It’s no secret that cloud computing is disrupting the education industry, making learning much more flexible and accessible than ever before. Currently, 39% of higher education applications operate on the cloud, and that’s expected to grow to 62% by 2021. From Office 365 and Google Drive to learning management systems like Canvas and Blackboard, there are many cloud-based services that can support schools and universities in catering to their students, alumni, and staff. Beyond these tools, the cloud is invaluable for storing student data and helping to streamline information between systems. Here are a few of the benefits for education systems looking to migrate their users to the cloud. Reducing IT costs and growing analytics capabilities By running their organization on legacy, on-prem systems, educational institutions deal with unnecessary costs associated with lifecycle management, scalability, and managing multiple databases. A survey of 100 higher education IT professionals in 2017.