AWS initiatives to boost the education sector
To deal with the current situation, AWS has launched a number of cloud computing resources to help educational institutions, students and teachers, both public and private, to continue providing their services, even with prolonged closures of their facilities.
Amazon Web Services' wide range of cloud services enables organizations to leverage powerful features to ensure distance learning, online collaboration, and data security at all times.
Amazon Web Services for Education
At apser, we know how important it is to have solutions aimed at this sector, which allow saving time and costs and adapt to the needs of each user profile. For this reason, In today's post we delve into the cloud services that adapt to this context..
AWS Educate
It is a computer educational resources platform which can be offered free of charge to students or teachers. educate yourself allows to make available, as part of the educational offer, modules for students and virtual laboratories or webinars for teachers.
Amazon Appstream: Learning from Anywhere
This service allows educational centers and students to access the necessary applications through any computer. Amazon Appstream 2.0 offers centralized management of desktops and applications without the need to provision additional infrastructure, just a computer with a web browser installed.
One of the benefits of this initiative, available as part of the resources of AWS Cloud Computing, is the compatibility with any application, including SolidWorks, AutoDesk, MathWorks. And the best thing is that there are no limits on the number of students who can access the platforms of each campus.
AmazonConnect
Connect is the service dedicated to the management of Cloud-based omnichannel contact centerOne of the benefits for the education sector is the resolution of problems in less time, through a more agile experience, thanks to the integration of artificial intelligence and machine learning.
Furthermore, AmazonConnect supports IT support areas, admissions and finance departments by facilitating more personalized attention since it centralizes the databases and user profiles to reduce information search times.
Amazon Workspaces
A powerful IT provisioning solution Desktops as a Service (DaaS). Whether Windows or LinuxThese remote desktops can be scaled to suit the number of users required. And following the AWS principle, it allows you to save on unnecessary infrastructure costs and is implemented on a private network.
These are just some of the services that AWS makes available to the education sector to successfully carry out remote learning experiencesCloud-based tools provide the public and private sectors with a secure and flexible platform that allows them to take education anywhere.
