D2L Attains AWS Education Competency Status

WATERLOO, ON--(Marketwired - June 14, 2017) - D2L, a learning technology company, announced today that it has achieved Amazon Web Services (AWS) Education Competency status. To receive this designation, D2L demonstrated technical proficiency and proven success building solutions that support mission-critical workloads of Higher Education, K-12 Primary/Secondary, Research and Publishing customers. The certification differentiates D2L as an AWS Partner Network (APN) member that has delivered proven customer success providing specialized solutions aligning with AWS's architectural best practices to support the academic experience of teachers and learners and/or improve the operational needs of administrators.

"By supporting AWS cloud infrastructure, D2L continues to innovate its award-winning LMS," stated John Baker, CEO of D2L. "Our customers love the pace of innovation and the rock-solid reliability and security focus we've always had. As a new APN Partner, we will continue to deliver on that promise."

The AWS Cloud enables scalable, flexible and cost-effective solutions for companies ranging from startups to global enterprises. To support the seamless integration and deployment of these solutions, AWS established the AWS Competency Program to help customers identify APN Consulting and Technology Partners with deep industry experience and expertise.

Last year, D2L selected AWS as its strategic public cloud infrastructure provider. D2L serves its global customers from AWS locations in US, Europe and Asia, with services soon available in Montreal, Canada.

D2L's Brightspace is a digital learning platform that helps schools, universities, colleges and enterprises deliver personalized learning experiences, in a classroom or online, to people anywhere in the world. D2L is accelerating its innovation by leveraging built-in AWS services such as Amazon Elastic Compute Cloud (Amazon EC2), Amazon Simple Storage Service (Amazon S3), Amazon CloudFront, Amazon Elasticsearch Service, and the suite of AWS analytics and security services. With the reliability, security, and availability of AWS, D2L will continue to provide its high level of service and a global, end-to-end security approach, now on one trusted infrastructure.

About Brightspace

D2L's Brightspace is a digital learning platform that helps schools and institutions deliver personalized learning experiences in a classroom or online to people anywhere in the world. Created for the digital learner, Brightspace is cloud-based, runs on mobile devices, and offers rich multimedia to increase engagement, productivity and knowledge retention. The platform makes it easy to design courses, create content, and grade assignments, giving instructors more time to focus on what's most important -- greater teaching and learning. At the same time, analytics reports track and deliver insights into the performance levels of departments, courses, or individuals. Brightspace was recently named the #1 LMS in Higher Ed by Ovum Research and #1 in Adaptive Learning by eLearning Magazine. In addition, Aragon Research included Brightspace in its highly-coveted Hot Vendors in Learning list.

About D2L

D2L is a software leader that makes the learning experience better. The company's cloud-based platform is easier to use, more flexible, and smart. With Brightspace, companies can personalize the experience for every learner to deliver real results. The company is a world leader in learning analytics: its platform predicts learner performance so that companies can take action in real time to keep employees on track. Brightspace is used by learners in higher education, K-12, and the enterprise sector, including the Fortune 1000. D2L has operations in the United States, Canada, Europe, Australia, Brazil, and Singapore. www.D2L.com

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