Case Study: Virginia State University achieves improved reliability, security, and lower total cost of ownership with Ellucian Cloud Application Hosting Services

Virginia State University moves Banner to the cloud

Virginia State University, a public HBCU of about 5,000 students, faced rising technology complexity with limited IT staff, difficulty attracting talent, aging infrastructure, security and disaster-recovery gaps, and frequent disruptions to its Banner ERP. To address these challenges the university moved Banner to Ellucian’s Cloud Application Hosting Services.

Ellucian hosted and managed Banner in its secure cloud—providing data center services, security, backup/disaster recovery, monitoring, and a dedicated project manager to ensure a low-disruption migration. As a result, Virginia State saw improved reliability, availability and user experience; reduced total cost of ownership and predictable fixed pricing; and measurable gains such as 89% of current students registered for the next academic year by the end of April, earlier financial aid packets and faster billing, plus significant maintenance and productivity savings delivered by Ellucian.

Virginia State University

Hubert D. Harris

Chief of Staff