ONLINE EDUCATION
Datadog | May 27, 2022
Datadog, a leading cloud application security and monitoring platform, announced on May 25th that it has achieved Amazon Web Services (AWS) Education Competency status. The status makes Datadog an AWS partner and certifies that Datadog has proven technical competency and effectiveness in developing mission-critical systems to manage the workloads of higher education, K-12 primary and secondary, and research and publishing industry customers.
"At the Center for Translational Data, we leverage AWS to develop and operate large-scale data platforms to support research for cancer, cardiovascular disease, and veterans' health, to name a few. We operate a data ecosystem comprising over a dozen data commons that make over 10 PBs of data available to the research community. Datadog is a key component of our mission to have our data readily accessible by providing our team with the insight and visibility required to efficiently and effectively monitor our distributed and complex systems. Platform Engineering practices DevOps, SRE and SecOps, and Datadog is a critical tool to help maintain velocity while remaining accountable and responsible for the platform. We've gained incredible insight on our platform that has led to resolutions of long-standing issues (including capacity and performance)."
- Bill Winslow, Director of Platform Engineering at theUniversity of Chicago
The AWS Competency Programs enable customers to choose technology partners that have in-depth expertise and industry experience. Datadog's membership in the AWS Partner Network (APN) has been solidified as a result of the status. The firm’s track record of delivering customized solutions meet the AWS architectural standards and promotes excellence in the operational needs of educators and educational administrators.
"By delivering real-time monitoring and security capabilities for AWS workloads, we maintain uptime for educational institutions so they can provide the best experience possible to their students, teachers, and administrators. Our team is proud to support these institutions and help them achieve their goals by leveraging the agility of the cloud."
- Yrieix Garnier, VP of Product at Datadog
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EDUCATION TECHNOLOGY
positiveplanetus | June 03, 2021
To help under-resourced entrepreneurs develop critical skills for success in today's challenging and competitive economic environment, three leading organizations have come together to expand the depth of content available in a free online learning platform designed to enable business success and, in turn, help spur community-based economic revival.
Positive Planet US, a non-profit organization that promotes inclusive and sustainable economic growth and employment, Genpact, a global professional services firm focused on delivering digital transformation, and EdCast, a leader in online corporate learning and upskilling, have joined forces to lend their respective expertise to support entrepreneurs and help them amplify their impact on the communities that they serve. The partnership adds essential learning resources for startup owners to Genpact's Adapt and Rise e-learning platform, developed and built with EdCast.
Positive Planet has a highly successful track record of helping millions around the world, helping create sustainable development solutions for disadvantaged populations, in particular women and youth. Launched 23 years ago with the mission to make the world more positive economically, socially, and environmentally, it has helped more than 11 million people leave poverty behind. Its work strives for a more equal society, helping underserved communities – independent of their race, gender, background – create their own jobs and prosperity through entrepreneurship.
Positive Planet brings new content to the platform created for the unique needs of entrepreneurs, including curricula in such areas as sales strategy and business development, growth and operations, and marketing, legal, accounting, and finance for small businesses. Adapting business models in a difficult economy makes continuous learning and reskilling vital, and these learning paths offer the specific skills needed to build and grow a startup. The success of these businesses brings benefits to local communities as entrepreneurship can provide new career journeys as well as economic revival.
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CORPORATE LEARNING SYSTEMS
ProctorFree | January 19, 2022
A seamless integration has been developed that provides ProctorFree's on-demand proctoring solutions directly within the Jenzabar One ecosystem. This integration between ProctorFree and Jenzabar eLearning will offer a higher level of security and confidence to exams and other testing performed by higher education institutions, associations, and organizations across the world.
The integration will ensure a better online learning and testing experience for students, faculty, and exam administrators using the robust Jenzabar eLearning LMS platform.
ProctorFree's secure online exam proctoring technology verifies student identity, protects test content, and deters cheating. Jenzabar offers a complete learning management system (LMS), student information system (SIS), and a host of additional solutions for higher education.
"We're so excited to announce our most recent integration with Jenzabar. Jenzabar is well-respected in the higher education industry for its robust solutions, including their learning management system. ProctorFree proudly delivers award-winning online proctoring solutions including fully automated proctoring, human-assisted proctoring, secure web browser, and consultative assessment delivery services. The integration is seamless and easy to use for students, faculty, and administrators."
Mike Murphy, CEO of ProctorFree
For higher education institutions that necessitate a medium- to high-stakes assessment of knowledge and competency, the ProctorFree-Jenzabar integration establishes additional levels of security. From higher education institutions to government organizations to professional associations, ProctorFree serves a broad range of entities across the globe to add rigor and security to online exams.
When student knowledge is assessed via an exam, quiz, or other test, ProctorFree's state-of-the-art technology continuously verifies a student's identity, deters academic dishonesty, and maintains the integrity of exam material by preventing recording or copying of test material during the exam.
About ProctorFree
Based in Davidson, North Carolina, ProctorFree delivers on-demand, easy-to-use, and cost-effective online proctoring solutions, including fully automated proctoring, human-assisted proctoring, secure browser-based testing, and exam delivery services.
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