Skills Gap
Accessing the right skills across multiple environments and platforms is a challenge for small and mid-size institutions.
MANAGED CLOUD SERVICES
Strategic Cloud Solutions
We simplify your cloud experience, making your environment more secure and integrated while establishing better oversight and governance.
CHALLENGE
Clouds, Clouds Everywhere
For colleges and universities, having some of your data and services in the cloud is imperative to establishing a resilient, secure, and cost-efficient technology environment, but it does not come without risks. From migrating data and applications to establishing a future-proof cloud roadmap, a “set it and forget it” mentality will not work, as new cloud and SaaS platforms enter the environment every day. This can be a difficult juggling act that many teams used to keeping everything on-prem aren’t prepared for and often lack the skills to pull off.
Common Cloud Concerns Facing Institutional Leaders
Cloud Proliferation
Higher education IT leaders struggle to identify and manage shadow IT, often SaaS applications that enter the environment.
Data Controls
Managing who and what platforms have access to data is increasingly difficult as AI often bypasses inadequate data barriers.
Connectivity
Internet outages and breaches can cascade across multiple systems when they are interconnected in the cloud.
Cost Efficiency
Often complex pricing models that lack hard usage caps can result in unanticipated or budgeted costs.
Subscriptions
Subscription-based platforms often have users who have left the organization, others who simply don’t use the platforms.
SOLUTIONS FEATURES
Expert Support at Your Pace
Whether you are just starting your cloud journey and need to build a roadmap or have an established plan and need support managing your environment, we can help. With a team of more than 300 professionals and more than 20 years of experience in higher education, we can deliver the right resources at the right time. From planning to execution, we are here to support you with a comprehensive set of cloud services.
Cloud Strategy
From establishing a new cloud plan to updating an existing one to be more efficient and resilient, we have you covered.
Real-time Management
Leveraging intelligent monitoring tools, our 24/7 operations teams identify outages or security issues before they impact users.
Access Control
We audit your existing access controls and make recommendations to enhance security with enhanced role-based data access controls.
Audit Tracking
We help you establish traceable changes in histories, version control, and more to support compliance and secure your environment.
Backup and Recovery
From cloud backups to recovery planning and testing, we help you create a more secure and resilient environment.
Performance Management
We help you scale services and resources to provide a balance between cost and accessibility.
Intuitive Natural-Language Queries
Ask questions like you would to a trusted colleague and receive answers that are guard-railed, verifiable, and auditable.
Historical Tracking
Complete history of the data presented, actions taken, and outcomes achieved, to understand what changed and why.
Frequently asked questions
What can OculusITs Managed Cloud Services team help with?
The short answer is everything. Whether you are migrating a customized application to the cloud for safekeeping, moving your storage to the cloud, or onboarding an entirely new cloud-based Student Information System (SIS), we have you covered. If it’s cloud-based, we can help!
Why OculusIT for managing the cloud?
Unlike working directly with individual companies to manage cloud environments, OculusIT has expertise across a variety of platforms and a 20+ year history of transforming technology infrastructure for higher education institutions. When you run into problems or need changes made, you don’t have to remember how to reach out to each company individually and get them to adjust their environment, hoping it doesn’t break your carefully put-together integrations; you just reach out to us. We’re your one-stop shop.
Who should we be hosting our data with?
There is no 1-size-fits-all answer here. It depends on the data or services you’re considering, and what your existing tech stack looks like. We’ll work with you to understand your goals and offer you options so we can discuss the benefits and drawbacks of each path. We believe each institution has unique needs and concerns that demand a customized plan, not cookie-cutter solutions.
What about dependencies with other connected functional areas?
Whether you are worried about your disaster recovery plan, your next audit, or software customizations, we can help you plan for and understand how moving to the cloud will impact it. We’ll work with you to make sure you are set up for success and be there to help whenever you decide it’s time for a change.