The Internet2 NET+ AWS program is both a community-driven and crafted vehicle for contracting AWS and an active professional peer community that meets regularly to learn from each other and industry experts, share and document best practices, and innovate to advance the research and educational missions of their institutions.
Many Internet2 member and non-member institutions take advantage of this service offering. If your institution is one of them then this wiki will provide details on how to make the most of your participation in the program by interacting with AWS staff and peers from other subscribing institutions.
There are now two options for the NET+ AWS contract, the longtime contract with TD SYNNEX (formerly DLT) and a new contract with Four Points Technology. Both agreements provide a number of contractual and operational benefits designed for the needs of the research and education community.
Some of the benefits common to both include:
To all members, Internet2 also provides:
This program is open to all Internet2 higher education, affiliate and federal affiliate members as well as non-member US higher education institutions. If you are looking for details on how to join the program, please click Sign Up on the NET+ AWS webpage or email netplus@internet2.edu and ask about NET+ AWS.
Find answers to your questions about the NET+ AWS program, NIH STRIDES, and links to the resellers' documentation on the NET+ AWS Frequently Asked Questions page.
For more information about your NET+ AWS contracting options email netplus@internet2.edu and ask about NET+ AWS.
Learn how to reach AWS Direct Connect using Cloud Connect, leveraging Internet2 and your regional’s infrastructure to allow shared, dedicated Layer 2 and Layer 3 access with up to 5Gbps of connectivity.
NET+ AWS subscribers pay an annual program fee to support the management of the contracts, the reseller relationships, the program maintenance, and the community activities. The NET+ Cloud Infrastructure Community Program opens the door to the benefits of the NET+ AWS program and is a requirement for subscribing to the program. For pricing details visit the NET+ Infrastructure and Platform Services Annual Access Fees page.
A key benefit of the NET+ AWS program for subscribing institutions is participating in the Cloud Infrastructure Community Program. Any member of a subscribing institution's community is eligible to join. In addition to an email discussion list, we host a series of regular events for program subscribers. They include:
Internet2 aggregates community usage data to provide subscribers with unique campus-internal insights and community-wide comparisons.
A fundamental function of the NET+ program is to gather the information all institutions do for their due diligence work prior to acquiring an IT service. A group of peer institutions gather for a service evaluation and pilot program. Below are some of the assets gathered for the NET+ AWS Service Evaluation.
NET+ AWS Portal Identity Guidance - For end user self service AWS account requests
Higher Education Cloud Vendor Assessment Tool (HECVAT) - contact your AWS account manager. If you don't know who that is, reach out to NET+ AWS Program Manager, Bob Flynn (bflynn@internet2.edu) and he will connect you.
The NET+ AWS program is managed by an Internet2 program manager with the support of the NET+ AWS Service Advisory Board.
NET+ AWS Service Advsiory Board netplus-aws-campus-advisory@internet2.edu
All users of AWS are encouraged to join the AWS Community Channel in the Educause Cloud Computing Community Group Slack. See the Higher Ed Cloud Community page for instructions to join.
Speaking of community, did you know about the Cloud Wiki? This was created specifically for YOU, members of the higher education cloud community to collaborate with each other. See a listing of the cloud websites and strategy statements of peer institutions. Are you drafting a new cloud position description? Log in to see a Cloud Job descriptions page and contribute your knowledge!
Looking to share your latest Terraform config? Add it to the Cloud Wiki Helpful GitHub Repos list or email bflynn@internet2.edu to request access and create a repo in the Community Cloud Config GitHub organization.