Education
We’ll help you reduce IT cost and complexity to free up funding for better student and staff experiences.
From Infrastructure to Applications—we can help you optimize it all
Balancing innovation with budget constraints as you work to attract and delight students and faculty members—while protecting their data—is no easy task.
Let Ensono be your relentless ally, operating and optimizing your IT environment for less. Our experts have deep experience in everything from mainframe and Power systems to cloud, data, application modernization, and AI.
The result? More predictable budgets, faster project delivery, and better digital experiences for the people who matter most: your students and staff.
Deliver the Experiences your Students & Faculty Expect
Today’s students and faculty expect seamless digital experiences—from enrollment to billing, and beyond. Ensono helps institutions streamline digital services by aligning cloud and application strategies. We can help you identify quick modernization wins, build the business case, find the best route to your target state, and deliver projects on time and to budget.
Optimize & Modernize your Infrastructure
Outdated systems can limit agility, increase costs, and hinder innovation. Ensono helps institutions modernize their IT environments by retiring or modernizing legacy systems, migrating workloads to the cloud, managing and optimizing their hybrid environments, and modernizing applications – on or off the mainframe. This enables more scalable, secure, and cost-effective operations that support the demands of a digital campus.
Enhance Cybersecurity
With rising threats like ransomware and phishing, and strict compliance requirements (e.g., FERPA, HIPAA), cybersecurity is a top priority for IT leaders in education. Ensono delivers enterprise-grade protection through proactive threat detection, identity and access controls, and compliance support. This helps institutions safeguard sensitive data, protect research integrity, and maintain the trust of their students and staff.
Realize the Full Potential of your Data
Data is a powerful tool for improving student outcomes, but many institutions struggle to harness it effectively. Ensono helps build intelligent data platforms that unify information across systems, enabling predictive analytics, personalized learning, and strategic decision-making.
Success Stories
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Finance System Modernization Transforms Student Experience
Discover how Ensono helped a global business school automate 96% of invoicing, streamline finance operations, and enhance the student experience with SaaS integration.
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North Carolina Modernizes IBM i for 115 School Districts
Discover how Ensono helped North Carolina migrate 140 LPARs and modernize IBMi systems for 115+ school districts—enabling flexibility, savings, and scale.
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Ensono deploys Sheffield Hallam University infrastructure in just four days and more
The England-based university was looking for a resilient, scalable infrastructure to support its CMS and student courses. Ensono was there to deliver the new architecture.
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State Future Proofs Mainframe to Safeguard Critical Services for Over 5 Million Citizens
Learn how a U.S. state secured 24/7 public service delivery by modernizing its mainframe with Ensono MFaaS, eliminating risk, ensuring compliance, and enabling scale.
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Mainframe application conversion supports modernization of major US defense organization
Learn how Ensono helped a major US defense organization modernize its mission-critical system, migrating from COBOL to C# and transitioning to SQL.
Education IT Modernization FAQs
What is education IT modernization?
Education IT modernization refers to updating legacy systems, applications, and infrastructure to more flexible, cloud-based, and AI-ready environments. This helps institutions improve agility, reduce costs, and stay competitive.
How can educational institutions migrate from legacy systems to the cloud?
With Ensono, educational institutions can modernize legacy systems using a hybrid approach that balances performance, cost, and risk. Our cloud-connected mainframe solutions support gradual, low-risk transitions.
Why is hybrid cloud important in education?
Hybrid cloud allows education institutions to integrate public, private, and legacy systems—enabling cost control, operational flexibility, and regulatory compliance without sacrificing performance.
How does Ensono help educational institutions use AI effectively?
We help education institutions to build a modern data backbone using strategies like Data Mesh, making data accessible and AI-ready for improved research, personalization and student outcomes.
What are the benefits of mainframe modernization for educational institutions?
Mainframe modernization reduces operational risk, lowers technical debt, and enables integration with modern applications, helping institutions improve performance while maintaining critical legacy data.
How can educational institutions improve cybersecurity for legacy and cloud systems?
Ensono provides managed security services, 24/7 monitoring, and compliance assessments to protect sensitive student data and ensure regulatory alignment across hybrid IT environments.
What is Ensono Envision® and how does it support educational institutions?
Ensono Envision® gives institutions a unified view across cloud, legacy, and application environments—enabling proactive workload management and smarter IT decision-making.
Learn more about how Ensono can help your Institution
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