WARP News (July 2006)

Welcome to the latest update of the WARP Toolbox (July 2006), if you wish to view previous news from the Toolbox visit News archive. The following news items provide an update on the progress of the WARP programme:

• There is now a WARP Newsletter mailing list, through which an occasional newsletter will be distributed announcing important updates about the WARP programme. To sign up for future newsletters send a blank e-mail to The first newsletter can be viewed here.

• Avius Experience have kindly offered to provide a download facility for the FWA software and a site to collect together the FWA guidance material (Video clips, Handbook etc). This is presently only available to registered WARPs using the FWA software. Further news of this partnership will be announced soon. The company is also offering a support contract to WARPs using FWA. For futher details contact NB. NISCC do not favour one supplier over another and encourage other suppliers who may want to support FWA to offer similar services.

What's new in the Toolbox

The main changes to this Toolbox release are as follows:

• New items and downloads are now flagged *NEW*. These will be reviewed regularly and unflagged as appropriate.

• The WARP Register has been updated and the format improved.

• The Audit report on LCWARP and SKWARP has now been published in the Governance section.

• A new WARP Registration Form has been provided, based on feedback and should be simpler to complete.

• A case study written by Dr Bob Askwith, Senior Lecturer at John Moores University Liverpool describes his experience in setting up a WARP.

• The Marketing section has been updated with new flyers and articles written by third parties such as ENISA and UKERNA.

• Most email addresses in the Toolbox are now images with no click-throughs to reduce the incidence of SPAM

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