SWITCH brings clarity to the cloud

Cloud-based services are becoming ever more important for Swiss universities. While these services are being actively promoted by universities, an increasing number of providers are now also only offering cloud-based solutions. In addition to the current internal applications used by universities, SWITCH's range of services, which features both proprietary and commercial solutions, plays an important role here.

The second Higher Education Cloud Day offered a comprehensive overview with product presentations and reports on SWITCHengines, Microsoft Azure, Google Cloud Platform, Google G-Suite and Office 365. These were complemented by explanations of Microsoft’s data protection policy and aspects of the new General Data Protection Regulation relating to Swiss universities. In addition, the providers serving the Swiss market under the terms of the GÉANT IaaS tender introduced themselves.

SWITCH therefore doesn't just provide its own solutions; it also offers universities a comprehensive range of cloud services together with commercial providers.