Good things to know before applying for a new cloud service

Applications for a new cloud service at UiO are assessed comprehensively. How can you save time and effort for both you and UiO?

This blog post is a continuation of "What is cloud computing, and why do we need to care"

Nothing available at UiO seems promising?

Decorative image of checkpoints of cloud services.
Illustration foto: Colourbox.com

Then you need to apply for a new cloud service to get it approved for use at UiO. However, unless a service meets the relevant requirements, there would be almost no chance that the service is going to be approved. For example, at the moment the fact that the service provider’s, or their sub-contractors' server resides in the U.S. means an immediate “NO”, due to so called "Schrems II decision".

To save your time and effort, keeping the following super important points in mind before you do further search for cloud services is a good idea:

The following page provides a short summary of these key points: «Hvordan kan man enklest mulig skli gjennom nåløyet?»

You found a new service that seems to satisfy your purpose and the key points above; what is the application process like?

Despite a service at least seems to satisfy the important points above, careful inspection and assessment may reveal that the service actually is not in line with necessary requirements. Therefore, we need a thorough process to assess the service and its provider before we can approve it and get it ready for use at UiO.

You can take a look at the following pages to get an idea that how the process is like as well as how the applications are assessed.

Please note that we have quite limited resources, especially that of legal advisers. So a thorough risk-and-vulnerability analysis of a new service by you and your department would help not only yourself but also the others at UiO. Remember that all the applications need to be informed to the leadership at your department or faculty and be supported by them.

Please contact us and your local IT staff for further help

We in the TASK group receive applications for new cloud services and do the first screening, described at 3A shown at the “whole process” page. If you have any questions or anything is unclear, please feel free to contact to usit-cloud@usit.uio.no.

Av Naoe Tatara, Anne Schad Bergsaker
Publisert 25. jan. 2022 15:45 - Sist endret 4. jan. 2023 16:15
sju mennesker

En blogg for deg som er interessert i IT-verktøy og datahåndtering, samt informasjon om, og erfaringer fra, forskningsprosjekter hvor bruk av IT inngår som en sentral del, enten det dreier seg om kvalitative eller kvantitative metoder/forskningsspørsmål.