Case Study: European Schoolnet accelerates development by 40% and scales to 250,000+ users with Adobe ColdFusion (Adobe)

European Schoolnet delivers advanced initiatives for technology in education

European Schoolnet is a Brussels‑based consortium of 31 European ministries of education that builds online programs like the eTwinning portal to help teachers and students collaborate across borders. The organization needed a safe, commercial‑free, multilingual platform that could scale to hundreds of thousands of users, integrate with existing Oracle and third‑party systems, be maintained by a small development team, and meet funders’ requirements for modern, sustainable technology.

European Schoolnet standardized on Adobe ColdFusion (plus ColdFusion Enterprise Server, ColdFusion Builder and Adobe Connect), which sped development by about 40% and enabled rapid iterations, analytics and smooth third‑party integration. The result is a scalable, secure platform serving 250,000+ users in 25 languages, supporting over 35,000 cross‑school projects and an expanded eTwinning Plus rollout — all maintained effectively by a compact development team.

European Schoolnet

Bart Vanhulle

Technical Manager and Lead Developer, European Schoolnet