Informatica
230%
growth in online classes, 2006–2014
Informatica selected ReadyTech for reliable customer training and grew its online classes by 230% between 2006 and 2014.
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Run Cloud Training Labs With Less Cost and Complexity
Keep using your current AWS, Azure, Google, or Oracle Cloud environment, or pick the provider that fits you best. ReadyTech adds a simpler way to manage labs, control cloud usage, and deliver better hands-on training.
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The Axis tool is very thorough, with great features including sharing your screen with others from the secure window (no more need to get files onto their host computer).
Open Text Corporation
Lance Drechsler
5M+
Learners served99.9%
Platform uptime8M+
Labs delivered30+
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Built for Cloud Training
Get More From the Cloud Infrastructure You Already Use
Turn AWS, Azure, Google, or Oracle Cloud infrastructure into a complete training solution that is easier to manage, with better cost control and 100% browser-based lab access, and built for better hands-on training.
A Complete Training Toolset
Get lab management plus the ReadyTech tools instructors and learners need, all working together in one training experience.
Flexible Pricing. No Long-Term Contracts.
Scale ReadyTech around your training needs without committing to a long-term contract.
Support Training Around the World
Use AWS, Azure, Google, or Oracle Cloud regions worldwide to bring virtual IT labs closer to your learners and support global training programs.
Less Complexity for Your Training Team
Give training teams a simpler way to schedule and run cloud-based training without having to rely on complex cloud-provider consoles for everyday administration.
ReadyTech Lab Management
Make Cloud Labs Easier to Run
ReadyTech Axis is the orchestration engine behind your cloud training labs, helping your team automate repetitive work and manage training without the headache and complexity of cloud consoles.
Schedule Labs Around Training
Schedule lab environments to start when needed and shut down when not in use, so labs are ready when learners need them and you don’t overpay for compute resources when they're not needed.
Scale With Class Size
Add or remove learner seats as enrollment changes without rebuilding the class.
Reuse Course Setups
Create lab plans and templates once and reuse them across future training sessions. Scheduling a class with everything you need is done in minutes.
Support Live and On-Demand Labs
Use lab environments for instructor-led classes, self-paced learning, workshops, user conferences, sales demos, sandboxes, software evaluations, and more.
Support Training Partners
Share templates with your training partners, keep quality under your control, and choose how lab costs are allocated across your partner network.
Better Cloud Cost Control
Run Labs When Learners Need Them. Reduce Idle Compute Time.
Schedule lab access and shutdown around your training sessions to reduce unnecessary compute runtime. Storage and other cloud provider charges may continue while compute is stopped.
Keep Self-Paced Training Costs Predictable
Give learners on-demand access to lab environments and let them consume lab time whenever they want, while keeping costs predictable and controlled.
Adjust as Your Needs Change
With no long-term contract, you can scale usage up or down as training demand shifts, so your costs follow your program instead of a fixed commitment.
AI Analytics and Reporting
Use AI analytics and reporting to optimize platform use and cloud provider costs. Ask questions about enrollment, lab usage, template utilization, and more.
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Is cost the thing holding you back?
Johnson Controls reduced training costs by 83% with ReadyTech, moving hands-on Metasys training online and reducing travel, shipping, and facility costs.
Customer stories
Teams that run labs with ReadyTech.
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OpenText Documentum
8,000+
learners trained across 50 countries
Documentum standardized on ReadyTech so its hands-on labs run the same for every learner, with lab setup handled centrally.
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Epicor
300%
increase in students trained, 2011–2016
Epicor moved classroom training to ReadyTech virtual environments, expanding access to its courses for customers worldwide.
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More Than Lab Hosting
An All-in-One Platform for Hands-On Training
No matter where you host your labs, ReadyTech brings the training tools instructors and learners need into one connected experience.
Monitor, Assist, and Take Control
Lab Overview gives instructors real-time visibility into learner labs so they can spot problems, see who needs help, and take or share control when needed.
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Deliver Live Training
Virtual Classroom brings live instruction, collaboration, and course materials together with hands-on labs in one training experience.
