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A Major Public Research University Modernizes Banner on Oracle Cloud Infrastructure
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A Major Public Research University Modernizes Banner on Oracle Cloud Infrastructure

A major public research university successfully modernized its Banner® enterprise system by migrating from a legacy on-premises environment to Oracle Cloud Infrastructure. Led by Astute Business Solutions, the production go-live delivers improved performance, reliability, security, and a future-ready cloud foundation supporting long-term digital initiatives.
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Challenges

Like many higher-education institutions, the legacy on-premises Banner environment limited scalability, increased operational overhead, and slowed adoption of automation and analytics.

Challenges
Key challenges included:
  • Infrastructure rigidity that restricted performance optimization and rapid scaling
  • Manual operational processes that increased administrative effort and risk
  • Complex disaster recovery requirements tied to physical data center constraints
  • Rising costs associated with maintaining and refreshing on-prem hardware
  • The need for a modernization path that minimizes risk and disruption to academic and administrative operations

The institution required a proven partner with deep Banner expertise and cloud delivery experience to modernize without compromising stability.

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Solution

Astute Business Solutions partnered to design, migrate, and stabilize an optimized Banner environment on Oracle Cloud Infrastructure across SSB, INB, and integrations.


Key deliverables included:
  • A high-availability Banner architecture purpose-built for OCI
  • Automated deployment, patching, and operational workflows using OCI-native tooling
  • Performance tuning and load testing to ensure a responsive user experience
  • Disaster recovery aligned with the university’s business continuity objectives
  • Carefully orchestrated cutover planning and execution
  • Post-go-live hypercare support to ensure stability and confidence

Extensive rehearsals and validation cycles enabled a smooth production cutover with no operational disruption.

Institutional Impact

Institutional Impact

By moving Banner to OCI, the institution realized immediate technical and operational benefits while positioning the university for long-term innovation.

  • Improved performance and scalability:  using OCI high-performance compute and storage resources.
  • Enhanced security and reliability: with built-in monitoring, encryption, and automated failover.
  • Lowered costs: through right-sized compute, automation, and flexible consumption models.
  • Established future-ready platform: supporting automation, AI services, and advanced analytics.

 

Key Outcomes at a Glance

Key Outcomes at a Glance

 

 

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Conclusion

The successful Banner migration to Oracle Cloud Infrastructure advances the institution’s IT modernization strategy. With a secure, scalable cloud foundation, it is positioned for growth and innovation. Astute Business Solutions continues to support ongoing optimization and modernization initiatives.

 
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