Microsoft has set up a commercial package with high discounts, which is only available in this context. In addition, COMPAREX has fixed prices for many relevant Microsoft Azure products and offers customers prices at the February 2017 level for the duration of the framework until January 1, 2021. High discounts that are only available under this framework agreement Through a European cooperation with GÉANT covers the framework infrastructure, including Compute, Storage & Network offers a range of attractive, tailor-made and price-based cloud computing solutions for science. Specialized and independent advice on the benefits of options under Microsoft Azure and AWS agreements, as well as availability options In addition to IaaS framework contract providers, a number of other providers offer preferential offers for R&D users` consumption below the tender threshold. For more information, see Preferential Quotation Fact Sheet. The AWS Research Cloud program helps you focus on science, not servers, and ensures that your data and research budget are safe in the AWS Cloud. Sign up to download the AWS Researcher`s Cloud Handbook, which also contains everything you need to know about acquiring through the GÉANT framework from our partners. Learn how research is evolving in the cloud – watch customer videos and read researchers` stories. Organizations that wish to use the GÉANT framework must sign the GÉANT Access Agreement form before Jisc can provide contact information and price lists to cloud providers. GÉANT and your NREN (National Research and Education Network) can provide purchasing and technical advisory services to their member institutions and assist in the establishment of contracts within the framework of individual institutions. This means that your institution does not need to invest time and resources in complex purchases. The HEAnet cloud framework is based on the first digital single market for cloud services launched by the European association GÉANT.

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