Rackspace Technology Makes Remote Learning a Reality for Humber College
August 11 2020 - 11:15AM
Rackspace TechnologyTM (NASDAQ: RXT) today announced its support
for Humber College Institute of Technology & Advanced Learning
in its strategic shift to digital infrastructure during the
COVID-19 pandemic as the institution looks to enable the best
possible future for its students.
The COVID-19 pandemic has had profound impacts on secondary
education and stay-at-home orders have forced institutions to
reconsider their learning environments both now and in the future.
To support its students and staff in the transition to remote
education, Humber enlisted Onica, a Rackspace Technology company,
to fast-track simplified deployment of academic applications that
allow students to access them anywhere and from any device.
"We are really happy to have brought Onica on as our partner,”
said Ryan Burton, Director, Digital
Solutions, Humber College Institute of Technology & Advanced
Learning. “The team was not only able to produce a solution that
fit Humber’s accessibility, scalability, and performance
requirements, but it was also able to accomplish the task at an
unprecedented speed using AppStream. Onica’s efforts and support
have helped us provide academic stability to our students during
these challenging times, with minimal disruption."
As a result of the partnership, over 30,000 full-time Humber
students are able to access coursework, lessons, and resources
remotely to continue their studies. The effort has also allowed
Humber to enable a secure “Bring Your Own Device” model of
accessibility for students. With this solution, Humber is no longer
limited to manually provisioning and maintaining a set number of
desktop systems, which may remove the complex and time-intensive
requirement to secure desktops, and instead recover campus funds
for other purposes in the future.
“Students of Humber College will benefit enormously from
cloud-enabled education and the opportunity remote learning
offers,” said Tolga Tarhan, CTO, Rackspace Technology. “The future
of our world is dependent upon the education of the next
generation, but sufficient education is impossible without access.
We’re proud to work with academic institutions that are helping to
usher in the future of learning through flexible remote
environments.”
Onica designed, tested, and implemented a production-grade
Amazon AppStream 2.0 environment for Humber, integrated with its
on-premises data center to simplify the deployment of academic
applications. The solution uses an Amazon FSx for Windows File
Server for Windows file sharing and Amazon Simple Storage Service
for other storage. AWS Identity and Access Management (IAM)
provides user and role authentication, authorization, and
management. Humber College’s on-premises Virtual Private Network
terminates in the AWS Transit Gateway. An AWS Lambda function
switches the AppStream 2.0 fleets between Day and Night modes,
thereby reducing costs during low-use hours.
Rackspace and Humber minimized downtime during the project by
fast-tracking internal processes to eliminate weeks of lag,
spinning up the initial environment in just 10 business days. The
project is set to complete in Summer 2020, with at least 80% of
Humber’s applications available remotely through Amazon AppStream
2.0.
About Rackspace Technology Rackspace Technology
is a leading end-to-end multicloud technology services company. We
can design, build and operate our customers’ cloud environments
across all major technology platforms, irrespective of technology
stack or deployment model. We partner with our customers at every
stage of their cloud journey, enabling them to modernize
applications, build new products and adopt innovative
technologies.
Media ContactNatalie SilvaRackspace Corporate
Communicationspublicrelations@rackspace.com
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