Cloudera - Open edX® instance
Cloudera - Open edX® instance
Cloudera - Open edX® instance

Cloudera is a Silicon Valley company that provides open source-based analytics software and training to data-driven enterprises. OpenCraft was tasked with the deployment, hosting, and maintenance of Cloudera OnDemand, a learning platform based on the Open edX platform. The platform offers specialized courses for developers, analysts, administrators, and aspiring data scientists. OpenCraft also deployed the Open edX Analytics API on the platform as well as Single Sign-On and the iOS mobile app, along with other customization and integration work.

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Opencraft has matched all of our hosting needs, quickly and satisfactorily. This is a service we would recommend. Everything works great and there is always somebody on the other side of the email.
Ramon Ovelar, Researcher
University of the Basque Country
Working with OpenCraft has been a key part of our development strategy. Their attention to detail and deep knowledge of the edX platform have been instrumental in bringing some of our innovations to market. Perhaps most importantly, OpenCraft’s highly respected, active involvement in the Open edX community is a key benefit to anyone lucky enough to work with them.
Andy Parsons, CTO
Large Corporate Academy
We were looking for a partner who shared our values on open source, knew the Open edX community well, and would deliver high quality service. Opencraft did just that and more. Their service was rock solid and they were always willing to explore ways for the Open edX platform to provide more value to our university community. We could not have done it without them by our side.
Michael Greene, Associate Director
Duke Learning Innovation, Duke University
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OpenCraft has been an invaluable partner in making our vision for Cloudera OnDemand a reality. No other Open edX provider can rival OpenCraft’s deep level of knowledge of the platform, or match their skill in customization.
Rowan McVey, Former Program Manager
Cloudera
OpenCraft took full responsibility for the code reviews and upstreaming process and led it on the highest professional level. OpenCraft’s work is professional, accurate, always on time and with a smile. They are true leaders of the Open Source community around the Open edX technology.
Anne Lifshits Agmon, CTO
Campus-IL - Israel's National Project for Digital Learning
OpenCraft’s working relationship with the edX community allows changes to be quickly integrated in the latest Open edX release, allowing everyone to benefit. The team provided fantastic support on a very complex issue with a very tight deadline.
Ethan Barden, MeriSTEM Project Coordinator
Australian National University
OpenCraft developed two custom products for my team to expand the edX platform’s capabilities. Their performance and attention to customer satisfaction exceeded my expectations with seamless integrations.
Stefan Esposito, Instructional Development Manager
HarvardX
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OpenCraft is fantastic to work with. They customized our Open edX instance allowing for the very specific use case we needed. The high level of customization achieved thanks to OpenCraft is critical to our ability to train policy makers around the world.
Charlotte Tuminelli, Senior Training Manager
Harvard Kennedy School
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OpenCraft is an invaluable partner. They’ve successfully architected and delivered several complex features in the Open edX platform, and are recognized throughout the community as experts in development of XBlocks. We count on OpenCraft to develop key parts of our roadmap on time and at a high quality standard.
Steve Magoun, Former Engineering Director
edX
OpenCraft was a pleasure to work with, helping through every stage of the process. From idea generation, prototyping, construction, deployment, and testing. They were responsive to my needs and completed the work on time and on budget. The OpenCraft team knows edX inside out, both technically and organizationally. This is invaluable as they are able to reach the right people to get features released on time for our edx.org courses.
Bill Wisser, Sr. Director of Learning Technologies
Harvard Graduate School of Education
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OpenCraft’s strong collaboration skills, excellence in their craft, and harmonic practices lead to significant contributions to the Open edX ecosystem. This results in a profound resonance of the edX mission to provide quality education to the global community.
Nimisha Asthagiri, Chief Architect
edX
I have worked with OpenCraft on multiple projects in the past years, and I am still amazed by how consistent, professional, and responsive they are. I can rely on their support and quality of the code, always. They continuously contribute to the Open edX platform.
Natalia Berdnikov, Senior Project Manager
edX
LabXchange is committed to the principles of open source, and so with OpenCraft's deep investment in the development of Open edX, they were an obvious partner for us. OpenCraft not only built the LabXchange platform, but also ensured a close and productive collaboration with the technical team at edX. Among other things, this allowed us to release Blockstore, the next-generation content storage system for the Open edX platform.
Robert A. Lue, Former Faculty Director and Principal Investigator
Harvard LabXchange