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Cengage Group

Cengage Group Transforms the Education Industry

Innovative education company shifts from traditional textbooks to a first-of-its-kind digital subscription service, supported by Pure, to help make education accessible to anyone who wants to learn.

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Summary

As its digital subscription service, Cengage Unlimited, grows, Cengage Group needs reliable storage to maintain fast and reliable access for students. With Pure Storage® FlashArray™ and Pure Storage FlashBlade®, Cengage Group improves performance and scale.

Industry

Education

GEO

North America

Use Cases

Accelerate Core Applications
Activate Real-time Analytics

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Challenges

When students log into Cengage Unlimited, they expect fast and reliable access to textbooks, grades, and learning resources. As the demand grew, Cengage Group needed scalable storage that could handle spikes in demand and support a hybrid cloud model for flexible service delivery.

Results

Business Transformation

Supports transition to industry-changing digital learning subscription service
Saves students more than $330 million in textbook fees since launching its digital subscription
Positions Cengage Group for growth, with more than 70% of revenue now purely digital

IT Transformation

Reduces storage footprint by 80% while doubling performance
Provides greater scalability and predictability with Evergreen//One™ (formerly Pure as-a-Service)
Provides an agile, strategic approach to hybrid cloud

“Our goal is to make education accessible to anyone who wants to learn, and technology makes that possible. We depend on Pure to make sure our critical systems are not just safe and secure, but also scale and perform well.”

Jim Chilton

CIO, Cengage Group

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