8K Miles' Response to RFP - NCPA

8KMiles will provide a comprehensive set of cloud computing services for Region 14 and NCPA
member organizations. As an Amazon Web Services (AWS) Advanced Consulting Partner,
8KMiles provides a comprehensive suite of Amazon Cloud Services as defined in subsections
5.1–5.10, through our AWS resell agreement. These sections describe AWS offerings, as defined
by AWS, and identify 8KMiles value added services, where applicable. 8KMiles also provides
cloud consulting, migration, and engineering implementation services as defined in subsection
5.11. 8KMiles provides unique cloud product solutions as defined in subsections 5.12–5.16.
8KMiles can tailor each of these services to the specific application and task order requirements
issued under this contract. For the following subsections, we followed the suggested ordered list
of product and service categories in the RFP and included our additional capabilities as added
categories at the end of Tab 5.
Amazon Elastic Compute Cloud (Amazon EC2) is a web service that provides resizable compute
capacity in the cloud. It is designed to make web-scale computing easier for Region 14 and
NCPA members. Amazon EC2’s simple web service interface allows Region 14 and NCPA
members to obtain and configure capacity with minimal effort. It provides Region 14 and NCPA
members with complete control of their computing resources and the ability to run their
applications on Amazon’s proven computing environment. Amazon EC2 reduces the time
required to obtain and boot new server instances from days or hours to minutes, allowing Region
14 and NCPA members to quickly scale capacity, both up and down, as their computing
requirements change. Amazon EC2 changes the economics of computing by allowing Region 14
and NCPA members to pay only for capacity that they actually use. Amazon EC2 provides the
tools to build failure resilient applications and isolate themselves from common failure scenarios.
The AWS platform and 8KMiles solutions offer the following key features:
• Secure –Depending on the level of security required, there are three AWS cloud
environments that Region 14 and NCPA members can use to host applications:
1. The AWS classic environment is a quick and easy-to-use environment for trials. It is
meant for applications such as demo environments where security is not a concern.
2. The Virtual Private Cloud (VPC) environment is a private and secure environment
that provides network isolation for every customer and allows customers to host
controlled unclassified data.
3. The AWS GovCloud (US) allows US government agencies and customers to move
more sensitive workloads into the cloud by addressing their specific regulatory and
compliance requirements. The AWS GovCloud (US) framework adheres to US
International Traffic in Arms Regulations (ITAR) requirements.
Table 1 shows the security features offered by AWS for each of the cloud environments offered.