Case Study: Open Colleges achieves cloud-first transformation and improved LMS performance with Rackspace Technology

Open Colleges’ Journey to a Digital and Cloud-First Future

Open Colleges, a 100‑year‑old leader in Australian online vocational education, was hampered by a six‑year‑old legacy infrastructure that made its Learning Management System harder to use and limited the organisation’s ability to support an aggressive growth and innovation plan and a new business model.

To modernise, the development team migrated to Google Cloud Platform for container orchestration, a private network and improved logging, and engaged Rackspace managed services for design, implementation and ongoing support. The combined solution reduced latency and security concerns across Asia‑Pacific, improved LMS performance and customisation, and—through close collaboration—upskilled the internal team, enabling Open Colleges to confidently pursue a digital, cloud‑first future.

Open Colleges

Brett Rule

Head of Product and Technology