Private & Public Cloud Services: Compare Options

• Discount on AWS services
• Data egress fee waiver
• Discount on S3 in us-west regions (Except Deep Glacier)

• Spending-based discounts for Cloud Storage and Cloud Engine, in addition to any standard applicable sustained use discounts. See the UC systemwide agreement for details (below).
• Data egress fee waiver.
• Direct agreement between UC and Google including negotiated terms aligned with UC needs and policy. A direct agreement ensures more control for UC than an external agreement that inserts additional parties between UC and Google.

Discount on Azure services

All options allow SSO to your cloud environment via CalNet authentication and two-factor.

All options feature centralized billing. Berkeley IT pays the bill at the end of the month and then recharges customers via Chartstring.

Cloud Security Services via Prisma Cloud This service will work with AWS, Azure, and GCP.

• Security additions like Cloudwatch logs and basic GuardRails to help protect your environment.
• AWS Reserved Instance options with additional discounting and flexible, sub-annual terms.
• Access to solution architects -- AWS staff who can assist with how to use AWS, and provide technical guidance on best practices.

• Security practices are independently verified and certified against global standards.
• BAA terms compliant with the law and UC policy, reviewed and endorsed by UC BAA experts, and applicable to both GCP and the existing UC-wide G-Suite for Education agreement (#UCIMP-0109).
• Access to Google TPUs (10-30x faster than GPUs), and services like AutoML and Cloud ML Engine.

UC has a HIPAA business associate agreement with Microsoft for Azure.

Service Definition for AWS

Google Cloud Platform (GCP)

Microsoft Azure (Azure)

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