COUNTRY FOCUS : BRAZIL
and USF understand the important role that IT plays for their activities .
“ It ’ s our job to provide our students with the best possible technology experience , one that meets the needs of every single age group we support ,” said Prof . Dr Marcelo Bardi , Information Technology Manager .
In addition to using IT for daily operations , their work is also driven by differentiation and innovation . For example , classrooms need to be connected and capable of delivering always-on Wi-Fi , audiovisual and multimedia tools , and more .
Solution
When choosing a new solution , the education institutions carefully considered how to best serve the needs of their customers , the students .
“ What we thought about was this : How can we offer a technology that ’ s attractive to a two-or- three-year-old child , who can ’ t even read ? And how can we also meet the demands of the students in our graduate programs , so that they can leave our institution mastering these technologies ?” said Bardi .
The idea to choose a hyperconverged infrastructure began with a technological reorganization of the institutions , where they made the strategic decision to bring all their processing infrastructure in-house . They chose to invest in a hyperconvergence solution as part of their strategy for Disaster Recovery and data center modernization .
“ In 2013 , we started to plan the environment so we could have our own data centers ,” said Bardi . “ Then in 2017 , we created a second data center to effectively act as an active contingency environment . That way , if the primary data center ever fails , we already have the secondary data center ready to take over .”
Before the migration , Bom Jesus Educational Group and USF were using a traditional 3-Tier architecture . Now , the institutions are running ERP and CRM applications and more , all powered by their Nutanix hyperconverged infrastructure data center .
Customer outcomes Leading the way in flexible learning
For Bardi and the Bom Jesus Educational Group and USF teams , investing in the right technology tools to support their students and their staff is critical . With Nutanix , the organizations can successfully handle ever-increasing demand from students , as the volume of access requests grows every day .
“ We can now deliver technology services to all of our 42,000 students across Brazil in a centralized way ,” said Bardi . “ They can be assured that when they ’ re taking a virtual exam , doing an activity , or when they need to connect with the teacher for an assignment , whether on a weekend , at night or in the morning , they know that the virtual environment will be 100 % available .”
The administrative teams from both institutions are also enjoying the benefits of Nutanix .
“ We notice great staff satisfaction because all of our systems are delivered via virtual desktops . We are able to deliver the ERP with all its processing capacity to our team no matter where they are ,” said Bardi .
The result is seamless access to technology .
“ Our students and staff aren ’ t able to notice the difference between their application running on a physical machine or running on the app ,” said Bardi . “ So , someone in Rio de Janeiro-over 600 miles away-does not notice any delay . This is an amazing transformation in customer experience .”
Simple management and improved performance
One of the main motivators for Bom Jesus Educational Group and USF to choose a hyperconverged infrastructure was because it ’ s easy to manage multiple services from one single platform .
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