Seattle University’s 8-year cloud journey: Key lessons, wins, and a new path forward
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Seattle University's 8-year cloud migration journey with AWS highlights key transformation strategies and benefits for higher education institutions:
- Migrated over 50% of applications to AWS Cloud
- Established a Cloud Center of Excellence to drive adoption
- Experienced significant improvements in system reliability and availability
- Reduced weekly system outages from constant to nearly zero
- Saved capital expenditures by moving away from on-premises infrastructure
- Reinvested cost savings into student success resources
Key lessons included cultivating a cloud mindset, prioritizing workloads effectively, setting realistic migration deadlines, and working closely with a trusted cloud provider like AWS. The university transformed its IT operations, enabling more focus on enhancing student experiences and institutional success.
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