What are the advantages of cloud hosting for EdTech?
Let’s explore some of the benefits of cloud hosting over traditional hosting for school information systems:
Higher security
As a school leader, you might be concerned about a cloud service provider storing your data. But cloud hosting is, in fact, one of the most secure ways to store data.
Cloud providers provide an established infrastructure with multiple layer security across data, network, application and physical security to protect your data from malicious actors and threats.
For example, Zunia is hosted on Amazon Web Services (AWS), a global leader in cloud infrastructure security, which means schools benefit from the highest security level.
Cloud-based EdTech scales with you
One of the top advantages of cloud hosting for EdTech is that it can be easily scaled to meet the demands of your school.
Scaling on a hosted solution means it is designed to manage a variable load without crashing. For example, when high volumes of users log on at the same time to book parent-teacher meetings or to register students for multiple classes, the solution can meet the demand.
More cost-effective
Cloud hosting for EdTech makes it a smart solution for schools of all sizes. With cloud hosting, you have less capital expenditure on infrastructure.
Moreover, you only need to pay for the services and resources that you are actually using and can scale costs depending on usage.
Your school can also save on IT costs and reduce the workload for your IT team if you have one. Since hardware and servers are your vendor’s responsibility, there is no need to maintain infrastructure in-house.
In a traditional on-premise hosted model, however, you need to invest in infrastructure, updates, and a fixed amount for services regardless of whether you use them.
Higher productivity for teachers and admin staff
Cloud-hosted EdTech provides more flexibility and ease for teachers and admin staff. With cloud hosting, teachers can access the system on the go including taking attendance with a mobile device such as phones or iPads, and creating incident reports in real time. In addition, system updates are delivered instantly for all users, which means they are always working with the most up-to-date information.
For example, with fully-managed cloud hosting, Zunia gives your team access to the information they need wherever, whenever. Users can easily create, access, share and update essential school information.
You can also control the level of access for users, which not only improves security but also simplifies the experience for users by letting them access only the features they need.
Increased reliability and performance
Cloud hosting takes advantage of many servers spread across the cloud network, which means it delivers excellent reliability and uptime.
If one server on the network fails, the whole system won’t go down. Instead, another server from the cluster can fill in to keep everything running smoothly.
Backup and disaster recovery
In the event of a disaster, school data is safely and securely stored off-site, automatically backed up, and can be restored quickly if there are any issues.
For example, our property data platform AssetWhere helps schools visualise, map, plan and manage their property and asset risks. Because AssetWhere is cloud-based, when things go wrong, schools can still access the information they need to manage property, assets and facilities challenges in real-time.
