This document discusses several college projects that involve migrating various IT systems and services to cloud-based solutions. The projects aim to replace on-premise servers with cloud storage, implement email and collaboration tools through the cloud and integrate them with learning management systems. Additional goals include improving user experience and performance, reducing costs, and providing remote access to software and desktop services for students.

1. Data Integration for Desktop Facilities
Accrington and Rossendale College This project will replace traditional on-
premise servers and provide a storage
capacity for students and learners.
Exeter (2) This project is for the migration of student
file storage, email and collaboration tools to
the Cloud, integrating them with the
College’s VLE. Benefits will be to student in
terms of enhanced services and to the
College in terms of savings on servers and
staff.
Hartlepool College This project will implement an email/web
filtering security solution, the projects goals
are to improve user experience,
performance, reliability and reduce IT costs
and management and most importantly
significantly reduce internet bandwidth by
eliminating spam email.
North East Worcestershire College This project will extend the use of
technology for independent learning, to
support innovative and exciting course
delivery. It will provide staff with the
resources need to develop the use of
technology to support and deliver business
operations, learning based outcomes and
assessment opportunities for all users.
Northampton College This project will move away from e-learning
solutions being hosted in-house and move
towards providing Cloud based solutions.
South Devon College This project is for private Cloud hosted
remote desktop facilities to enable access to
Microsoft Office applications and specific
learning applications at the remote centres of
the College.
Warrington Collegaite This project is for a Virtual Cloud Desktop
offering to enable learners to access College
owned software and desktop services on

2. their own devices. College flexibility to run
courses off suite is a further benefit.
Xaverian College The college intends to migrate from a Novell
network infrastructure running a mercury
mail service to a Cloud based email and
office software solution through the Office
365 Microsoft solution.