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/ Case Study · Education

One Platform for Every Campus Department. Unified and Secure.

/ The engagement

Every Department, One Application.

A single platform with role-based access, tied into the university’s own authentication, so faculty and staff manage profiles, grants, protocols, and mentoring in one place.

Unified PlatformRole-Based AccessSSO IntegrationCloud Security
1Application centralizing all departments
SSOTied into the university’s own login
CloudData stored with strict access policy and logs
ScaleHigh-availability cloud with search engines

/ About the client

University of Texas

The client is a leading university in the US, offering students challenging opportunities to engage with the world in ways that make a measurable impact.

They wanted a single web application to manage administrative and university-related activities. Brainvire built a unified platform that centralizes departments and streamlines how people and teams work together.

/ The approach

Design, architecture, and features, shipped as one program.

/01Platform

Every department, unified

A single application manages many systems inside it, with access layers that separate data by user role and policy.

/02Access

University sign-on

Authentication ties into the university’s own user database, so only university people reach the apps.

/03Security

Data kept to policy

All data sits on a cloud server under a strict access policy, backed by full user activity logs.

/04Performance

Built to stay fast

Multiple databases handle search and writes, on scalable, high-availability cloud, with search engines for faster lookups.

/ What stood in the way

Four problems, solved without a maintenance window.

Select a challenge to see how it shaped the build.

/01 Departments in silos →
/02 Authentication had to be tight →
/03 Data security was critical →
/04 Performance under load →

Departments in silos

The client wanted every function in one application. We built a single platform that runs many systems inside it, with access layers separating data by role and policy.

Authentication had to be tight

Only university people should reach the apps. We integrated authentication with the university’s own user database to control access.

Data security was critical

The platform had to hold to strict data rules. All data sits on a cloud server under a tight access policy, backed by user activity logs.

Performance under load

High performance was hard to reach. We used scalable, high-availability cloud services and search engines for faster search and write operations.

/ Product screens

The delivered experience.

The interface people actually use.

University of Texas delivered interface, screen 1/01Dashboard
University of Texas delivered interface, screen 2/02Profiles
University of Texas delivered interface, screen 3/03Grants
University of Texas delivered interface, screen 4/04Protocols
University of Texas delivered interface, screen 5/05Mentoring
University of Texas delivered interface, screen 6/06Reports

/ The results

What changed, in numbers.

Unified Faculty data repository Profiles keep faculty achievements accurate from one authenticating source.
Tracked Protocols and proposals Grant and IRB tools manage the full proposal cycle by department and user.
Simpler Grant management Budget and expense data roll up by year and category without manual math.
Goals Mentoring and tracking Faculty set development plans and monitor student progress toward careers.

/ Next step

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