INDUSTRY SOLUTION BRIEF: EDUCATION

Affordable, Fast andSecure Data Storage
for Education
Industry’s Lowest-Priced and Highest-Performing Cloud Storage
Solution

Colleges, universities and school systems are adopting digitaltechnology to improve learning, enhance student experiences
and streamline operations. Interactive courseware and digitalclassrooms are transforming education and improving student
performance. Intelligent administrative systems are increasing
automation, cutting costs and improving decision-making. And
cloud computing and the internet are helping academic researchers
across the world collaborate and accelerate the pace of innovation.
While digital technology has the potential to fundamentally reshapeeducation, many institutions are struggling to keep pace withskyrocketing data growth. Traditional on-site data storage platforms
are notoriously expensive to deploy, scale and manage. They
require significant upfront capital investments, pricey maintenancecontracts and specially trained IT staff. First-generation cloudstorage services like Amazon Simple Storage Service (S3) eliminate
equipment expense and complexity, but are still too costly andcomplicated for many applications.

Wasabi Hot Cloud Storage
Delivers Breakthrough Economics,Performance and Simplicity
Wasabi’s mission is to make cloud storage a simple, open-standard
commodity and utility, just like electricity. Wasabi hot cloud storageis extremely affordable, fast and reliable cloud object storage—for
any purpose. With Wasabi, you can maintain massive volumesof structured or unstructured data in the cloud, at radically low
cost, while satisfying stringent security, durability and compliancerequirements.

Disruptive Pricing Eliminates Big
Data Storage BarriersSpecifically conceived to provide storage as a commodity, Wasabi
hot cloud storage is easy to understand, easy to order and incredibly
cost-effective to scale. Unlike other cloud storage services, withWasabi there are no confusing storage tiers to decipher and nocomplicated fee structures to decode.
Wasabi hot cloud storage costs a flat $.0069 per GB/month ($6.99
per TB/month). That’s it. Unlike Amazon Web Services, Google
Cloud and Microsoft Azure we don’t impose extra fees to retrieve
data from storage. And we don’t charge extra for PUT, GET, DELETEor other API calls.1©2023 Wasabi Technologies

APPLICATIONS• Electronic records and contentmanagement systems• Digital educational and online
learning materials and video files• Big data for academic research• Campus security video• Digital media for sporting
events, fine arts performances,speaking events• Student and business analytics

KEY FEATURES• Ultra-low-cost pricing• Extreme data durability• Comprehensive access controls
and data encryption• Industry-leading performance• Amazon S3-compatible API• Intuitive browser-based interface

BENEFITS• No equipment to buy or manage• Pay-as-you-grow scalability• Inherent resiliency and dataintegrity• Easy to use and administer• No vendor lock-in• Enables FERPA and HIPAA
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Strong Security Ensures FERPA and HIPAA Compliance
Wasabi is deployed in fully secure and redundant data centers that are certified for SOC-2 and ISO
27001 compliance. The service provides robust security, ensuring FERPA compliance, as well as HIPAA
compliance for student medical records in the United States. Wasabi supports comprehensive user
authentication and access control mechanisms and strong data-at-rest encryption to safeguard storeddata. In addition, all communications with Wasabi are encrypted using HTTPS to protect data in transit.

Configurable Data Immutability Defends Against
Malware and Administrative Mishaps
Wasabi hot cloud storage provides extreme data durability and integrity. Wasabi is engineered to withstandhardware failures and media errors, providing eleven 9s object durability. An optional data immutability
capability prevents accidental deletions and administrative mishaps; protects against malware, bugs andransomware; and improves regulatory compliance. An immutable object cannot be deleted or modified byanyone—including Wasabi.

Groundbreaking Performance Accelerates Advanced
Data Analytics
Wasabi features a highly parallelized system architecture that delivers breakthrough cloud storage
performance. Wasabi is markedly faster than its competitors, making it the ideal storage repository forstudent analytics, operational analysis and academic research data.

Amazon S3 Compatibility Extends Previous Investments
and Avoids Lock-In
Wasabi supports a simple, standards-based REST API that is 100% bit-compatible with Amazon S3. Thatmeans any storage management or backup application that works with Amazon S3 will work seamlessly
with Wasabi. If you’re currently using Amazon S3, you can continue using your existing backup andreplication tools with Wasabi without making any changes to your application or to your administrative
practices. And if you are ever dissatisfied with Wasabi for any reason, you can move your data to S3 withminimal disruption.

Next Steps• CONTACT WASABI TODAY. Learn more about how Wasabi can help you securely store massive
volumes of critical administrative, student and academic data with breakthrough economics.

• TRY WASABI FOR FREE. Get up to 1 TB for 30 days.

1For full details on Wasabi’s pricing, please visit wasabi.com/pricing

ABOUT WASABI

Wasabi provides simple and affordable hot cloud storage for businesses all over the world. It enables
organizations to store and instantly access an unlimited amount of data with no complex tiers oregress or API fees, delivering predictable costs that save money and industry leading security andperformance businesses can count on. Trusted by tens of thousands of customers worldwide,
Wasabi has been recognized as one of technology’s fastest-growing and most visionary companies.
Created by Carbonite co-founders and cloud storage pioneers David Friend and Jeff Flowers, Wasabi
is a privately held company based in Boston.
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