Cloud Computing
ISC helps facilitate, coordinate and provide secure, optimal IT-related capabilities/alternatives (in-house and external) to the Penn Community, from a portfolio of trusted vendors, that leverage the advantages of Cloud Computing (scalable, elastic, shared, metered by use and accessible through the internet) and the power of the Penn Community to get the most favorable rates, products and services. Cloud services fall into the following defined set of categories: Compute/Processing/High performance computing, Storage, Collaboration/Communication/Office/Productivity, Platform Services and Single purpose solutions.
Cloud Brokering and Consulting Service: ISC proactively manages the portfolio of trusted vendors by developing relationships and negotiating enterprise-wide agreements with leading cloud-computing providers. Such agreements provide protections and advantages that are not available under most providers’ standard usage terms. Individuals and organizations working with Penn data are encouraged to use providers with whom Penn has negotiated agreements. ISC also provides expertise to individuals, departments, and Schools exploring these rapidly evolving and highly flexible cloud-based computing options.
Compute/Processing/High Performance Computing & Storage Solutions
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Amazon Web Services (AWS): Penn has established a master services agreement with Amazon for use of Amazon Web Services (AWS). AWS includes over two dozen cloud-related services, including their popular elastic computing (EC2) and storage (EBS) capabilities.
ISC Private Cloud: ISC offers an easy-to-use compute service that allows faculty and staff provision virtual machines and buy storage called Penn Cloud. This provides an option for schools and centers to keep their computing infrastructure on Penn-managed, locally hosted equipment in order to address regulatory requirements, as well as provides value-add services such as patching, administration, security management, etc. in future phases.
Collaboration / Communication / Productivity / Office & Storage Solutions
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Google Apps Services: ISC has entered into an agreement with Google to provide Google Apps for Education for faculty, staff and students at participating Schools. The Google Apps agreement includes a suite of email and collaboration tools including Google Calendar, Docs, Sites, Groups, and Contacts customized especially for Penn students providing strong for security and privacy assurances.
ISC Secure Space : Flexible and scalable web-based file storage and collaboration space for internal and external collaboration.
Penn + Box: ISC has entered into an agreement with Internet2 to provide the University Community with a secure collaboration tool to store, manage and share content online.
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Office 365 (Coming soon): ISC is in the process of negotiating a Univeristy wide to provide Office 365 for Education for Schools and Centers wishing to utilize the service. The agreement will include a suite of email and collaboration tools customized for Penn, providing strong for security and privacy assurances.
Single Purpose Solutions
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ISC Secure Share (file sharing): An easy-to-use tool that allows faculty and staff to share sensitive data with designated faculty or staff. The data, accessed via PennKey and password, is stored for up to 30 days.
For general information on cloud services, visit the Cloud Computing site.
