Private-Cloud Infrastructure for Online Technical Education

LabScale is an infrastructure platform service that seeks to provide online colleges with their own private-clouds, delivering the same quality education available to on-campus students in majors such as information technology (IT) & cybersecurity.

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The Infrastructure Gap: What Online Education Programs Experience

LIMITED ACCESS

Without dedicated infrastructure, remote students are limited to running virtual machines & other resources on their hardware-limited personal devices, unlike on-campus students who have access to dedicated cyber-ranges & lab environments.

CAPITAL INVESTMENT

Building a physical space or performing renovations to a space in order to host infrastructure could cost your institution millions of dollars in equipment, power, construction, and staffing costs.

CAREER READINESS

Without access to hands-on training, online learners fall behind, requiring more on-the-job training over on-campus graduates.

Your Private Cloud,
You own the Curriculum.

LabScale provides & operates the physical hardware, think servers, network appliances, and isolated student environments.

Your faculty design the labs. Your students access them on their schedules. You maintain complete control over your curriculum.

Built on Enterprise-Grade, Open-Source Technology.

LabScale’s infrastructure runs on Proxmox Virtual Environment, an enterprise-grade open-source virtualization platform trusted by thousands of organizations worldwide.

No vendor lock-in. No proprietary limitations. Just enterprise-grade infrastructure that scales as you grow.

Three-Phase Process

Step 1: We Provision Your Private Cloud

When you partner with LabScale, we allocate dedicated infrastructure for your institution. This is a process that can take time and may be multiple conversations between your team and our team.

An example of what we allocate to you would be a number of physical servers forming their own private-cloud environment, the applicable role-based access for your students & faculty, as well as management access for those who need it. Role-based access for faculty will have permissions to create the environments and virtual machines your students need.

Your infrastructure is completely isolated from other clients by using VRF multi-tenancy. Think of it as your own private datacenter, accessible online.

Timeline: TBD

Step 2: Your Faculty Design New Labs

Once your private-cloud is provisioned, your faculty may request training on how to use the platform, including documentation and best practices. Below are examples of what faculty can do with your newly provisioned private-cloud:

Deploy VM templates for student use.
Build virtualized networks to match your curriculum (eg. in GNS3).
Create isolated course environments.
Set up automated VM provisioning.

You maintain 100% control over:

Assignment structure, complexity and difficulty
Assessment criteria
Academic integrity measures

Timeline: Ongoing, evolves with curriculum

Step 3: Students Access the Private-Cloud

Students log into your specific LabScale portal using institutional credentials (SSO integration available). They see VMs assigned by faculty and are able to access those VMs in seconds.

Student Workflow:

Open web browser
Navigate to your college’s LabScale portal URL (example: example.labscale.io)
Log in with your credentials.
Students can now access their dedicated VMs.

LabScale will handle escalated technical support cases, Infrastructure uptime and monitoring, Security and isolation enforcement, Capacity management, and Platform updates / maintenance.

Timeline: Semester-long, 24/7 student access

Frequently Asked Questions

Does LabScale provide course content or curriculum?

No. LabScale provides the infrastructure platform and isolated environments for each course. Your faculty design the courses, create assignments, and control curriculum. We provide the foundation, you bring the teaching.

How much does LabScale cost?

Pricing starts at $65 per student per semester with 5% & 10% discounts past a certain capacity of students. No upfront capital investment required.

Pilot program participants will receive specialty pricing of $32.50 per student per semester until the Pilot program is complete.

How do students access the private-cloud to work on assignments?

Students navigate to the web portal (example: https://example.labscale.io) and then login with their configured credentials. Once logged in, they can access their course virtual machines. No software installation needed.

How much technical expertise do faculty need?

Faculty should have networking/systems administration knowledge to design labs (similar to what they’d need for on-campus labs). If requested, LabScale can provide platform guidance, training, and will handle infrastructure management & monitoring.

Can we customize the infrastructure for our needs?

Yes. During onboarding, we will work directly with you to determine the amount of resources you need & to configure platform services to match your curriculum requirements.

How is our institution’s infrastructure isolated? Is student data secure?

Each partner institution receives a dedicated private-cloud with VRF (Virtual Routing and Forwarding) isolation, just like how an Internet Service Provider (ISP) operates. Your students and labs are completely separated from other institutions at the network layer.

Students cannot access each other’s environments unless specially requested & no student PII is stored on network devices.

Ready to Transform Your Online Technical Programs?

FOR INSTITUTIONS

Partner with LabScale for our 2026-2027 Pilot

✓ Dedicated infrastructure
✓ Full Semester support
✓ Discounted pricing

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Limited Capacity Available

FOR EDUCATORS

Learn how LabScale can benefit your curriculum

✓ Technical capabilities
✓ Faculty resources
✓ Integration (WIP)

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Questions?

Questions? Email connor.jay@labscale.io.