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or today’s educational establishments digital data and content; online collaboration; and web-based channels to students is mission critical. But maintaining the servers required to host these processes 24/7 can be a drain on educational resource.


Consequently many schools, colleges, universities and private e-learning firms are moving away from server ownership to external, secure managed hosting platforms. As the use of web-based e-learning applications increases, it’s simply easier, more secure, cost-effective and convenient to outsource.


At the same time, we are seeing bodies including the DoED and HEFCE announce major investment in Cloud-based software and infrastructure as the industry becomes increasingly excited by Cloud’s potential to improve e-learning platforms and reduce IT and operational costs.


Comment by Chris Miller, CEO,


DediPower Managed Hosting


It won’t be long before we see the formation of regionally-driven, shared services that allow local authorities and educational collectives to consolidate infrastructure; creating shared ‘hubs’ that deliver better economies of scale and allow centralised data storage and software deployment.


With three Tier 3, secure data centre facilities in the UK, DediPower already serves thousands of educational establishments in the UK through learning resource providers including ForSkills, Sam Learning, Semantise and UniServity. We have found that whether they’re exploring managed hosting or new cloud solutions, what most educational customers really want is a highly-secure, fully-scalable environment that meets their expanding teaching and administrative needs; with an affordable pricing model that eliminates IT over- investment. Working more closely with hosting partners, such as DediPower - who offer stringent SLAs, provide continuous technical support and offer high levels of soft and physical security - can help them meet these strategic goals.


DediPower Managed Hosting Tel: 0808 15 60 090


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Managed Hosting Supports UniServity’s Innovation & Growth


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any leading skills-development organisations are already benefiting from DediPower’s unique blend of technical know how and dedicated support. Take UniServity, one of the world’s leading providers of innovative learning and media technologies which supports over 3,000 customers in 90 local authorities and 22 countries.


Matt Clarke, CEO of UniServity, says, “Much of what we do is about giving people access to lifelong learning, choice and opportunity so they can fulfil their potential outside traditional


learning environments. We have built a global community, created the tools and built the framework to do so. DediPower has helped us achieve this by ensuring our infrastructure is always available, well-supported and optimised to deliver the best experience for our customers and their learners – wherever they are located.” DediPower’s flexible and scalable platform now hosts over 2 million registered users for UniServity; delivering a staggering 4.5 million learning resources with 5 million weekly page views and 750,000 unique logins per week.


DediPower Managed Hosting Tel: 0808 15 60 090


Web: www.dedipower.com 14 www.education-today.co.uk May 2011


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