Education

Simplifying IT Modernization for K-12 and Higher Education

Education IT leaders choose Nutanix to easily and quickly deploy infrastructure, applications and data across on-premises, edge and cloud environments – and manage it all with an easy-to-use centralized dashboard.

Nutanix for Schools and Libraries

Nutanix for Universities and Colleges

Spotlight on Security

Protect your data and applications from internal and external threats with the Nutanix Cloud Platform.

July 1, 2024

Analyst Report

8th Annual Public Sector Enterprise Cloud Index Report

Check out the key takeaways from the 2026 Public Sector Enterprise Cloud Index Report about AI Adoption Trends, Governance Gaps, Sovereignty, and Infrastructure Realities

Funnel Stage:TOF - Awareness
Industries:Financial Services, Healthcare
Key Play:Hybrid Cloud
Nutanix Cloud Infrastructure (NCI):Nutanix Cloud Clusters (NC2)
Products:Nutanix Cloud Infrastructure (NCI), Nutanix Kubernetes Platform (NKP)
Resource Type:Analyst Report
Use Cases:AI ML

July 15, 2026

eBook

VMware to Nutanix Migration Guide

Modernize your infrastructure by transitioning from legacy silos to a unified, software-defined platform that reduces TCO by 41%.

Applications:VMware
Key Play:VMware Alternative Broadcom Compete
Resource Type:eBook

July 31, 2026

Support All Your Learning Environments, from Classroom to Lab and Beyond, with Consistently Responsive and Agile IT

Gain Agility

Keep pace with student learning by delivering IT resources when and where they’re needed.

Eliminate Downtime

Leverage affordable, integrated data protection and disaster recovery for always-on operations.

Centralize IT and Apps
for Education

Lower infrastructure costs by 36% and reduce carbon emissions (in kg CO2) by 57.5K annually.

Teach, Learn and Work from Anywhere

Learn how Nutanix delivers seamless end-user access to virtual apps and desktops from any location. You can deploy 8X faster whether you want to run virtual desktops and apps in the cloud or the data center.

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The Nutanix Advantage

Realize cost savings and get predictable scalability for all types of virtual workloads by integrating compute and storage with Nutanix.

Turnkey Solution

Deploy responsive infrastructure for virtual desktops and applications, without the variable performance and risk of conventional solutions.

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July 2, 2019

Low Cost-to-Start

Start with small deployments and grow incrementally into very large installations, thanks to a modular design. Perfect for school districts and universities.

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July 2, 2019

Validated Workloads

Enjoy validated solutions for business critical apps such as SAP, Oracle, NetSuite, SQL Server, VDI, LMS, and SIS that provide flexibility and faster time to deployment.

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July 2, 2019

Low Cost-to-Run

Gain operational efficiency with simplified management, a small footprint, and low cooling and power costs.

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July 2, 2019

Hypervisor Choice

Run the hypervisor of your choice based on budget and preference, including our native, license-free hypervisor, AHV.

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July 2, 2019

Secure Operations

Protect student and staff data proactively with built-in security and compliance management.

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July 2, 2019

See How Our Customers Have Transformed with the Nutanix

Case Study

Green Bay Area Public School District (Wisconsin | US)

GBAPSD modernized its infrastructure with Nutanix to boost reliability, manage costs and prepare for future technologies.

“Purchasing Nutanix with E-Rate funds provided a great opportunity to shift funding back into technology that people see and use regularly.”

– Amy JaeckelExecutive Director of Technology and Information, Green Bay Area Public School District

Industries:Education
Key Play:VMware Alternative Broadcom Compete
Nutanix Central:Prism
Nutanix Cloud Infrastructure (NCI):AHV Virtualization, Flow Network Security
Products:Nutanix Cloud Infrastructure (NCI), Nutanix Cloud Manager (NCM), Nutanix Unified Storage (NUS)
Resource Type:Case Study
Tools:Nutanix Move

July 24, 2026

Case Study

Fordham University

“Nutanix technology is very intuitive, and it meshes extremely well together, but the real difference is in the relationships. I can come to Nutanix anytime I’m facing a challenge and reach a resource who will work with me right away. That’s something you just don’t get with other vendors.”

