Cost of For Fee Services

The following list outlines the current price structure for ITS For Fee Services. To apply for For Fee Services, please use the For Fee Services Form, which may be obtained via the Application Forms section of this Web site. In most cases, unless otherwise noted, an ITS Charge Account will need to be established in order to bill for such services.

Sponsored Accounts

Access Accounts of this type, typically, are issued for up to one year. The charge per month (based on the type of Access Account) is charged to an ITS Charge Account. The current cost structure is:

• Slim Access Account (Authentication and an LDAP entry only): This account provides the account holder with authentication service only. Users of this type of account can login/authenticate to Penn State services. The cost for this type of account is $3.00/month.
• Full Access Account (Full Access): This account is a full Access Account and includes authentication, e-mail, PASS, Web Space (optional) and an LDAP Entry. Users of this type of account can use a variety of Penn State services. The cost for this type of account is $8.00/month.

Short Term Access Accounts

The charge per day (based on the STAA type) is charged to an ITS Charge Account. The current cost structure is:

• Slim STAA (Authentication and an LDAP entry only): This account provides the account holder with authentication service only. Users of this type of account can login/authenticate to Penn State services. The cost for this type of account is $0.10/day.
• Full STAA (Full Access): This account is a full Access Account and includes authentication, e-mail, PASS, Web Space (optional) and an LDAP Entry. Users of this type of account can use a variety of Penn State services. The cost for this type of account is $0.27/day.

Access Account Extension for Student Leave of Absence

As per the Penn State Access Account Qualification Policy (http://www.psu.edu/policies/aaq.html), student Penn State Access Accounts are only kept active during semesters for which students are registered. The cost is $48.00 per six months, which will be charged to a student's Bursar Bill. Please see the Penn State Access Account Extension for Student Leave of Absence Form for details.

Calendar (Oracle Collaboration Suite Calendar) Service

Charges for the calendar service are billed using an ITS Charge Account at the rate of $0.72 per month, per license/user.

ITS Consulting Rate

The current approved ITS Consulting fee rate is $65 per hour. This fee pertains to systems consulting, TSM consulting, and Co-Location consulting. Please visit the Entrepreneurial Services Web site for further details and to submit inquiries. Note that ITS offers assistance at no charge through the ITS Help Desk and the ITS Consultants.

Co-Location Center

Entrepreneurial Services offers trained staff who will provide cost-recovery COLO consulting services at the current ITS consulting rate of $65 per hour. For COLO Center client rates, please refer to the information available via the Co-Location Center Web site.

Lab Printing

Students may print up to 110 black-and-white pages free of charge each semester. After that, each additional page on non-color printers costs $0.05 (regardless of how much is printed on the paper, or if one or two sides are used). Large format and color printing are charged as a multiple of black-and-white printed pages. For details and the current pricing structure, please refer to the Classroom and Lab Computing Printing Services information.

For additional printing, students may use their LionCash+ account to purchase additional pages for printing in ITS computer labs and classrooms and University Libraries locations at University Park as well as other locations participating in the ITS printing system. Additional information is found directly at http://clc.its.psu.edu/Printing/LionCashPrinting.aspx.

TSM

TSM space: The usage of TSM in gigabytes of storage per year is charged to an ITS Charge Account. The current cost is $0.03 per gigabyte, per month.

Web/Disk Space Cost

Course server space (COLAs): Faculty can request additional megabytes for course preparation and instruction, at no charge.

Departmental space and disk storage: Colleges, departments or other official units must purchase Web space through an ITS Charge Account at a cost of $0.08 per gigabyte per month. Please note that as of July 1, 2009, Departmental Web or shared disk space is allocated with a minimum of 15GB total quota per department or group. UNIX space (above 10 gigabytes) can be purchased for general research/instructional services at the same cost as Web space and raised each time the max free personal quota allotment is increased.

A department/college/unit may choose to have its Web site appear to Web users as a separate, standalone host by using a virtual host. There is a one-time setup fee for creating a virtual host; the fee is equivalent to two hours of counsulting time at the ITS consulting rate of $65.00 per hour. If the virtual host also requires SSL encryption, then there is an additional fee equivalent to one hour of consulting time per the fee noted above plus the cost of purchasing an SSL certificate.

Billing Information

A prorated bill for all services are processed monthly. Because of this, users will not be charged at this new rate until the time for which they have already prepaid has elapsed.

All applicants requesting for-fee or billable services from ITS or requests funded by a departmental fund, a contract, or a grant must have an ITS Charge Account (formerly a P-Account) set up through ITS in order for the charges to be billed. Applicants with currently existing ITS Charge Accounts can request additional services be added to that account by using the ITS For-Fee Services Request Form form. Applications should be sent in duplicate to the appropriate Dean's office and to the ITS Computer Accounts Office, Room 204 Wagner Building. This account will expire on the termination date specified though accounts paid through general funds must be reauthorized each fiscal year. All computer use on this account will be direct billed on a monthly basis in accordance with procedure #CR2069 dated 08/04/1993. When the dollar amount listed on the ITS For-Fee Services Request Form form has been exceeded by the account, a notice will be sent to the account supervisor asking for additional funds or if the account should be terminated.