Case Study
The Transformation of Central IT in Higher Education
Solution Overview 1 The challenge Higher education has accelerated its adoption of cloud computing over the past several years to shift to online or blended learning environments. The COVID-19 pandemic marked an even greater need to digitally transform education. This fundamental shift to e-learning comes with significant administrative, financial and operational impacts, all of which highlights the underlying cost and operational inefficiencies that may exist within IT departments. Prior to the pandemic, it was common for large universities to have multiple colleges, academic departments and offices making cloud-based decisions independently of one another. Now, as colleges and universities continue to transform education and scale out to public cloud, they need to shift to a cent