College Network CIO Wins 2014 Frost & Sullivan Impact Award
Ryan Sallee wins in Cloud Computing category for transforming and modernizing IT infrastructure with EarthLink.
EarthLink has announced that Ryan Sallee, chief information officer (CIO) of The College Network (TCN), was selected as a 2014 winner of the Frost & Sullivan Chief Information Officer Impact Award in the Cloud Computing category at the 2nd Annual ConNEXTions 2014: A Frost & Sullivan Executive MindXchange and CIO Impact Award Gala on February 11. The College Network, an EarthLink customer and pioneerin the online education industry, was nominated for its customized, EarthLink-designed private cloud solution that modernized TCN’s entire IT infrastructure and strengthened interdepartmental communication.
In 2011, Sallee moved TCN to EarthLink’s efficient and reliable cloud-based solution and placed daily management of the infrastructure in the hands of the EarthLink team. The project officially completed in December 2012, with additional updates in 2013. EarthLink deployed a customized cloud hosting and dedicated server solution for TCN’s highly-scalable, replicated database that runs core business applications including customer relationship management and enterprise resource planning applications, file and utility servers, content delivery system and customer registration system.