Many Rice faculty and staff want to continue working on complex tasks when they are away from their office or lab, which requires some sass–not in their attitude, but for their devices. Delivering software to a device only when and while it is needed is called Software as a Service, or SaaS. Other cloud services delivered on-demand include Platforms as a Service (PaaS) and Infrastructure as a Service (IaaS). Using one physical device to control another is known as remote control access, but if the device being manipulated remotely is a virtual computer, then that virtual device is considered Hardware as a Service (HaaS).
As part of bringing cloud services to campus, IT evaluated and facilitated SaaS tools requested by Rice departments (see below). Contact Barry Ribbeck to begin the risk assessment process for cloud services for your department.
Rice Cloud Services
- ACS – In Control – Athletics Compliance
- Amazon Web Services (AWS) Cloud Services – IT Testing and Training (IaaS and PaaS)
- Backstop – Financial Management
- Backupify – Backup solution for Google Calendar and Contacts
- Box – Collaborative file sharing and work flow
- CampusPress by EduBlogs – Jones School blog service (In Progress)
- Concur – Travel Management
- Convey – Rice Controller
- Digital Measures – Jones School Faculty Reporting
- EduRoam – International wireless authentication
- Evisions – Cayuse grant mgmt.
- Google Apps for Education
- IRB networks (Protection of human and animal subjects)
- LawLogix – I9 for HR 1099 management
- Mezeo (private cloud) Storage
- MIR3 – Emergency Communications
- Panopto – Video for Jones School
- Peopleworks – HR
- Piazza (In Progress) Course comm. – Sakai integration
- Qualtrics – Survey tool
- Schipul – Web CMS hosting services
- Technolutions – Slate – Admissions
- Terra Dotta – Study Abroad
- WCOnline – TwentySix LLC – Scheduling app
- Zoom – Video Conferencing