conferencing hours reached – January 2015
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Who is using Vscene…Registered VC systems by Sector (December 2016 , Total 3230)
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Higher education, 2013, 62%Schools, 571, 18%Content providers, 46, 1%Public sector, 190, 6%NHS, 11, 0%Further education, 182, 6%Research council, 209, 6%Commercial, 43, 1%
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…and what are they doing with it?
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Lecture, 7%Tutorial, 12%Teaching, 14%Research, 3%Admin/Management meeting, 42%Event participation, 2%Training event/Demo, 2%Interview, 2%QA tests, 7%System testing, 9%
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Content providers>Cosford RAF Museum>Killhope Lead Mine>Beamish Open Air Museum>Education Direct >Wolverhampton Art Gallery>National Museums of Liverpool>V&A - Theatre Museum>The Deep>National Coal Mining Museum>Bovington Tank Museum>Chiltern Open Air Museum>National Football Museum>Holocaust Centre>Chambers of Justice>MB Learning Solutions>National Space Centre
>HM Tower of London & Royal Armouries>London Symphony Orchestra >The Wordsworth Trust>The Beacon Museum, Whitehaven>Helmshore Textiles Museum>Lancashire Conservation> Judge’s Lodgings>Virtually University>National Archives >National Maritime Museum>National Portrait Gallery>Natural History Museum >Global Leap>BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra>Churchill Museum and Cabinet War
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Vscene features
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Vscene features>Scheduled conferences (lecture
series)>Virtual rooms (ad hoc meetings)>Recording and streaming >Join by Room VC system, browser
or phone>Live control panel>Invite guests>Live operators in Vscene support
centre>Management by local admins
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New Aims for Vscene 20161. Reduce costs or generate income 2. Produce a product to compete commercially
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Divestment of a Jisc Service>Jisc conducted a competitive dialogue “procurement” process>Searching for a company willing to take on the costs, assets and
opportunity of Vscene>Looking for a longer term commercial partner
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>The service infrastructure>Access to the existing base of
users>Rights to IP of the Vscene
website>The option to charge for the
service>Endorsement (if it meets certain
criteria)
Jisc provides>Service support>Responsibility for the infrastructure>Ongoing development>Route to market(s) and sales
infrastructure>Revenue share with Jisc
Commercial supplier to provide
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The next steps
March 2017 to March 2018>Vscene is a Jisc service,
include for Jisc subscribed institutions
>Jisc funds the support service (provided by Ajenta) for 12 months
>Ajenta develops beta Vscene 2.0 and a commercial model
Phase 1 - Further development March 2018 onwards
>Vscene no longer included within the Jisc Subscription
>Fully Ajenta run service charged to institutions
>Jisc endorsement
Phase 2 - Commercial product
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Take home messages>For users, nothing changes this year (except the
support number)>All scheduled conferences will happen as planned>Ajenta will invite institutions to join Vscene 2.0 >Charges will be introduced in March 2018
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Tim Boundy, JiscJohn Wilson, AjentaDr Christian Killow, Scottish Universities Physics Alliance (SUPA)