RNP is offering special credits in cloud computing resources by means of the Compute@RNP service for User Organizations, which have an application aimed to combat Covid-19 and need a robust and reliable cloud infrastructure to expand the capacity their service. 
This special offer will be free of charge for the next three months, thanks to the signed partnership with the global cloud providers until August 2020.
Projects to combat Covid-19
The purpose is to help the academic and research community in projects to face the Covid-19. Any actions of the research, direct combat to the disease or effects caused thereby are eligible.
“Computer power is one of the greatest problems of those who have an application and need a safe environment with adequate capacity and  availability 24/7. Probably this is the most important action of our clients in the helping their community and the society” the Service Management deputy director Luiz Coelho declares.
All the received requests will be analyzed to check the relevance of the project nature for the offer, in addition to checking technically how to meet the demand better. The users shall agree with the offer conditions, the amount of offered credit for the use of the resources, the validity of the credits and what to do when the validity expires. For this purpose, RNP deployed a specialist team, in order to support its client institutions in the migration of these applications to the cloud.
Global Providers 
The cloud computing resources are offered by the partner companies Google, Huawei and Microsoft. Granting of resources shall follow the requirements of the program, according to the information given by the providers.
Requirements 
•    The proponent must have a relationship with an organization qualified as a RNP client.
•    The proposed application must combat the effects of the Covid-19 pandemic.
•    The application must me ready to be migrated to the Compute@RNP service.
•    Involvement of the organization´s ITC manager is desirable, as well as the application to serve to the local community and the society.

Contact us
To request computer support from the Compute@RNO service, contact the Service Desk by e-mail atendimento@rnp.br or telephone/WhatsApp 0800 722 0216.
About Compute@RNP
Compute@RNP is a RNP cloud computing service for the academic and research community in Brazil. The service offers hybrid cloud infrastructure for you to have your own virtual machines, networks and cloud storage with availability 24/7 and security.
This means that you can migrate your application to the cloud, build your own server with the necessary capacity, always connected to the internet, with no concern about equipment failures, connectivity and storage space.