Case Study: SAM Learning achieves 50% annual user growth with Pulsant managed hosting

Secure hosting supports 50% user growth for leading eLearning provider

SAM Learning, one of the UK’s leading online educational resources used by the majority of state secondary schools and 1,200 primary schools, faced rapid user growth and increasing demand for richer, data‑heavy content. To ensure availability at peak times and meet stringent child-data security requirements, SAM Learning needed robust, secure infrastructure and reliable operational support — a challenge they addressed with Pulsant’s Managed Hosting service.

Pulsant delivered a managed hosting platform with 24/7 technical support, access to Pulsant’s tier 3 datacentres and comprehensive security (SSL/HTTPS, SQL‑injection and XSS protection, firewall, remote DB access prevention and input validation), plus SLA guarantees such as 10‑minute response and 2‑hour hardware replacement and full off‑site disaster recovery. The result: SAM Learning sustained c.50% annual growth in usage, freed its technical team to develop new services, and now serves more than 3.4 million students (and 43,000 primary pupils) reliably and securely.

SAM Learning

Iain Argent

Technical Manager