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FYI, A UC-wide GCP discount is now available. One benefit is this contract doesn't appear to require a single-payer like the AWS EDP.</div>
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Please see below for the formal announcement regarding the new UC-wide Google Cloud Platform discounts. Thanks again for your engaged support on this!</div>
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Phone: 310-825-7516</p>
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</span><b><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; color: rgb(89, 89, 89);">New UC-wide Google Cloud Platform Agreement Discount</span></b><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; color: rgb(27, 160, 221);"></span></p>
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<span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; color: rgb(89, 89, 89);">We’re pleased to announce the new discounts available under the UC-wide Google Cloud Platform (GCP) agreement (2019.001086). These discounts are the result of the ongoing
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<b><span style="font-size: 13pt; color: rgb(27, 160, 220);">BENEFITS TO UC</span></b><span style="font-size:13.0pt"></span></p>
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<span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; color: rgb(89, 89, 89);">As a result of UC locations working together, the following benefits were achieved:</span></p>
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</span></span></span><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; color: rgb(89, 89, 89);">Additional 100% discount on GCP data egress fees (up to 15% of total fees)</span></p>
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</span></span></span><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; color: rgb(89, 89, 89);">5-year discount term (through 10/14/26)</span></p>
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</span></span></span><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; color: rgb(89, 89, 89);">At least $560,000 in aggregate financial benefit over the discount term</span></p>
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</span></span></span><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; color: rgb(89, 89, 89);">Available to all UC locations</span></p>
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</span></span></span><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; color: rgb(89, 89, 89);">Agreement terms aligned with UC’s needs and compliant with policy and the law, including UC Terms & Conditions of Purchase and UC
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<b><span style="font-size: 13pt; color: rgb(27, 160, 220);">HOW DO I GET THESE DISCOUNTS?</span></b><b><span style="font-size:13.0pt"></span></b></p>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; color: rgb(89, 89, 89);">To receive these discounts, your GCP account must be linked to the UC-wide GCP agreement. If your GCP account is already linked, then no further action is needed, the additional discounts
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<span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; color: rgb(89, 89, 89);">If your GCP account isn’t already linked to the UC-wide GCP agreement and you would like to begin receiving these discounts, then please contact UC’s GCP representative:</span></p>
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<span style="font-family: Symbol; color: rgb(89, 89, 89);"><span style="mso-list:Ignore">·<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"">
</span></span></span><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; color: rgb(89, 89, 89);">Northern California UC locations: Andy Velasquez (</span><a href="mailto:afvelasquez@google.com"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">afvelasquez@google.com</span></a><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; color: rgb(89, 89, 89);">)</span></p>
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</span></span></span><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; color: rgb(89, 89, 89);">Southern California UC locations: Ben Choi (</span><a href="mailto:benchoi@google.com"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">benchoi@google.com</span></a><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; color: rgb(89, 89, 89);">)</span></p>
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<b><span style="font-size: 13pt; color: rgb(27, 160, 220);">THE TEAM</span></b><b><span style="font-size:13.0pt"></span></b></p>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; color: rgb(89, 89, 89);">These discounts and associated benefits are the result of the dedicated efforts and collaboration among the Central IT departments at each UC location, the members of the UC IT Leadership
Council (ITLC), Michael Kilpatrick (UCOP), and Thomas Trappler (UCOP).</span></p>
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<b><span style="font-size: 13pt; color: rgb(27, 160, 220);">QUESTIONS • CONTACTS</span></b><b><span style="font-size:13.0pt"></span></b></p>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; color: rgb(89, 89, 89);">For questions, please contact
</span><a href="mailto:thomas.trappler@ucop.edu"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Thomas Trappler</span></a><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; color: rgb(89, 89, 89);"> or your local Strategic Sourcing team member.
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