– Nicholas FontanezDirector of Platform Services, Fordham University & Enterprise Technology Leader

Industries:Education
Key Play:VMware Alternative Broadcom Compete
Nutanix:Industries
Nutanix Cloud Infrastructure (NCI):AHV Virtualization
Nutanix Cloud Manager (NCM):Cost Governance, Intelligent Operations
Products:Nutanix Cloud Infrastructure (NCI), Nutanix Cloud Manager (NCM)
Resource Type:Case Study
Solutions:Applications
Tools:Nutanix Move

October 6, 2026

Case Study

Mountain View Loas Altos High School District

Bay Area School District Supports Educators with Faster, More Dependable Operations

"We realize tremendous cost benefits with Nutanix, and we expect that it will pay us dividends in the future as well, by providing a scalable backbone that will continue to support our needs."

-Bob Fishtrom, Director of Information Technology Services, Mountain View Los Altos High School District

Applications:VMware
Industries:Education
Nutanix Cloud Infrastructure (NCI):AHV Virtualization
Products:Nutanix Cloud Manager (NCM)
Region:Americas
Resource Type:Case Study
Solutions:Applications
Tools:Nutanix Move

May 29, 2024

California State University, Long Beach

“Ultimately we are here to serve students and help them graduate in four to six years. Nutanix lets us make services and software available to them, when they need them, so that they can succeed.”

– Jesse Santana, Director, System and Web Services

Case Study

Avon Grove School District

“Nutanix did a great job in extending one-click disaster recovery to the cloud. For the first time, DR is simple”

– Mike Tustin, Network Administrator

Industries:Education
Nutanix Cloud Infrastructure (NCI):AHV Virtualization
Region:Americas
Resource Type:Case Study
Use Cases:Business Continuity & Disaster Recovery

September 19, 2023

Case Study

William Jessup University

“I’m no longer nervous about the old hard drive SAN failing. With Nutanix in place, I feel like I have a good support structure if there is an issue… Having a single point of contact for compute and storage, having them proactively watch it – these things are very helpful to a small IT department like ours.“

– Dan Dutcher, Systems Administrator

Education:Higher Education
Resource Type:Case Study

June 1, 2014

University of Reading

“We have yet to find a workload that the AHV hypervisor can’t handle, and it's fully integrated with the rest of the Enterprise Cloud software, making it easy to build the self-service portal we wanted and allow academics to provision their own resources.”

– Ryan Kennedy, Academic Computing Team Manager

Ozarks Technical Community College

"We have a hybrid environment, running our LMS and email on the cloud, and our most critical applications such as ERP, SIS, and our security and surveillance system on premises—all running on Nutanix."

– Eric Kyle, Chief Technology Officer, Ozarks Technical Community College

Explore Our Latest Resources

How Nutanix Gives Higher Education IT the Control, Flexibility, and Choice to Overcome Today’s Challenges.

Higher education institutions face transformative challenges - declining enrollment, AI adoption, IT staff shortages—and outdated, siloed infrastructure that can't keep pace.

Enabling New Efficiencies for Education IT

Learn how server and storage consolidation can help IT better support academics and business operations.

University of California Takes Charge of Multi-Cloud Environment

Find out how University of California San Diego saves money, enhances security and improves compliance with software-as-a-service solution.

Hyperconverged Test Drive

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See how the Nutanix Enterprise Cloud can deliver effortless performance for all your workloads while meeting your budget.

Simplifying IT Modernization for K-12 and Higher Education

Spotlight on Security

8th Annual Public Sector Enterprise Cloud Index Report

VMware to Nutanix Migration Guide

Support All Your Learning Environments, from Classroom to Lab and Beyond, with Consistently Responsive and Agile IT

Gain Agility

Eliminate Downtime

Centralize IT and Apps for Education

Teach, Learn and Work from Anywhere

The Nutanix Advantage

Turnkey Solution

Low Cost-to-Start

Validated Workloads

Low Cost-to-Run

Hypervisor Choice

Secure Operations

See How Our Customers Have Transformed with the Nutanix

Green Bay Area Public School District (Wisconsin | US)

Fordham University

Mountain View Loas Altos High School District

California State University, Long Beach

Avon Grove School District

William Jessup University

University of Reading

Ozarks Technical Community College

Explore Our Latest Resources

How Nutanix Gives Higher Education IT the Control, Flexibility, and Choice to Overcome Today’s Challenges.

Enabling New Efficiencies for Education IT

University of California Takes Charge of Multi-Cloud Environment

Hyperconverged Test Drive

Let's Get Started!

Centralize IT and Apps
for Education