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Embracing the Cloud: Enhancing the GGfL Experience with Azure Solutions

In this showcase, Adam Bates, Business Manager at GGfL, discusses the necessary transition towards cloud solutions to address the increasing demands of their educational resources. With over one million resources from more than 40 trusted providers, GGfL faces challenges with their traditional on-premise architecture, such as storage limitations and bandwidth constraints. This presentation explores how migrating to Azure can provide advantages like scalability, improved local delivery of content, and enhanced content management, ensuring a robust and future-proof solution for their expanding user base.

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Embracing the Cloud: Enhancing the GGfL Experience with Azure Solutions

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  1. Cambridge University PressAdam Bates Partner Showcase “GGfL”

  2. GGfL and Azure Cambridge Global Grid for Learning Adam Bates – Business Manager

  3. GGfL – Why the cloud? • What service do we offer? • What current issues do we have? • Would moving to a cloud solution solve these? • What considerations do we need to make? • What additional advantages could it bring? • What is the value proposition?

  4. What Service do we offer? • Direct web service for subscribed users • Over one million resources from more than 40 trusted content providers • Easily integrated into other software and programs • Search, stream and download capabilities via a simple web interface

  5. “Traditional” architecture • On Premise hosting • Mixture of Architecture • Shared resource • Non dedicated bandwidth • Various delivery methods and technologies

  6. Problem - We are expanding! • More publishers • More delivery partners • More customers • More diverse requirements

  7. Crunch time Position with current “On Premise” architecture • Storage • Bandwidth • Content Management • Local delivery • Scalability “Stick or Twist”

  8. Moving to the cloud Initial considerations • Does it provide a solution to the current “On Premise” position? • Cost • Does it future proof? • Cost • What additional skills would be required? • Cost • What advantages does it bring over other solutions, including the current one?

  9. Does Azure provide a solution? Storage Azure Bandwidth Azure Content Management Azure CDN Local Delivery Azure CDN Scalability Azure

  10. Additional Skills None! But – additional considerations

  11. Design considerations

  12. Practical Example

  13. Value Proposition • Storage • Bandwidth • Content Management • Local delivery • Scalability

  14. Value Proposition Storage • We are expanding irregularly • Unlimited • Pay for what we need Bandwidth • Vast range of bandwidth requirement • Reduced limitation • Pay for what we need

  15. Value Proposition Content Management • Large amount of file transfer • Various size of files • Various types of file Local Delivery • Delivery from close to point • Management of customer demand

  16. Value Proposition Scalability • We can plan • We can react • Manage costs • Manage expectation

  17. Value Proposition • Manage and reduce costs • Improve our offering • Reduce risk

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