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Test Knowledge With Quizzes and Exams
STEP adds surveys, tasks, exams, and polls right inside training, so you can run assessments, measure learning, and keep learners engaged.
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Give Learners Secure Browser Access
ReadyTech HyperView opens labs in a browser with no downloads, plug-ins, or VPNs, and keeps environments off the open internet. Learners get a secure, high-performance connection designed to work through corporate firewalls, reducing the access problems that slow training down.
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Improve Courses With Analytics
Use learner and training activity data to understand participation, identify trends, and improve future courses.
ALL LAB HOSTING MODELS
One instructor view across any type of lab setup.
Different programs need different lab setups. Some use cloud provider hosted labs. Others use in-house infrastructure, local machines, ReadyTech-hosted labs, or custom hardware. Lab Overview gives instructors a consistent live view regardless of the lab delivery model, so they can monitor learner activity, spot inactivity, transfer files, and step in when help is needed.
AWS · Azure · GCP · Oracle CloudOn your infrastructureFully managedBare metal hardware
Cloud Provider-Hosted
Your AWS, Azure, GCP, or Oracle Cloud account, orchestrated by Axis. Schedule, provision, control regions, trim spend.
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In-House Labs
Turn your on-premise compute resources into virtual training labs.
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ReadyTech-Hosted
The perfect balance between performance and price.
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ReadyTech Bare Metal
Powerful bare metal servers, an ideal solution for running hypervisor, ESXi, or Hyper-V.
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Why Teams Trust ReadyTech
Users love us
What instructors and training teams say about ReadyTech.
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Based on 233 reviews on G2
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5.0 / 5 on G2
“We are using GPU-enabled VM exclusively and really appreciate the desktop client in addition to the HTML viewer.”
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★★★★★
5.0 / 5 on G2
“The performance of the platform is great and the instructor manager allows me and fellow trainers the ability to view, control and manage by classroom of remote attendees.”
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★★★★☆
4.0 / 5 on G2
“Also, running Readytech on the Azure cloud means we can support training classes globally, and use GPU intensive applications easily.”
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Customer experiences, in their own words.
Frequently Asked Questions
Cloud Provider-Hosted Lab FAQs
Answers to common questions about running training labs in your own AWS, Azure, Google, or Oracle Cloud account with ReadyTech.
Can ReadyTech use our existing AWS, Azure, Google, or Oracle Cloud environment?
Yes. ReadyTech works with training labs running in AWS, Azure, Google, or Oracle Cloud while adding the management, instructor, learner, and training tools needed to deliver hands-on training.
How does ReadyTech help control cloud training costs?
ReadyTech supports scheduled lab access and shutdown to help reduce unnecessary compute runtime. Storage and other cloud provider charges may continue while compute is stopped.
Can we host virtual IT labs in different regions around the world?
Yes. You can use AWS, Azure, Google, or Oracle Cloud regions worldwide to place training environments closer to your learners and support geographically distributed training programs.
Do instructors need to manage training through the cloud provider console?
For everyday training administration, instructors can schedule events and manage labs through ReadyTech Axis. Create events with training content, presentations, course materials, and hands-on lab environments in minutes without using complex cloud consoles for routine tasks.
What training tools do we get with cloud provider-hosted labs?
ReadyTech can provide Lab Overview for monitoring and control, Virtual Classroom, course material management, analytics, and HyperView browser-based lab access alongside your cloud provider-hosted lab environments.
Do learners need to install software or use a VPN?
No. ReadyTech HyperView provides browser-based lab access without requiring plug-ins, browser extensions, or VPNs.
Does HyperView work through corporate firewalls?
HyperView is designed to work through corporate firewalls, helping reduce connectivity problems that can delay access to remote training labs. Connections are established securely over HTTPS on port 443.
Does ReadyTech require a long-term contract?
No. ReadyTech offers flexible pricing with no long-term contracts.
Ready When You Are
Make Cloud Training Easier to Run
See how ReadyTech can help you get more from AWS, Azure, Google, or Oracle Cloud while giving your training team the tools they need to deliver better hands-on training. Flexible pricing. No long-term contracts. Get a demo to see ReadyTech in action, or request a 30-day free trial to run a class of your own.
