Co-presenter at Fall Creek Falls THEITS conference (Tennessee Higher Education Information Technology Symposium) on the Ellucian Banner ERP

1. Coming Technical Changes
to the Banner Environment
Presented by: Jeff Hinds, Sr. DBA, Tennessee Board of Regents
Greg Turmel, Sr. DBA, Tennessee Board of Regents

2. Abstract
The Banner ERP system is constantly being updated to
support campuses needs and maintain required regulatory
requirements. However, Banner is changing and the technical
changes and challenges are many and are coming faster and
faster. Introduce this with the changes with technologies,
Smartphones & Tablets & Clouds, all the current 3rd party
applications we currently use and rely on, and the down-line
services; how will the Campus IT shops keep up? The
objective is to get the questions started, if not already, maybe
not answer all the questions but see how we will be impacted.
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3. Agenda
1 Introduction
2 Current environment and changes
3 Concerns and what to address
4 Conclusion
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4. Introduction
Source:Banner Commons. by permission
Evolving: Green screens to GUI,
GUI to Web,
and Web to Mobile
Source: Banner 9 Overview, What's on the Student Roadmap
By Dave Becker and Robert Rullo
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5. Current Environment
• ORACLE database
• Banner
• ODS (with Oracle Streams)
• BDMS
• Argos
• Others ...
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6. Current Environment
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7. Changes
• Introduction of New Banner products (web services)
• Introduction of Needs Analysis as a service
• Oracle 9i to 10gR2 to 11gR1 to 11gR2 to 12c to ...
• JAva JDK to Java JDK 5 to JDK 6 to ... and the
discussion of JDK 8 released by January 2013
• Oracle Application Server to Oracle WebLogic
• Some institutions migrating to a different operating
system (Solaris to Linux)
• Some institutions migrating into the OIR data
center or the "Cloud"
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8. Changes
Other Changes may include:
• Campus email services
• Portal products and services
• BOYD culture
• Big Data
• Data Analytics
• Identity Management
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9. Changes
Hosted services that are currently
part of our environment
• TouchNET
• Needs Analysis as a service
• Nelnet financial aid service
• Cloud: Some institutions are moving
to a remote data center (OIR)
•
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10. Banner Customer Roadmap
Source:Banner Commons. by permission
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11. Banner 9 Architecture
Source:Banner Commons. by permission
Source: Banner 9 Overview, What's on the Student Roadmap
By Dave Becker and Robert Rullo
Coming Technical Changes to the Banner Environment

12. Banner 9 Architecture
Source:Banner Commons. by permission
Source: Banner 9 Overview, What's on the Student Roadmap
By Dave Becker and Robert Rullo
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13. Concerns
Changes in daily operations and
processes
• Change Management
• Connectivity and information security
• Downline processes and reporting
• Business process management and
workflow control
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14. Concerns
Total cost of ownership and return
on investment
• Information exchange/integration
between other products and services
• Skill sets, talent acquisition and retention
• Disaster and Recovery/Business
continuity
• Service Level Agreements (SLA)
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15. Conclusion
There are many changes coming in
the foreseeable future
• User expectations
• Technologies and security
• Operational requirements
Change is coming, we need to
prepare.
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16. Additional Resources
• IT Management-Baseline
IT Skills Gap Hurts Business
http://tinyurl.com/789dzxj
• Banner 9 Overview
What's on the Student Roadmap
Dave Becker and Robert Rullo
• Banner 9 FAQ
Banner Commons
http://www.edu1world.org/CommonsBanner/wiki/document/4299#7525
• Computerworld
Microsoft starts XP retirement countdown
By: Gregg Keizer
http://tinyurl.com/7vddh27
Application Development Trends
•
Oracle Proposes Roadmap for JDK 8; Release set for Sept.
2013 By John K. Waters
http://adtmag.com/articles/2012/04/11/jdk-8-roadmap.aspx
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17. Thank You !
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18. Contact Information
Jeff Hinds
Greg Turmel
Sr. Database Administrator
Sr. Database Administrator
Tennessee Board of Regents
Tennessee Board of Regents
email: jeff.hinds@tbr.edu
email: greg.turmel@tbr.edu
Web site: http://itinfo.tbr.edu
Coming Technical Changes to the Banner Environment