Service Evaluation Process
The NET+ Service Evaluation process is a member driven approach to evaluate cloud services to ensure they meet common standards for the research and education community. Kion entered into the NET+ Service Evaluation process in May, 2022 and an agreement was signed in October 2022. Read here about the process that surfaced this innovative product to the community and the work that has been done to launch the newest member of the NET+ portfolio. An October 2022 webinar provided an overview of the service evaluation process and launched this new NET+ offering. Watch the recording and review the slides in the webinar folder.
In March 2023 NET+ Kion early adopters Washington State and Princeton University presented their Kion use cases in a webinar titled Achieving Multi-Cloud Control and the Freedom to Innovate. You can find the recording and presentation slides in the webinar folder. Email netplus@internet2.edu to request documentation to review or to start the procurement process.
Twelve geographically diverse, public and private universities, completed the evaluation of a number of aspects of the Kion offering, with a focus on capabilities provided in their offering and priorities identified by the service evaluation team. These areas included:
- Developed a business model that helps institutions manage budgets and the current economic climate
- Building scalable higher education specific contractual terms and pricing
Status by Category | Status Indicator | % Complete | Status | ||||
Initiation | G | 100% | The service evaluation kicked off on May 11, 2022 | ||||
Functional Assessment | G | 100% | Functional Assessment workgroup began its work on June 2, 2022. The final report and assets are here: | ||||
Security | G | 100% | Security Assessment workgroup began its work in July 2022. Work in progress. The final report is available here: NET+ Kion Security & Compliance Evaluation Summary | ||||
Accessibility | G | 100% | Accessibility Assessment workgroup began its work on July 2022. The final report is available here: NET+ Kion Accessibility Evaluation | ||||
Identity Integration | G | 100% | Identity integration workgroup kicked off in July 2022. Work in progress. The final report is available here: Campus Identity Guidance for NET+ Kion | ||||
Network Integration | G | 100% | Not Applicable | ||||
Business & Legal | G | 100% | Business & Legal workgroup kicked off on July 21, 2022.
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