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The University of Alaska reports that it has moved the system off the Banner 8 platform to a more modern, user-friendly student information environment, removing many legacy customizations, building automations, and streamlining business processes. This modernization provides a foundation for additional student platform initiatives including CRM, Registration, Data Warehouse, and Identity & Access Management. While the core SIS transition appears complete, the university explicitly identifies upcoming modernization efforts for surrounding student platforms, which likely involve new tools, integrations, or expansions of existing solutions.This is commercially relevant for SIS and CRM vendors, integration partners, identity and access management providers, and analytics/data warehousing firms who can support UA’s next phase—designing, implementing, and optimizing these components on top of the new SIS foundation.

The document does not name the new SIS platform or vendors, but notes the system has migrated off Banner 8 and is planning additional platform enhancements.

University Of Alaska System Of Higher EducationStudent Information Systems modernization and follow-on student platform projects

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