Bucknell University

Journey to the Cloud Leads to University Success

institutional profile

Established in 1846, Bucknell University is a highly selective, private, nonsectarian residential university. The University enrolls 3,600 undergraduates in 60 majors, and a small number of graduate students. The 400-acre campus in Lewisburg, Pennsylvania is ranked among the most beautiful campuses by Princeton Review.

The University leadership team is dedicated to ensuring future generations have access to the same outstanding Bucknell experiences enjoyed by more than 50,000 alumni around the world. Innovative technology will support those endeavors.

Challenge

Bucknell was an early adopter of “cloud first” technology, recognizing the promise of innovation, scalability, and economies of scale. This strategy was applied when seeking a solution for “private” cloud services to support their ERP. With much of Bucknell’s critical infrastructure running in Amazon Web Services (AWS), adding their ERP to the platform was an easy decision.

The next step was to find an implementation partner who had in-depth experience with both Ellucian Banner and AWS. After careful consideration, Bucknell selected SIG’s Cloud Migration Services to lead the implementation and provide on-going managed services of the cloud hosted environment.

Solution

With the ERP Cloud Migration Project successfully completed, the day-to-day operational support is now provided by the SIG’s managed services team. Providing Bucknell’s IT organization the capacity to focus on digital transformation strategic initiatives for the entire institution and realize the following benefits:

  • Increased operational efficiency
  • Flexibility and Cost effectiveness
  • Increased security, redundancy, performance, and scalability
  • Innovation
  • Improved user experience
  • Agility

How SIG can help

From strategy, to implementation, and managed services, SIG’s cloud capabilities can help you transfrom your institution and realize the many benefits of moving to the cloud.


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