Hi Peter,
Without asking Greg to confirm, this is over data privacy concerns/requirements.
Chris Olin
Client Support Engineer
Blackboard Inc.
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Subject: FW: Learn Saas
Just a question for a Friday evening ...... So has anyone worked out ~~exactly~~ what this is supposed to mean for EU/UK (or just about any non US) customer - presumably it is this ~other bit of the planet~ that Greg means by "because that will be required in some regions?"
Peter
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Centre of Andragogy and Academic Skills Cranfield University, Cranfield, Bedfordshire, MK43 0AL
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> On Wed, Jul 22, 2015 at 6:04 PM, Vivek Ramgopal <
> [log in to unmask]> wrote:
>
>> Hi everyone,
>>
>> I'm posting this for Greg Ritter from our product management team, as
>> for some reason his reply has not gone through:
>>
>> Hi BLKBRD-L folks!
>>
>> There's definitely some confusion floating about around Learn SaaS &
>> Ultra, so I thought I would stick my head in while I'm still at
>> BbWorld and try to clear some of it up.
>>
>> I think the confusion may stem from the fact that Blackboard has
>> discussed options to bring Learn SaaS and Ultra to Bb-managed data
>> centers and perhaps even customer's own data centers. However, That
>> does not mean that Ultra is coming to self-hosted or Managed Hosted
>> implementations as you know them today.
>>
>> Ultra must sit on top of a modern cloud computing architecture (e.g.
>> AWS or OpenStack or potentially other cloud providers in the future).
>> The Learn
>> 9.1 Managed Hosting deployment option available today does not use
>> that sort of cloud architecture. Nor do self-hosted Learn 9.1
>> implementations use that sort of cloud architecture. So it is not
>> possible to bring Ultra to the self-hosted or Managed Hosting
>> implementations as you know them today.
>>
>> We are working on the ability to deploy Learn SaaS and Ultra on a
>> cloud architecture in a Bb-managed data center, because that will be
>> required in some regions. However, even though Learn SaaS and Ultra
>> might in a Bb-managed data center, that's not the same as what we
>> call "Managed Hosting" today. It's a different infrastructure.
>>
>> Similarly, we are *exploring* the ability to deploy Learn SaaS and
>> Ultra on a cloud architecture in a customer data center. And, again,
>> even though Learn SaaS and Ultra could possibly be in your data
>> center, that's not what you consider "self hosting" today. It's a
>> different infrastructure - and a much more complex one at that. Also,
>> that approach is just a vision at this point, so it's *at least* 18 months away (late 2016).
>>
>> So, to be clear, Ultra will not be coming to Learn 9.1 in Managed
>> Hosting or self-hosting as you know them today. However, a cloud
>> architecture that can support Learn SaaS (which includes all the 9.1
>> functionality) and Ultra will be coming to Bb-managed data centers in
>> some regions and potentially even to customer's own data centers in
>> the future. Those are distinct approaches with a different
>> infrastructure than today's Managed Hosting and self-hosting options.
>>
>> It's also important to note that we are fully committed to Learn 9.1
>> in self-hosted and Managed Hosting and have quality improvements,
>> workflow enhancements, and entirely new features (like improved grade
>> exchange and competency-based learning) slated for the 9.1 roadmap.
>>
>> Our messaging on this not been as clear as it should have been. We
>> will try to do better. In the meantime, I hope that the above helps clarify.
>>
>> - greg
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