September 2026
Stop letting repetitive engineering work drive up your Ellucian SaaS budget. With Akaden, comparable Ellucian Data Connect pipelines can be developed up to 5x faster.
Our Agentic AI platform helps ABCloudz reduce routine engineering work while keeping technical decisions, validation, and release approval in expert hands.
Moving Banner and Colleague to SaaS still requires modernizing legacy integrations, custom workflows, and reporting dependencies. By accelerating repetitive tasks, we can shorten development cycles and help lower delivery costs while preserving the business rules institutions depend on.
In this issue, see how Akaden supports this approach and explore six recent Ellucian modernization projects, from retirement processing and IT support to student registration, career services, and reporting.
How Akaden speeds up pipeline delivery
Akaden puts the knowledge gained across dozens of higher education SaaS modernization engagements to work. Its specialized AI agents help our teams analyze legacy logic, prepare specifications, build Ellucian Data Connect pipelines, and troubleshoot complex integrations.
We use the platform in real client delivery to reduce repetitive engineering work and accelerate development. Our engineers remain responsible for business rules, technical decisions, validation, and release approval.
With Akaden, comparable Data Connect pipeline development can be up to 5x faster, reducing manual engineering effort and helping lower project delivery costs. Actual gains depend on pipeline complexity and scope.
That means fewer hours spent on routine development, shorter delivery timelines, and potentially lower project budgets. Akaden supports Amazon Bedrock, OpenAI, and other leading AI providers.
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Ellucian modernization in action
There’s no single pattern for Ellucian SaaS modernization. Every institution has its own operational requirements, integration dependencies, and business rules that need careful attention.
Our latest projects illustrate that variety. They span academic operations, financial processes, student services, and reporting, with solutions designed around the requirements of each institution.
TIAA retirement contributions and reconciliation
Banner student data for TeamDynamix IT support
ABCloudz rebuilt scheduled TeamDynamix exports with Ellucian Insights and Data Connect, removing direct Banner database access while preserving student selection, transformations, and secure delivery.
Colleague integration with Symplicity Career Services
ABCloudz built three Data Connect pipelines for Colleague SaaS and Symplicity, delivering student, faculty, and course data with tailored transformations, full and incremental updates, and configurable delivery.
Oracle reporting migration to Ellucian Insights
Over 200 reports depended on custom Oracle objects and ETL. ABCloudz migrated the reporting layer to PostgreSQL in Ellucian Insights, with Data Connect handling deployment and refresh.
Student Aid progress in one Insights dashboard
ABCloudz built an Ellucian Insights dashboard for Student Aid teams, combining Banner SaaS application data, award statuses, and funding with summary metrics, filters, and student-level details.
Early module registration before progression
Students needed early module registration before Exam Boards finalized progression. ABCloudz built Data Connect pipelines to create provisional Banner records and correct future-term registrations.
Speed up your next Ellucian SaaS project
Your modernization backlog may include custom integrations, complex academic workflows, payroll exchanges, or reporting dependencies. Each represents engineering work that needs the right architecture and implementation approach.
ABCloudz combines hands-on Ellucian expertise with modern integration practices and Agentic AI-assisted development through Akaden. We help institutions address these challenges while reducing repetitive engineering effort and keeping delivery quality under expert control.
Bring us your next Ellucian modernization challenge. Let’s discuss how to simplify the work, reduce delivery effort, and move your SaaS roadmap forward.