Migration

Optimizing Your Cloud Migration: 7 paths to consider for a successful move to the cloud
Businesses are turning to cloud native strategies to boost IT innovation, transform operations, and optimize cost savings. But migrating your existing workloads to the cloud can be complex. Register Now
New Insights into security
While colleges and universities continue to explore cloud-based learning management systems and applications to make the most of new cloud infrastructure, the rapid growth of online activities and the proliferation of mobile devices has dramatically increased the likelihood of cyber attacks. Register Now
A Digital Transformation: The advancement of online learning and the future of education
Faced with a new generation of students raised in a digital-first world and a global need for more enriched learning experiences, the spotlight is on the education sector to deliver the same quality of service that private sector organizations provide. Register Now
VMware Cloud: The VMware stack you know on any cloud you need
At Softchoice, we work with hundreds of organizations across a complex ecosystem of technologies. The goal: To help them realize the benefits of cloud technologies and help their business grow by gaining access to new customers and creating new and unique offers to existing ones.

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The First Five Steps to Kickstart Your Cloud Migration Plan
You’ve already committed to a cloud-first strategy, but where do you start? Governance and Landing Zone design is important, but lots of times organizations get stuck in analysis-paralysis for months or years, without moving a single workload. Register Now
3 CRITICAL MISTAKES TO AVOID WHEN MIGRATING LARGE ORGANIZATIONS TO THE CLOUD
Having been on AWS since 2008, I've seen a lot of cloud adoption initiatives over the past 12 years, and lately an accelerating number of cloud migration projects to AWS, Azure and Google Cloud. Below I'll give you a brief run-down of the top three lessons learned in that time, and I would be interested in hearing yours too.

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Top 10 Project Ideas
If you’ve decided to simplify and strengthen your integrations with the Ellucian Ethos data model and integration platform, but you’re not quite sure where to start, here are the 10 most common projects we see across the community. Whether you’re beginning your first or your fifth Ethos project, there is something on this list for every institution. Download Now
Ellucian + AWS: The right partner and the right technology
Faced with declining enrollments, increasingly complex student and faculty needs, and greater security risks, educational institutions must accelerate their cloud strategies to take advantage of secure, ready-to-use services and deliver a better everyday experience for students, faculty, and staff.

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Instructure Temple University and Canvas Temple University knew that switching its learning management system (LMS) would take time, effort, and, most importantly, buy-in. Now, the benefits of migrating to Canvas have already become reality, and a whole learning community is ready to continue on to greater learning opportunities—together. Let's Connect


WHITEPAPER Q4 Education Newsletter Years ago, the cloud was declared the “new normal.” Today, as we deal with the current situation, we are seeing just how technology is enabling businesses and organizations to operate in a seamless way. This inaugural newsletter comes at a pivotal time. Many of you have expressed the desire to move quickly, and we have resources and stories to share to help you address shared challenges in education using the cloud. Download Now


EBOOK Reaching for the Cloud The journey to the cloud is about far more than better technology delivery. It should also transform how IT addresses student and staff needs for teaching and learning, research, and other campus initiatives. The benefits of cloud strategies are doubly effective: as well as providing a smorgasbord of secure, ready-to-use, pay-as-you-go technologies, they refocus IT cost and effort away from managing platforms and infrastructure and toward directly supporting business transformation and innovation. Download Now

Learning Management

How Virtual Classrooms are Purpose-Built to Drive Learning Outcomes
When schools closed suddenly in 2020 and learning went exclusively digital, many institutions made do with off-the-shelf video conferencing platforms, but educators soon found that these platforms were less than ideal. What they needed instead was one that catered to the needs of students and the digital learning community. Register Now
Engaging Prospective Students, Alumni, and Active Learners with Blackboard Collaborate
George Brown College’s administration is focused on reimagining and providing learner-centered experiences as outlined in their Vision 2030, Strategy 2022 plan. Consequently, a core component of the plan - the student’s digital experience - became a top priority, translating into a heightened emphasis on providing students with a consistent, barrierless, and impactful digital experience spanning the complete student lifecycle. Register Now


Onica Uses AWS to Help Humber College Enable Remote Learning for 30,000 Students
Onica, a Rackspace Technology Company and an Amazon Web Services (AWS) Public Sector Partner, helps deploy a remote access solution with Canada’s Humber College Institute of Technology and Advanced Learning. The streaming solution leverages Amazon AppStream 2.0 and other AWS services to reliably deliver virtual learning applications, enabling 30,000 full-time students to fulfill their learning outcomes during a pandemic. Read Now


The State of Teaching & Learning in K-12 Education
Education has faced unprecedented challenges in the wake of COVID-19. Teachers have had to learn new systems and technologies while continuing to drive learning forward. When home became the new classroom, families had to support their children’s learning and students had to take more ownership of their learning than ever before. Register Now