Cloud Services & Applications

We collaborate with our global research network partners and a large number of content and service providers to deliver cost-effective access to a wide range of cloud-based resources. AARNet's approach is to:

Peer with organisations such as Microsoft, YouTube, Google, Akamai and Amazon Web Services, making content from these entities on-net.

Connect directly with technology companies such as Blackboard, Desire2Learn, Netspot (Moodle) and Ricoh, so that our customers have high-performing on-net access to learning management systems and other cloud services providers.

Partner with vendors such as Box, Panopto and Zoom, to customise enterprise products and services for Australia's research and education community, making them easy for IT managers to deploy and manage. 

Build services, such as the AARNet Mirror, CloudStor and Eduroam, to meet the particular needs of the global research and education community.  

Services are offered to customers under the AARNet+ program, a standard process for the evaluation, integration and ongoing use of cloud services. 

Service	Company	Category
AARNet Connect	AARNet	Network Services for Cloud Service Providers
Amazon Web Services	Amazon	Infrastructure, Platform, System Security as a Service
Azure ExpressRoute	Microsoft	Infrastructure, Platform, System Security as a Service
Box Cloud Content Collaboration	Box	Infrastructure, Platform, System Security as a Service
CloudStor FileSender + Storage Login to CloudStor	AARNet	Infrastructure, Platform, System Security as a Service
Crash Plan Data Protection	Code 42	Infrastructure, Platform, System Security as a Service
Dropbox Business	Dropbox	Infrastructure, Platform, System Security as a Service
Eduroam Global Roaming	AARNet	Identity and Access Management
Mirror	AARNet	Infrastructure, Platform, System Security as a Service
Panopto Video Content Management	Panopto	Video, Voice, and Collaboration as a Service
Unified Communications Exchange	AARNet	Video, Voice, and Collaboration as a Service
West Hosted Telephony	West	Video, Voice, and Collaboration as a Service
Zoom Video Conferencing	Zoom	Video, Voice and Collaboration as a Service

AARNet+ aims to make it easy for the research and education community to connect to cloud services and benefit from large scale shared services.

AARNet has developed the AARNet+ program in collaboration with other National Research and Education Networks (NRENs) around the world. We build partnerships with providers willing to customise their products and services to meet the needs of the research and education community.

The AARNet+ Process

AARNet+ is not a technical solution, it is a process. AARNet+ leverages the high capacity high performing AARNet network and provides a standard process for evaluation, integration and ongoing use of cloud services.

Benefits

• Standardised contracting and service provisioning shared across the sector.
• Customised services for the research and education sector.
• Leverages AARNet’s high bandwidth and low latency network.
• Private point-to-point and multipoint network connections.
• Tested integration with federated authentication systems.

Adding Services to the AARNet+ Program

Both service providers and AARNet customers may enquire about adding new services to the AARNet+ program

Please contact us with questions about the AARNet+ program or if you'd like a product added to the program.