How CloudLogically Helped Texas A&M University

Securing $50M+ in Housing Revenue Through Cloud Modernization

Improved transaction processing speed by 30% across the Residential Housing system serving 11,000+ students in 25+ residence halls .

30%

Faster Transaction Processing

$50M+

Annual Housing Revenue Protected

11,000+

Students Served Across 25+ Residence Halls

60,000+

University Enrollment

Challenge

Texas A&M University’s Department of Residential Housing manages one of the largest campus living operations in the United States. With 25+ residence halls, 11,000+ on-campus residents, and an incoming freshman class of nearly 10,000 students each year, the housing system generates over $50 million in annual revenue. But the legacy infrastructure powering it was struggling to keep pace.

Problem

  • Oracle PeopleSoft transactions were slow and unreliable during peak periods
  • Data silos between housing, billing, and student records created operational blind spots
  • On-prem servers lacked the scalability to handle room selection surges
  • Manual, paper-based processes slowed down administrative workflows

Value of Modernization

  • Protect and scale a $50M+ revenue operation with reliable infrastructure
  • Unify data across housing, billing, and student information systems
  • Ensure seamless room selection and move-in experiences for thousands of students
  • Free up IT staff to focus on strategic initiatives instead of firefighting

Before

Legacy Infrastructure: Transitioned from aging, on-premises servers that hindered modern performance.

Performance Bottlenecks: Eliminated sluggish transaction processing during high-traffic events like room selection.

Data Fragmentation: Resolved the issue of disconnected silos across housing, billing, and student records.

Operational Invisibility: Provided administrators with a unified view of operations to replace fragmented data sets.

Manual Integration Hurdles: Streamlined outdated processes and integrations that created departmental bottlenecks.

After

Scalable AWS Architecture: Engineered a cloud-native environment that integrates seamlessly with PeopleSoft while removing legacy performance barriers.

Unified Data Integration: Built custom ETL pipelines using AWS DMS and AWS Glue to consolidate fragmented data systems.

30% Faster Processing: Accelerated transaction speeds by 30%, ensuring rapid response times for critical operations.

Elastic Performance Scaling: Enabled the platform to scale automatically during peak surges, preventing system degradation.

Revenue Protection: Built a high-reliability infrastructure to support and secure over $50M in annual housing revenue.

Pain Points That Resonate with Similar Institutions

Our PeopleSoft System Can't Handle Peak Loads
Room selection events, fall move-in, and enrollment surges overwhelmed the legacy system, causing timeouts and failed transactions at the worst possible moments.
Residential housing, billing, financial aid, and student records each operated in disconnected systems, making it impossible to get a unified operational view.
Physical servers were reaching end of life, requiring constant patching and maintenance. Scaling meant months of procurement cycles, not minutes.
Engineers were consumed by infrastructure maintenance and manual data reconciliation instead of building solutions that move the university forward.
With enrollment surpassing 60,000 and residential demand increasing annually, the existing infrastructure had no clear path to scale.

Solution

Workload Management Assessment

Conducted a thorough Operational Level Agreement and workload assessment to identify bottlenecks, map dependencies, and establish performance baselines before any migration work began.

Scalable Architecture Design

Built cloud-native solutions on AWS with design reviews ensuring alignment with industry standards. Built for elastic scalability to handle enrollment surges and peak housing events.

Data Pipeline & Integration

Built custom ETL pipelines using AWS DMS and AWS Glue to break down data silos between PeopleSoft, housing management, billing, and student information systems.

Optimize & 
Monitor

Implemented continuous performance monitoring and optimization to sustain the 30% transaction speed improvement, ensuring reliability during critical periods like room selection and move-in.

AWS Services Deployed

Amazon EC2

Elastic Compute Cloud (Scalable Virtual Servers)

Amazon RDS

Relational Database Service (Managed Databases)

Amazon S3

Simple Storage Service (Scalable Object Storage)

AWS Lambda

Serverless Compute Service (Run Code on-demand)

Amazon API Gateway

Managed API Management Service

Amazon CloudFront

Content Delivery Network (CDN)

Amazon Route 53

Scalable Domain Name System (DNS)

AWS Database Migration Service

Migrate Databases to AWS

AWS Glue

Serverless Data Integration Service (ETL)

Timeline of Implementation

Phase 1 Months 1–3

OLA Assessment, workload analysis, and architecture design

Phase 2 Months 4–7

AWS infrastructure buildout, ETL pipeline development

Phase 3 Months 8–12

PeopleSoft integration, data migration, and testing

Phase 4 Months 13–18

Optimization, monitoring, mentorship program, and handoff

Investing in the Next Generation

Beyond the technical deliverables, CloudLogically embedded Computer Science and Corps of Cadets students into the project team as research assistants.

These students gained hands-on experience with enterprise-grade AWS architecture, ETL pipeline development, and real-world software engineering practices — accelerating their career readiness while contributing meaningful work to the project.

CloudLogically also mentored junior developers and onboarded new team members within the Department of IT, ensuring long-term knowledge transfer and self-sufficiency after the engagement concluded.

CS + Cadets

Students Embedded as Research Assistants

Hands-On

Real-World AWS & Software Engineering Training

Junior Devs

Mentored & Onboarded Within IT Department

Full Handoff

Knowledge Transfer for Long-Term Self-Sufficiency

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