COVID-19 Community Teamwork

March 20, 2020

This post will be updated as new community resources are announced.

Added 3/31: InCommon resources: https://incommon.org/news/community-channels-for-pandemic-discussion/

Internet2’s Optimizing Your Home Network for Working and Learning: https://www.internet2.edu/blogs/detail/17602

Pittsburgh Supercomputing Center and other XSEDE resourceshttps://www.xsede.org/covid19-hpc-consortium

Resources from TrustedCI: Recommendations for reducing cybersecurity risk while working remotely

Keeping Regulated Data Secure during the COVID-19 Outbreak

Trusted CI, NSF CI CoE Pilot, and SGCI Offering Priority help to projects tackling COVID-19.  Email covid19@trustedci.org 

Globus:  Effective immediately they are offering access to all Globus features at no cost to every institution engaged in COVID-19 research.  Sign up for free access  ·   Contact Globus customer team

VMware: Now offering a free 90-day trial of Horizon Cloud. https://www.vmware.com/horizon-cloud-on-microsoft-azure-trial.html

VMware:  Now offering a free 90-day trial of Workspace One. https://www.air-watch.com/lp/free-trial/

Century Link:  From an email: Make sure that any medical facility that is connected to an R&E network should be registered with the Dept. of Homeland Security for its telecommunication service priority (TSP) program.  If the customer is a Federal or State agency or supports services deemed mission critical to public health, safety and maintenance of law and order, they can work with the Dept of Homeland Security to apply for a TSP Provisioning Priority code.  That is an industry-wide accepted means of ensuring that telecommunications providers, like CenturyLink, prioritize and expedite services through their provisioning process as well as ensuring any off-net vendors prioritize/expedite services. 

See TSP request process: https://www.cisa.gov/requesting-tsp ; Information on TSP program: https://www.fcc.gov/general/telecommunications-service-priority

Educause Links Corporate Resources for Higher Ed Going Online During COVID-19: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1AtREaTOY74xqPsgz8No8GMtSvn-40Y3KFVOM9hixGRM/htmlview?urp=gmail_link&sle=true#gid=1198385987