NEWARK, NJ, June 5, 2025 – 
Edge, a leading provider of innovative technology solutions for higher education, today announced that IronBrick, a Workday resell partner specializing in selling Workday to the higher education and public sector markets, is now part of the EdgeMarket Cooperative Pricing System. The addition of this industry leader to EdgeMarket comes as a direct result of successful bids under the EdgeMarket’s Higher Education Ecosystem (HEES) Request for Proposal (RFP), solidifying the organization’s commitment to delivering transformative solutions to educational institutions.
The HEES RFP, a significant initiative aimed at providing access to an interconnected ecosystem of software and solutions designed to enable successful outcomes within higher education, seeks to identify best-in-class technology partners. Edge’s contract vehicle, coupled with IronBrick’s deep industry expertise and the power of the Workday platform, creates a powerful set of tools to address the unique challenges and evolving needs of colleges and universities.
“This alignment marks a significant milestone in Edge’s commitment to empowering higher education institutions with cutting-edge solutions. Workday and IronBrick are industry leaders enabling excellence in higher education operations. We are confident that this collaboration will deliver exceptional value and drive positive outcomes for participating institutions.”
— Dan Miller
AVP EdgeMarket and Solution Strategy, Edge
Workday Human Capital Management (HCM), Workday Financial Management, and Workday Students help to transform higher education institutions, modernize experiences, and streamline administrative and academic operations. Its cloud-native architecture provides scalability, agility, and real-time insights to help make data-driven decisions.
“IronBrick is excited to collaborate with Edge and Workday to provide a new avenue for purchasing Workday for higher education institutions under the HEES RFP,” stated Zebulon Mellett, President, IronBrick Associates, LLC. “Our focused expertise in the higher education sector, combined with Edge’s strong relationships and the Workday platform, will allow for long-term success for our clients.”
Edge, Workday, and IronBrick are committed to helping higher education institutions modernize operations, enhance the employee experience, and drive student and institutional success, via a contract designed to streamline time to procurement. This collaboration represents a powerful step forward in transforming core operational applications within the higher education community.
About Edge
Edge serves as a member-owned, nonprofit provider of high performance optical fiber networking and internetworking, Internet2, and a vast array of best-in-class technology solutions for cybersecurity, educational technologies, cloud computing, and professional managed services. Edge provides these solutions to colleges and universities, K-12 school districts, government entities, hospital networks and nonprofit business entities as part of a membership-based consortium. Edge’s membership spans the northeast, along with a growing list of EdgeMarket participants nationwide. Edge’s common good mission ensures success by empowering members for digital transformation with affordable, reliable and thought-leading purpose-built, advanced connectivity, technologies and services.
About IronBrick
IronBrick excels at Adaptive Innovation. As a dedicated Workday partner, IronBrick is a reseller of Workday solutions to State and Local, Higher Education, and Federal clients. We strive to balance the wants and needs of application users with the technical challenges of IT organizations. IronBrick partners with leading System Integrators and specialized technology providers to deliver complete solutions. To learn more about IronBrick, visit ironbrick.com.
