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AI Services (CTSC)

Client Technology Technology and Solutions (CTSC) provides managed AI services that help Stanford departments unlock the knowledge trapped in their documents, articles, and data—without sending sensitive information to external LLM providers.
Cloud Low Risk Moderate Risk High Risk High Risk with PHI

Amazon Web Services (AWS)

The Cloud Account Management service provides simplified ordering and provisioning of an Amazon Web Services AWS cloud account, as well as account and billing management.
Cloud Low Risk Moderate Risk High Risk

Application Platform (CTSC)

Run your containerized applications on enterprise-grade Kubernetes infrastructure, fully managed by the Client Technology Solutions and Consulting (CTSC) team in University IT. Focus on building great applications while we handle the complexity of container orchestration, security, and operations.
Cloud Hybrid Cloud Low Risk Moderate Risk High Risk High Risk with PHI

Azure

Microsoft Azure subscriptions are available to Stanford University staff and faculty who wish to host services or systems in Microsoft Azure.
Cloud Low Risk Moderate Risk High Risk

Cardinal Cloud - AWS GovCloud

The Cloud Account Management service provides simplified ordering and provisioning of a Google Cloud Platform (GCP) or Amazon Web Services (AWS) cloud account, as well as account and billing management.
Cloud Low Risk Moderate Risk High Risk

Carina

Carina is a secure computing environment, designed and approved for PHI and other high-risk data.
On Prem Low Risk Moderate Risk High Risk

Cloud Storage

Cloud Storage Recommendations
Hybrid Cloud Low Risk Moderate Risk High Risk

Cloud VDI

The Virtual Desktop Infrastructure (VDI) service provides the virtual desktop environment and applications that best support your business requirements.
Hybrid Cloud Low Risk Moderate Risk High Risk

Cloud Web Hosting

Explore options for where to build and maintain your website, and what University IT recommends for different website needs.
Hybrid Cloud Low Risk Moderate Risk

Data Center Hosting

University IT provides hosting services for campus clients who want to operate their equipment in a secure, centrally managed data center.
On Prem Low Risk Moderate Risk High Risk

FarmShare

FarmShare is Stanford’s community computing environment. It is intended for use in coursework and unsponsored research. It is not approved for use with high-risk data, or for use in sponsored research.
On Prem Low Risk Moderate Risk

Google Cloud Platform (GCP)

Google Cloud Platform (GCP) is a cloud services platform, offering compute power, database storage, content delivery and other functionality to help develop and scale businesses.
Cloud Low Risk Moderate Risk High Risk

Managed Virtual Servers on Cloud (CTSC)

Client Technology Solutions and Consulting (CTSC) offers managed virtual servers as a cloud-based alternative to physical server infrastructure in On Prem, AWS, Azure and GCP. This service takes advantage of cloud virtualization to host independent virtual servers, each functioning as a complete and isolated computing environment. CTSC handles provisioning, security, patching, monitoring, and ongoing maintenance.
Cloud Hybrid Cloud Low Risk Moderate Risk High Risk High Risk with PHI

Marlowe

Marlowe is Stanford’s newest High Performance Computing (HPC) Cluster. It came online in October 2024 and is managed by Stanford Data Science. The hardware and software infrastructure is administered by Stanford Research Computing.
On Prem Low Risk Moderate Risk

Nero

Nero GCP is a shared Big Data Computing Platform specifically designed for High Risk Data. Nero was developed in collaboration with the School of Medicine (SOM) and Stanford Research Computing.
Cloud High Risk

Oak

Oak is a High-Performance Computing (HPC) storage system available to research groups and projects at Stanford for research data. Hosted by Stanford Research Computing, Oak provides affordable and scalable storage with a diversity of access methods.
On Prem Low Risk Moderate Risk

Redivis

Redivis is a powerful data querying and analysis platform built specifically with researchers in mind.
Cloud Low Risk Moderate Risk High Risk

SCG

The SCG Cluster is a high-performance computing facility run by the Genetics Bioinformatics Service Center (GBSC within the Stanford Department of Genetics.
On Prem Low Risk Moderate Risk

Serverless Applications (CTSC)

Build and deploy event-driven applications without managing servers. Client Technology Solutions and Consulting (CTSC) provisions and manages your serverless environment on AWS or GCP, enabling your team to run code in response to events — HTTP requests, file uploads, scheduled tasks, and more — with automatic scaling and pay-per-use pricing.
Cloud Low Risk Moderate Risk High Risk with PHI

Sherlock

Sherlock is a shared computing cluster available for use by all Stanford Faculty members and their research teams, for sponsored or departmental faculty research.
On Prem Low Risk Moderate Risk

SRCF

The Stanford Research Computing Facility (SRCF) provides the campus research community with data center facilities designed specifically to host high-performance computing equipment.
On Prem Low Risk Moderate Risk High Risk

Static Website Hosting (CTSC)

Not every website needs a complex database or a heavy backend. The Static Website Hosting service, provided by Client Technology and Solutions Consulting, is built for sites generated via HTML, CSS, JavaScript, etc. By removing the server-side complexity, we provide a hosting solution that is secure, cost-effective, loads instantly for users across the globe and meets Stanford's minimum web requirements.
Cloud Low Risk Moderate Risk High Risk