Moving to AWS Cloud gives higher education institutions a way to modernize core operations while keeping security and cost control in focus.

With AWS, your institution can:

• Modernize key systems – Update administrative operations, enterprise resource planning (ERP) systems, and student information systems (SIS) on a scalable, flexible cloud infrastructure instead of maintaining aging on-premises hardware.
• Improve security and compliance – Benefit from support for 98 security standards and compliance certifications, helping you address regulatory and institutional requirements while minimizing downtime and data loss through fast, reliable disaster recovery.
• Increase agility – Quickly scale resources up or down as needs change, whether you are migrating workloads, expanding virtual services, or supporting seasonal spikes in usage.
• Manage and lower costs – Replace large capital expenditures with more predictable, usage-based spending. Institutions can scale resources as they go, which helps avoid overprovisioning and supports long-term cost optimization.

TD SYNNEX Public Sector works alongside your team to plan and execute migrations, optimize your AWS environment, and align cloud usage with your budget and governance requirements.

AWS helps higher education institutions reimagine how they use data by supporting the full data lifecycle—from collection and storage to analytics and insight.

On AWS, your institution can:

• Store and manage large data sets – Use scalable storage such as Amazon Simple Storage Service (Amazon S3) to securely store even very large volumes of institutional and learning data.
• Unlock insights with analytics – Apply analytics tools and services to support predictive analytics, retention strategies, and student engagement initiatives. This can help you identify at-risk students earlier, understand program performance, and guide resource allocation.
• Share data across platforms – Enable data sharing across systems to build a more complete view of student performance and engagement, and to support collaboration across departments.
• Incorporate AI and ML – Use artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning (ML) capabilities to personalize communications, analyze patterns, and support data-driven decision-making at scale.

A practical example comes from University of Pittsburgh Athletics, which used AWS Lambda, AWS Glue, and Amazon S3 to build centralized fan profiles. With more than 800,000 resolved fan identities (on track for 1 million by the end of 2024), they exceeded ticketing goals and created more targeted sales and marketing processes. The same approach—centralizing data and applying analytics—can be applied to student success, enrollment, and academic planning.

AWS provides a set of capabilities that can reshape how your institution delivers instruction and conducts research, while TD SYNNEX Public Sector helps you implement them effectively.

For teaching and learning, AWS enables you to:

• Offer virtual computer labs so students can access course software and resources from anywhere.
• Use intelligent digital assistants and chatbots to answer common student questions and streamline support.
• Experiment with innovative voice technologies to create new ways for students and faculty to interact with campus systems.
• Leverage AI and ML to personalize engagement, communications, and learning experiences.

For research, AWS helps institutions and research agencies:

• Accelerate research timelines by spending less time building and maintaining infrastructure and more time on scientific work.
• Launch secure compute, storage, and database resources within minutes, supporting everything from small projects to large-scale research initiatives.
• Access open datasets, funding opportunities, and training that are designed to optimize the research experience.

TD SYNNEX Public Sector acts as your AWS partner, helping you select the right services, plan migrations, and support adoption across teaching, learning, and research teams so you can turn institutional and research data into practical wisdom.