Case Study: University of Richmond streamlines web publishing and scales 90+ sites with Cascade CMS from Hannon Hill

University of Richmond modernizes 50 sites in under 3 months with Hannon Hill

The University of Richmond, a highly selective liberal arts university, faced a major web modernization challenge. Its decentralized websites were outdated, built with inefficient tools like Dreamweaver and a homemade CMS, and lacked a consistent marketing message. The university partnered with Hannon Hill to implement Cascade CMS to centralize control and modernize its web presence.

Using Hannon Hill's Cascade CMS, a small IT team led by Eric Palmer migrated 50 sites in under three months, creating new sites at an average pace of one every 2.7 days. The solution established a consistent brand and a repeatable process, drastically reducing the time to create a site from a month to just 3-4 days. The university now manages over 90 sites that broadcast a unified message and share content easily, achieving its goal to rollout marketing communications quickly.

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