FOTE09 - Pauline Yau: Education, Collaboration & the Cloud

© 2009 Ninian Solutions Ltd

Education, Collaboration & the

Cloud

Pauline Yau

I look after the education

sector at Huddle

Huddle combines unified

collaboration with social

networking

Huddle was launched in

April 2007

Based in London, UK

Doubling in size (users /

revenue) every 4 months

A little bit about us...

Collaboration & The Cloud

ULCC Research

ULCC Cloud Computing Study – Spring 2009 FE & HE institutes surveyed

Is your institution reviewing cloud-based IT solutions?

What do you see as the benefits of Cloud Computing?

What tools do you currently use to enable collaboration?

How is Huddle being used? International Office

Collaboration with overseas partners, campuses and student recruitment

Partnership Office Collaboration with external partners, local

schools and FE colleges

Students Virtual online workspaces, distance learning,

groupwork, tutor/student collaboration

Collaborative Research

How is Huddle being used? Staff collaboration portal Collaborative research projects Work based learning Summer school Diploma consortia collaboration Anyone who needs a secure virtual space!

Give users what they need

Cloud computing offers freedom

From initial software costsFrom maintenance feesFrom single architecture vendorsFrom customisation projectsFrom user supportFrom serversFrom scaling & rollout

Create your own Huddle! Sign up for a free Huddle account

www.huddle.net

Pilot Institution Package Offer Valid for pilots until the end of 2009

Webinar 12th October, 3pm

© 2009 Ninian Solutions Ltd

Thank you!Email: [email protected]

Twitter: @pollyy

Skype: paulinelyau