It’s back to school for tech

The Covid-19 pandemic accelerated the adoption of technology in education - with lockdowns forcing all stages and types of learning to take place online. This led to a plethora of new technologies entering the classroom - or virtual classroom (EdTech). Forbes (2022) forecast the EdTech sector will grow to $680 million by 2027.


We are increasingly seeing a plethora of new apps entering the education setting - using AI and self-learning algorithms for automating repetitive tasks like grading papers, personalizing the learning experience, classroom management or implementing on-site security measures using Computer Vision. These new apps need to be deployed alongside existing software, such as Microsoft Office and ERP software for resource planning. Some of these technologies naturally sit in the cloud, whereas others have on-prem requirements.

Support a mix of applications
Support a mix of applications

Deploy run and manage all of your applications through the Sunlight marketplace - whether legacy VM-based, Kubernetes or container based.

Continuous operations
Continuous operations

Termly fluctuations in ICT demands means that System Administrators need infrastructure that's robust and reliable. It needs to take care of itself. When times are busy, it needs to just work.

Reduce cost
Reduce cost

An edge-to-cloud solution allows data-intensive applications to run locally with centralized management to reduces cost and downtime and make infrastructure and application life-cycles easier to manage.

Fit anywhere
Fit anywhere

Educational institutions have limited space, power and cooling - so the solution needs to small, rugged and work in the smallest possible physical footprint.

Easy consolidation

Consolidate your in-classroom infrastructure from 10-20 discrete systems down to a single highly reliable and centrally remotely manageable, low cost system that runs all your applications.

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Easy consolidation

Standardization

When a new application is commissioned, push out complete preconfigured IT infrastructure builds with ease, reducing time to market by 70%.

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Increase innovation

Deploying new applications without incurring extra hardware costs is simple with Sunlight – just create a recipe in the Sunlight NexCenter AppLibrary and deploy on-demand onto your shared cluster in any location.

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Increase innovation

Fast time-to-market

Order your favorite hardware pre-installed with Sunlight through your technology reseller. It will be pre-configured and delivered directly to your educational institution. All you need to do is plug it in and turn it on.

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Fast time-to-market

Sunlight has a tiny but powerful footprint. Perfect for space-constrained and low-power Edge environments

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Data sourced from analyst firm, ESG (a division of TechTarget).

Watch the recording of the Cloud vs On Prem in schools debate

Atom IT Director, Jamie Fowler, and Sunlight Founder & CTO, Julian Chesterfield, met online to battle out the merits of cloud vs. on-prem for school infrastructure.

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Sunlight helps education providers to:

  • Consolidate infrastructure to cut cost and space requirements by 75%
  • Deploy complex applications with a single click from the Sunlight NexCenter AppLibrary
  • Enhance security and reliability by keeping the processing of personal data on site. 
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