Cloud Computing

Description

Google Cloud Platform (GCP) is a public cloud platform that provides solutions and services such as virtual machines, database instances, storage, and more. GCP is offered through an agreement with Burwood Group.

  • GCP Compute Engine provides resizable compute capacity in the cloud. VMs can be quickly provisioned in a variety of CPU/memory configurations and operating systems.
  • Google Cloud Storage provides fully redundant data storage infrastructure for storing and retrieving any amount of data, at any time, from anywhere on the Web.
  • Network and project security

Amazon Web Services (AWS) is a public cloud platform that provides solutions and services such as virtual machines, database instances, storage, and more. AWS is offered under the Internet2 NET+ service agreement through DLT Solutions, Inc.

  • AWS Elastic Compute Cloud (EC2) provides resizable compute capacity in the cloud. VMs can be quickly provisioned in a variety of CPU/memory configurations and operating systems.
  • AWS S3 (Simple Storage Service) provides fully redundant data storage infrastructure for storing and retrieving any amount of data, at any time, from anywhere on the Web.
  • AWS Glacier is an extremely low-cost storage service that provides secure and durable storage for data archiving and backup.
Who Has Access

UMKC faculty and staff

Cost

Prices vary based on usage. 

Additional Resources

UMKC Cloud Computing information

 
GCP Project Registration

Service Offerings (1)

GCP Project Registration
Google Cloud Platform Project Registration