Huawei Cloud Optimises Dynamic DNA's LMS for Faster Digitalisation

Dynamic DNA is a leading training and skills development company that aims to empower Africa's ICT industry.

While the COVID-19 pandemic derailed and disrupted the education of the young generation in South Africa, Dynamic DNA was able to keep its learners' education on track and improve efficiency during lockdowns, thanks to a partnership with Huawei Cloud and ULearning.

As an ICT-focused academy, Dynamic DNA had already been digitalised. However, during the early stages of the first lockdown, economies of scale, improved efficiency and greater reliability became crucial to ensure survival of the business.

Tinashe Banya, Senior Academic Head and Portfolio Manager at Dynamic DNA, says the organisation's learning management system (LMS) was not able to accommodate all students attending remote classes simultaneously, and there were limitations in terms of the collaboration features it offered. "When groups had to collaborate on a project, for example, some had to paste lines of code on a Word document to send it to each other," he says.

Dynamic DNA partnered with ULearning and Huawei Cloud to roll out a brand-new LMS that offered security, reliability, scalability and a variety of new features that allowed the organisation to continue and optimise its training programmes.

Challenges

  • Security on the previous LMS was lacking, for example, the jurisdiction of facilitators, assessors and moderators was not facilitated.

    Security on the previous LMS was lacking, for example, the jurisdiction of facilitators, assessors and moderators was not facilitated.

  • The stakeholder MICT SETA required "3 years of uncompromised storage of assessments and POE's portfolio of evidence". Dynamic DNA could not guarantee this on their existing platform.

    The stakeholder MICT SETA required "3 years of uncompromised storage of assessments and POE's portfolio of evidence". Dynamic DNA could not guarantee this on their existing platform.

  • Scalability remained crucial to the survival and optimisation of Dynamic DNA. Their requirements demanded an adaptable, agile solution.

    Scalability remained crucial to the survival and optimisation of Dynamic DNA. Their requirements demanded an adaptable, agile solution.

Why Huawei Cloud?

After consideration, the Dynamic DNA team decided to choose Huawei Cloud as it offered several optimal benefits that would propel their IT infrastructure. The Huawei Cloud team collaborated with Dynamic DNA. After studying their cloud requirements, the team came up with a solution that was ideal for the company's operating model.


• Huawei Cloud provided Dynamic DNA with an LMS that saves data on the platform with fully connected, high-speed, stable infrastructure.

• The end-user support is excellent and training is provided for the local administrators.

• Robust security is embedded on the platform.

• There is a live classroom system on the platform, which is practical and reliable.

• Huawei Cloud has value for cloud offerings, which help reduce costs.

• The Huawei Cloud solution is easy to use and scalable.

• The platform is customizable.

Customer Benefits

  • Customers quickly build cloud security protection capabilities.

    Customers quickly build cloud security protection capabilities.

  • On-demand use and fast deployment are supported.

    On-demand use and fast deployment are supported.

  • Elastic scaling ensures secure and reliable running of cloud services with standard security integration services.

    Elastic scaling ensures secure and reliable running of cloud services with standard security integration services.