Coachville
Testimonial
We are a virtual company with 60,000 users, so our web technology is the backbone of our business. Before we switched to .LRN, we were at the whim of our vendors. The needs of our site outgrew the needs of our first vendor; they simply couldn’t provide the scalability and functionality we needed. Our second vendor had staffing problems which led to low reliability. In both of these situations, our company was left helpless in finding a solution, as we were extremely reliant on the other company.
Even if these vendors could provide the technology we needed, we were still at the mercy of their fees. We were charged $50 simply to change an email forwarding address. We knew this was unreasonable, but had no other choice as we were 100% reliant of the vendor.
With .LRN and the .LRN consortium, we have a technology that has been used at institutions that are bigger than we are. With so many participants and partners, we regularly benefit from the work and experience from others in the community.
Our vendor, Solution Grove, is the leader in the community. They have educated us on the best packages for our needs and have developed the new functionality we’ve needed very efficiently and economically. It is also reassuring that there are dozens of other companies and consultants that could also be of service, should the need arrive. We have a great solution and no longer feel vulnerable and helpless to a specific vendor.