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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. This blog post […]

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 […]

Universities moving their student systems to the cloud often need to rethink how their existing integrations work in the new environment. That was the case for a major university in the United Kingdom with tens of thousands of students as it transitioned from Banner On-Prem to Banner SaaS. Before the migration, the institution used a semi-manual […]

Migrating from Ellucian Banner On-Prem to the SaaS version is never just a technical upgrade. It reshapes how information flows, connects, and stays consistent across the institution. A leading university in the United Kingdom with a student population in the tens of thousands faced this transformation firsthand. Their on-prem environment had a well-established process for updating student […]

When a college migrates from Ellucian Banner On-Prem to Banner SaaS, one of the first questions that comes up is how to keep third-party integrations running. Many institutions rely on companion systems for critical functions such as accessibility management, finance, or student services, and these integrations often need to be rebuilt to work within the SaaS […]

ABCloudz has expanded its Ellucian expertise with the Ellucian Insights Foundation badge. This recognition marks our entry point into Ellucian’s analytics and reporting track and shows that our team is prepared to help institutions strengthen their data strategy. Foundation status confirms that we have the essential knowledge to support colleges and universities as they move […]