Transforming Education Through Cloud Solution: A Think Together and Enzu Case Study

Tech Deep Dive

Join Max Clark, founder of ITBroker.com, and Dustin Young, EVP of Enzu, as they discuss how Enzu helped Think Together, a nonprofit in Southern California, elevate its IT systems. Learn how their strategic partnership led to deploying a private cloud on dedicated hardware, enhancing management and security across 400 schools. Discover how Enzu's TruCloud® and DRaaS solutions provided cost savings and improved resource allocation. Dustin's insights on upgrading educational IT infrastructure through innovative technology solutions are invaluable.

This episode is a must-listen for anyone passionate about technology's impact on education. How has cloud technology shaped your sector? We'd love to hear your thoughts in the comments!

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00:00 Enzu helped Think Together a nonprofit organization in Southern California by integrating their IT stack, facilitating rapid growth, and resolving licensing and budgeting issues.

17:34 Migrating to cloud solutions for education requires understanding the necessity of data migration, right-sizing resources, and avoiding oversizing to prevent budget bloat and unnecessary expenses.

24:38 Enzu provided a private Cloud solution to Think Together, simplifying technology and shifting the mindset from spending to investing, with a smooth migration process.

34:19 Cloud solutions provide high availability and redundancy, crucial for disaster recovery and stability in education, while software migrations can cause frustration and credit issues. Expand

41:30 Enzu's cloud solution offers granular role-based setup, assessment of new staff, and scalable storage with minimal cost growth, while the impact of Broadcom's purchase of VMware on service providers and the transition from virtualization to containerization is discussed. Expand

55:05 Increasing costs and the shift towards new technologies are impacting the VMware ecosystem, leading to considerations of alternative options such as the gift from Broadcom.

01:06:05 Service providers need to consider customer needs when choosing cloud solutions, with a resurgence in bare metal and the importance of cost predictability for businesses.

01:18:25 Enzu is partnering with a managed K8's platform to create the Enzu supercloud, allowing users to easily launch containers without writing code, providing cost predictability and high performance.

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