CloudBank Research provides a flexible, multi-cloud infrastructure

“Our development team needs managed services to support cloud hosting for our post-disaster housing recovery platform. CloudBank provides access to AWS with exceptional flexibility and support which has enabled us to focus on the design and functionality of our platform, allowing us to tackle the perplexing problem of matching resources to need in the days and months following disaster. The CloudBank team has provided exceptional guidance with administrative challenges that could have slowed our development and weakened our ability to make an impact.”

— Joshua Behr, Old Dominion University Research Professor and CIMA Lead

For Educators

CloudBank Classroom is a lightweight, cloud-hosted JupyterHub

“CloudBank makes it very easy for new learners to start computing on their own as all of the course materials are accessed through a browser window with no installation. Having a CloudBank Juptyer hub is helping to put community college education on the same foundation as UC Berkeley with the same infrastructure for interactive computing.”

— Eric Van Dusen, UC Berkeley College of Computing, Data Science and Society Outreach Lead

Please see our Cloud 101 videos for questions about whether CloudBank is right for you.

BENEFITS

No cost

NSF sponsors access to commercial cloud resources through ACCESS and the NAIRR Pilot for researchers and educators.

Consulting and helpdesk support

Experts are available to help estimate costs, onboard, and troubleshoot issues.

Facilitated cloud access and account management

Cloud accounts are provisioned quickly, allow log in to cloud consoles with familiar credentials, and share access with collaborators.

Multiple clouds

Researchers can explore and access multiple clouds to find the right services with CloudBank's pay by use charge model.

Monitoring and resource usage optimization

Spending is monitored across multiple clouds and triggers automated email balance alerts. Cost optimization recommendations detect unused or underutilized resources.

Curated training materials

CloudBank training videos and curated cloud training materials help researchers get started with cloud services.