8K Miles' Response to RFP - NCPA

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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.
Classic VPC GovCloud Logical Server and application isolation X X X Granular information access policy X X X Logical network isolation X X Physical server isolation X X Government only physical network and facility isolation X ITAR compliant (US persons only access) X Sample work loads Public-facing applications, web sites, Dev/Test, etc. Financial, HR, ERP, CRM applications ITAR- Compliant and Government- Specific Apps • Elastic – Amazon EC2 enables Region 14 and NCPA members to increase or decrease capacity within minutes, not hours or days. Region 14 and NCPA members can commission one, hundreds, or even thousands of server instances simultaneously. Since this is all controlled with web service APIs, the application can automatically scale itself up and down depending on its needs. • Completely Controlled – Region 14 and NCPA members have complete control of their instances. They have root access to each instance, and can interact with them as they would any machine. They can stop an instance while retaining the data on a boot partition and then subsequently restart the same instance using web service APIs. Instances can be rebooted remotely using web service APIs. Region 14 and NCPA members also have access to console output of their instances. • Flexible – Region 14 and NCPA members have the choice of multiple instance types, operating systems, and software packages. Amazon EC2 allows Region 14 and NCPA members to select a configuration of memory, CPU, instance storage, and the boot partition size that is optimal for their choice of operating system and application. For example, their choice of operating systems includes numerous Linux distributions and Microsoft Windows Server. Designed for use with other Amazon Web Services, Amazon EC2 works in conjunction with Amazon Simple Storage Service (Amazon S3), Amazon Relational Database Service (Amazon RDS), Amazon SimpleDB, and Amazon Simple Queue Service (Amazon SQS) to provide a complete solution for computing, query processing, and storage across a wide range of applications. • Reliable – Amazon EC2 offers a highly reliable environment where replacement instances can be rapidly and predictably commissioned. The service runs within
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