Welcome to the NET+ Kion Program!
The Internet2 NET+ Kion Program is open to: a higher education member of Internet2, an affiliate member of Internet2, a non-profit institution of higher education in the United States, a K-12 educational institution, library, museum, any other not-for-profit organization in the United States that in Internet2’s reasonable judgement has or facilitates a research or educational mission, any other Person mutually agreed to by the Parties, or Internet2. This wiki page provides an overview on how to make the most of your program participation by sharing details on service documentation, upcoming events, latest Service Advisory Group news, and other community resources.
If you are looking for further details on how to join the program, or adopt the latest version of the NET+ Customer Agreement, please email netplus@internet2.edu for next steps.
Service Documentation
- Accessibility:
- VPAT (available upon request)
- Identity:
- Information Security:
- HECVAT (Available upon request. Email sales@kion.io)
- Kion Privacy Policy
- Contract and Pricing:
- Email netplus@internet2.edu for info on contract terms & pricing
Community Resources
Kion Service Release Notes (Requires local login. Create a free account from login page.)
Blog Posts and Announcements
Blog:
Press Release:
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.
| 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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Send Feedback or Submit a Feature Request:
The NET+ Kion Program Manager reviews and prioritizes community feature requests on a quarterly basis and submits them to Kion product leadership. Feature requests may be submitted using this form.
NET+ Kion Early Adopter Group
- James Bennett, Indiana University
- Matthew Rich, Northwestern University
- Jamal Tate, Penn State University
- Mark Ratliff, Princeton University
- Tim Champ, University of Maryland - Baltimore County
- Todd Haddaway, University of Maryland - Baltimore County
- John Pratt, Old Dominion University
Shruthi Sreenivasa Murthy, St. Louis University
- Maureen Donlin, St. Louis University
- Joseph Rafferty, Texas A&M University
- Tim Morgan, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
- Dean Dang, University of Illinois - Chicago
- Mike Gosz, Illinois Institute of Technology
- Brad Kaufman, University of Minnesota - Carlson School of Management
- Ray Boatwright, University of Maryland - Applied Research Laboratory for Intelligence and Security (ARLIS)
- Richard Robledo, University of Illinois - Health
- Trevor Day, University of California - Irvine
- Shava Smallen, University of California - San Diego
- Nidhi Yadav, Internet2 (staff support)
- Randy Shore, Kion (partner liaison)
NET+ Kion Service Evaluation Participants
- Penn State University (sponsor)
- Loyola Marymount University
- University of Washington
- University of Maryland Baltimore County
- University of Chicago
- University of Maryland
- University of Minnesota
- Northwestern University
- Princeton University
- Texas A&M University
- Indiana University
- Carnegie Mellon University
- Internet2
If you're interested in getting involved in the Early Adopters group, please email netplus@internet2.edu.
NET+ Kion Program Manager: Nidhi Yadav nyadav@internet2.edu
- For inquiries to the NET+ Program Manager, Service Advisory Group, the Service Management team, or any subscribing peer institutions, please reach out to netplus@internet2.edu.
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Latest Program Activities & Updates
Program Newsletters
NET+ Kion Program newsletters are issued quarterly and emailed to all Program Subscribers. Newsletters include updates from the Community, Advisory Group, Kion, NET+, and beyond. Missed the latest issue? Reach out to us and we'll forward one your way. Please also send us an email to get on the mailing list and ensure you receive newsletters going forward.
Past Events
Program Benefits
If you are interested in learning about the benefits of the NET+ Kion program, please check out our website (Kion).