Categories
infrastructure Sustainability

Jisc Digital Sustainability Newsletter #5

Welcome to the fifth edition of the Jisc Digital Sustainability Newsletter! Each month we delve into the latest news, trends, and insights at the intersection of technology and environmental sustainability. If you haven’t already, be sure to subscribe to our DIGITAL-SUSTAINABILITY JiscMail mailing list to be notified about the release of future editions of the Digital Sustainability […]

Categories
infrastructure

The end of Windows 10. Are you prepared?

It has been over a year since Microsoft announced that Windows 10 will no longer be supported after 14 October 2025. After this time all Windows devices should be running Windows 11, however there are technical requirements which prevent some older devices from doing so. During this time Jisc has undertaken infrastructure reviews across the […]

Categories
infrastructure Sustainability

Jisc Digital Sustainability Newsletter #4

Welcome to the fourth edition of the Jisc Digital Sustainability Newsletter! Each month we delve into the latest news, trends, and insights at the intersection of technology and environmental sustainability. If you haven’t already, be sure to subscribe to our DIGITAL-SUSTAINABILITY JiscMail mailing list to be notified about the release of future editions of the […]

Categories
infrastructure Sustainability

Jisc Digital Sustainability Newsletter #3

Welcome to the third edition of the Jisc Digital Sustainability Newsletter! Each month we delve into the latest news, trends, and insights at the intersection of technology and environmental sustainability. If you haven’t already, be sure to subscribe to our DIGITAL-SUSTAINABILITY JiscMail mailing list to be notified about the release future editions of the Digital […]

Categories
infrastructure Sustainability

Jisc Digital Sustainability Newsletter #2

Welcome to the eagerly anticipated second edition of the Jisc Digital Sustainability Newsletter where each month we explore the latest news, trends and insights in the intersection between technology and environmental sustainability.   Be sure to subscribe to our DIGITAL-SUSTAINABILITY JiscMail mailing list to be notified about the release future editions of the Digital Sustainability Newsletter.    […]

Categories
infrastructure Sustainability

Jisc Digital Sustainability Newsletter #1

Welcome to the very first edition of the Jisc Digital Sustainability Newsletter. Each month we’ll be your guide through the latest news, trends and insights in the intersection of sustainability and digital technology. Digital Sustainability at Jisc: Here’s a quick update on some of the digital sustainability support projects currently underway at Jisc: Launch of […]

Categories
infrastructure

Planning the higher-level documentation for your disaster recovery plan.

Should your organisation choose to produce their business continuity management system using the ISO 22301 standard for either accreditation (as required by the Department for Education, education and skills funding contract requirements) or for compliance then it would make sense to use the same standard to guide the production of your disaster recovery management system […]

Categories
infrastructure

Introduction to Business continuity, a model that applies to Disaster Recovery planning.

This is the first of a series of related blogs posts, more to follow soon.  Business continuity and disaster recovery planning is essential to ensuring the organisation can recover from an effect that impacts the business delivery processes.  Business continuity planning is a senior leadership responsibility as it should have contingencies for all functional areas […]

Categories
infrastructure Sustainability

AI and Sustainability: weighing up the environmental pros and cons of machine intelligence technology.

The world is currently facing an unprecedented environmental crisis, and as such, the need for sustainable and innovative technologies has become more pressing than ever. One technology that holds immense promise and concern in equal measure is Artificial Intelligence (AI). You might be surprised to learn that I did not write the opening sentence of […]

Categories
infrastructure

IT support staff retention

Many colleges and universities have been experiencing difficulty in retaining their experienced and valued IT support staff. And with staff recruitment ever more challenging it’s become a priority to retain an IT support center’s most valuable asset, their support staff. Strategic asset While conducting over 150 infrastructure reviews and talking to IT teams all over […]