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If you have ever tried to house thousands of students at once, you know the real problem is not the number of beds, it is the data that decides who is allowed to sleep in them. Room eligibility lives in Ellucian Banner, room assignments live in a separate accommodation system, and every autumn those two […]

HR data keeps every campus system moving, yet it is often supported by integrations that no one notices until they need to be rebuilt. As Ellucian expands its SaaS platform across Europe, the company is proactively modernizing the integrations that institutions have relied on for years in their on-prem Banner environments. Many of these long-standing […]

I came, I saw, I borrowed the book. Do your students enjoy visiting the library just as Julius Caesar enjoyed victories? To receive such feedback from all students, including freshmen, your library must serve them without a long wait in line. In real life, a routine check, such as for permissions to borrow specific medical […]

Many universities give freshmen symbolic keys at the new student convocation ceremony. This tradition stems from medieval practices and symbolizes a student’s freedom to access campus resources and participate in university life. In real life, new students want to receive their security ID cards to identify themselves when on campus and access the allowed areas. […]

You know a cloud migration is serious when it is not only about moving data but also about rethinking every hidden workflow that supports student life. Ellucian understood this long before institutions in Europe began shifting from Banner on-prem to SaaS. Graduation certificates were one of those quiet processes that seemed small from the outside […]

Anyone who has worked with Ellucian Banner at scale knows a familiar moment in every SaaS migration project. As soon as an institution prepares to move its student system into the cloud, any custom on-prem logic that relied on direct database access must be redesigned for a world that runs entirely through APIs and Ellucian’s […]

Alumni are the greatest asset of any educational institution. Every institution wants to stay in touch with its alumni, turning campus residents into a community of professionals. To achieve this goal, institutions use fundraising and alumni management systems. In turn, these systems work effectively and efficiently when institutions use relevant alumni information. One of our […]

Across higher education, colleges moving from on-prem Ellucian Colleague to SaaS are discovering that modernization comes with a few unexpected twists. The platform itself works beautifully, but some long trusted integrations need a fresh start. Many of them once depended on direct database access that simply is not part of the cloud world anymore. One […]

Student records age like fish, not cheese. When information about students becomes outdated, library services are among the first to feel the impact. Institutions that use separate systems for academic operations and library management must keep these records in sync to ensure smooth access, borrowing rights, and identity verification. Many institutions that have recently migrated […]

Moving to the cloud sounds simple until the old systems stop talking to each other. Across Europe, many institutions are shifting from Ellucian Banner On-Prem to its SaaS version. And soon after the migration, the same question always arises, how to keep those quiet background integrations running? One of the most common cases involves placement […]

When universities move from Ellucian Banner On-Prem to SaaS, they lose direct access to the Oracle database that once gave them full control. In the on-prem world, teams could write PL/SQL scripts, adjust logic, and even build custom applications right on top of Banner data. In SaaS, that control changes. The database is no longer […]

For many institutions, moving to Ellucian Banner SaaS feels like a fresh start. Systems become faster, data becomes safer, and upgrades stop being a headache. The only puzzle left is how to reconnect those essential integrations that once lived in the on-prem world. That’s exactly what happened at a large higher education institution in the […]

In the past few months, ABCloudz has been involved and delivered more than 60 modernization, reporting, and integration projects for over 20 institutions across the North America, Europe, and the Middle East. Each project helped institutions simplify complex systems, automate manual work, and move closer to SaaS readiness. Our team of more than 50 certified […]

A Banner SaaS migration feels complete only when the timetabling system is back in perfect sync. Across Europe, and especially in the United Kingdom, many institutions are discovering this truth as they move from Ellucian Banner On-Prem to its SaaS version. The transition promises scalability, security, and smoother updates, yet it also reshapes how Banner […]

When universities migrate their core student systems to the cloud, it is more than just a technical upgrade. It reshapes how data moves, updates, and stays consistent across every department. That is exactly what happened when a major university in the United Kingdom with tens of thousands of students transitioned from its on-prem Banner environment […]