Case Study: Chisholm Institute achieves daily data sync reduction from 3–4 hours to under 15 minutes with Sitecore

Chisholm Institute reduces data syncing from 3-4 hours to 15 minutes

Chisholm Institute, a leading Victorian TAFE, needed a full website redesign to drive enrollment and engagement while replacing a legacy of fragmented microsites. The biggest technical challenge was integrating a CMS with the Course Information System (CIS) that holds over 500,000 rows of course data and required daily syncs taking 3–4 hours; Chisholm selected Sitecore (Sitecore CMS) to address these needs.

Using Sitecore (implemented with partner Reactive), the team consolidated content, added personalization, improved search and filtering, and built the interactive “dock” for course shortlists while tightly integrating the CMS with the CIS. Sitecore’s solution cut data sync time from 3–4 hours to under 15 minutes, supported ongoing syncing of 500,000+ course records, delivered more than 15% average growth in unique traffic since launch, and produced significantly higher conversions.

Chisholm Institute

Tamara Bowles

Web Services Senior Advisor