Bill Thirsk, Marist College, Vice President of Information Technology and CIO
Carefully Consider Cloud Vendors
- Cloud vendors must earn an institution’s trust by showing that they truly understand the education market and aren’t simply the flavor du jour.
- A more modular approach to software solutions can create greater flexibility, but often requires help in the form of integration services.
“I don’t think there’s ever been fear of the cloud. It’s not fear, it’s really a lack of trust for some of the people we do business with.”
With more than 30 years of experience in higher education IT management, Bill Thirsk doesn’t mince words when it comes to pinpointing why some educational institutions have been slow to adopt cloud-based software technologies. “I’m going to challenge the idea that there’s fear of the cloud,” he says. “I don’t think there’s ever been fear of the cloud. It’s not fear, it’s really a lack of trust for some of the people we do business with.”
This is an excerpt from The Future of Higher Education. The eBook was generously sponsored by Ellucian.
