Ministry of Electronics & Information Technology (MeitY) Secretary launched ERNET India’s newly developed integrated web portal for educational institutes in the country.
- The portal will offer domain registration, DNS and value-added services viz. Website as a Service (WaaS) and Learning Management as a Service (LMaaS).
Website as a Service (WaaS)
- Website as a Service (WaaS) is a way of managing a website by subscribing to it as a service through technical updates or an entire package managed by someone outside of your organization.
- In The Website as a Service (WaaS) model is a distribution model in which a service provider offers websites to customers as a service.
- This means that monitoring, maintenance, and technical updates are managed by someone else as part of a monthly plan.
- In addition, Website as a Service providers typically offer a range of templates and designs that businesses can choose from, which can further reduce the time and cost of website development.
- The WaaS model is designed to allocate most of the mental bandwidth away from the end-user. This includes installing and paying for web hosting, web design and plugins, and making sure the website is up to date, secure and performs well.
ERNET India
- ERNET India is an autonomous scientific society under the administrative control of Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology.
- Focus of ERNET India is not limited to just providing connectivity, but to meet the entire needs of the academic and research institutions.
- ERNET India is serving more than 1300 institutions in various sectors, namely, health, agriculture, higher education, schools and science & technology.
- ERNET was also identified by Govt. of India as the nodal network for India and was connected through high-speed link to the pan-European Education and Research Network (GEANT)during 2006 to 2010. The ERNET-GEANT connectivity is now available through Trans Eurasia Information Network (TEIN3).
