Seattle University’s Strategic Move to Apporto from VMware Horizon for Future-Ready Education

Seattle University, a renowned institution with around 7,500 students and 1,500 faculty and staff, is dedicated to delivering exceptional educational experiences. Under the initiative led by Travis Nation, Vice Provost for IT and Chief Information Officer, the university seeks innovative IT solutions to enhance learning and administrative operations.

Challenge:

Seattle University sought to modernize its IT infrastructure to better serve its students and faculty, without major capital expenses. A key requirement was finding a system that could handle GPU-intensive applications across various academic disciplines, effectively replacing their existing VMware Horizon setup with a more efficient and versatile solution.