Partner Success with AWS / Education / Finland

February 2025
University of Turku
Eficode

Eficode and AWS Help University of Turku Scale to Improve Sustainability

Based in Finland, the University of Turku built a business simulator to help students understand decision making around sustainability issues. To enable growth, the University worked with Amazon Web Services (AWS) and AWS Partner Eficode to improve the software’s scalability and security. It has expanded its services to business leaders in addition to students. It can now add more features such as Amazon Quicksight, providing real business tools for all learners.

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Security was vital. We knew that we could strengthen the security to make it easier to collaborate with the confidence that shared security on AWS brings."

Aleksi Siponen
Technical Project Manager, Eficode

About University of Turku

The Centre for Collaborative Research CCR focuses on research work with other organizations in a cooperative way. It studies business transformations at different levels: individuals, businesses, industries and in society as a whole. Besides research its develop and creates prerequisites for industry-academia collaboration and innovation activities for its faculty at Turku School of Economics. CCR is an active international collaborator in both research and innovation. It takes part in international multi-partner research and development projects, as well as innovation concepts. Alongside collaboration with research institutions, it also works with companies internationally.

About AWS Partner Eficode

Eficode is a Finland-based company and AWS Partner with expertise in DevOps. With about 650 professionals, it works to drive the DevOps and Agile movement in Europe and build the future of software development across 10 countries. Eficode guides customers with DevOps and Agile skills and practices and enables them to focus on their growth and customers with the Eficode ROOT managed DevOps platform.

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