Real-World Case Studies and Customer Success Stories with Cascade CMS

Cascade CMS helped John Cabot University redesign its website and improve usability for content editors. The university moved from Modern... Campus and WordPress to Cascade CMS, making content management easier and more efficient. The web team found the backend more intuitive and navigation simpler. The project earned a Bronze Award in the Educational Advertising Awards. JCU now has a scalable platform for future digital growth and website personalization.
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University of Miami switched from Mambo to Cascade CMS to solve workflow and content approval issues. The old system caused... delays and mistakes in publishing. Cascade CMS improved stability, security, and made the site faster. The new workflow system helped catch errors before content went live. The university now manages news, events, and a Spanish site version more easily. Integration with third-party apps added features like event registration and multimedia pages.
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College of the Canyons switched from a stagnant CMS to Hannon Hill's Cascade CMS. The old system was hard to... maintain and lacked key features like flexible permissions and safe editing. Cascade CMS let one developer migrate hundreds of users across six sites quickly. Editors now use AI-powered metadata, granular permissions, and rollback tools. The new CMS enforces accessibility and makes content creation faster and safer for everyone.
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Clive, Hannon Hill's personalization tool, helped the University of Alberta reach over 38,000 impressions in a four-week smart content campaign. The university used... Clive Forms to connect with international students in China, bypassing Google restrictions. Smart content objects tailored landing pages for topics like AI and health, driving 105 and 55 conversions on key banners. The campaign led to record engagement and positive feedback from stakeholders. U of A plans to expand its use of Clive for future campaigns.
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Clive, Hannon Hill's personalization tool, helped the University of New Mexico College of Pharmacy boost student applications by 24% and enrollment by 16% in Fall 2021. The college used... Cascade CMS and Clive to create a flexible, personalized web experience for prospective PharmD students. They tailored content for different student personas, improving engagement and guiding visitors through the application process. The strategy included dynamic calls to action and content changes based on user behavior. This approach helped the college stay competitive in a challenging higher education market.
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Cascade CMS helped Carnegie Mellon University College of Engineering manage three website redesigns and streamline content updates. The team used... custom templates and workflows to update content in one place and distribute tasks efficiently. With 25 daily users, onboarding is fast due to easy permissions and features. The latest redesign included an upgrade to Cascade 8 and new templates, improving efficiency. The team values Hannon Hill's support and creative solutions for technical challenges.
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Cascade CMS helped Rappahannock Community College fix slow web updates and high costs from their old CMS. The college chose... Cascade CMS for its easy customization and user-friendly design. Hannon Hill's team built a new, modern website for RCC. Now, staff can update content quickly without technical hurdles. RCC's Media Services Manager praised the support and collaboration from Hannon Hill.
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Sarah Lawrence College needed a better way to manage its 2,500-page website. The small web team chose Cascade CMS after... issues with their old system. Hannon Hill helped migrate all content and trained the team. The new CMS made it easier to update pages and redesign the site. Now, over 2,300 pages are indexed by search engines. New users can learn the system quickly, making content updates faster.
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Cascade CMS helped Southern Alberta Institute of Technology (SAIT) double its content contributors and cut publishing times. Non-technical users found... the new CMS easy to use, with built-in reports and workflows. SAIT migrated its entire website in six months. The new site won multiple gold awards for design and migration. Cascade CMS improved accessibility and compliance for SAIT's web team.
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Reynolds Community College used Cascade CMS to launch a new Program Finder. The old system was hard to use and... did not inspire students. The new tool lets students search and filter programs, see photos, and view career data. Inquiries rose from 2,249 to 3,813 in one year, a 70% increase in engagement. Students and faculty gave strong positive feedback. The Program Finder now helps more students connect with the college.
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LeTourneau University switched to Cascade CMS to improve their web presence and reduce reliance on outside vendors. Over 100 content... editors were trained quickly, with most learning the system in under an hour. The university's team built templates in-house, speeding up updates and content publishing. Cloud hosting improved website performance and fault tolerance. LETU also used Cascade CMS to redesign their website and replace costly digital signage, saving about $10,000 per year.
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William & Mary used Cascade CMS to overhaul its web content management. The college moved from a decentralized, homegrown system... to a unified platform. Content contributors increased from 450 to over 600. The new site won multiple awards, including "Best Redesign" from eduStyle. Users now have full control over their content, leading to higher quality and more up-to-date information.
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Indiana Wesleyan University switched to Cascade CMS to improve website speed and support responsive design. The web team migrated 98%... of content using Hannon Hill’s Universal Migration Tool. They completed the integration within two months, handling the process themselves. Making updates now takes just a tenth of the time compared to their old CMS. The new system meets all university requirements and boosts performance.
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Cascade CMS helped the University of Alaska Southeast unify its web content across three campuses. The university needed to eliminate... content redundancy and simplify updates for faculty and students. Cascade CMS centralized all content on one server and allowed easy repurposing to multiple locations. The result was a consistent website look, faster content updates, and less burden on IT staff. Academic departments now post events and notices easily, and portal content updates daily without manual effort.
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Cascade CMS helped the University of Montana manage 163 departmental sites across 6 departments. Before, web management was slow and... inconsistent, with many tools and broken templates. Cascade CMS made it easy for both technical and non-technical users to update content. The IT team saved time on support and site management. Brand consistency improved with shared templates and a unified web presence. Users can now manage sites from anywhere, without special software.
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Cascade CMS helped the University of Evansville empower its marketing team to update the website without coding skills. The platform enabled... easy content sharing and reuse across multiple pages and formats. Security improved with Cascade’s push-based architecture and granular permissions. The web team saved about an hour daily by automating HTML email creation. Cascade CMS supported ColdFusion integration, letting the team keep existing workflows. The university now manages content faster and with fewer errors.
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Cascade CMS helped the University of Saskatchewan centralize web content management across a highly decentralized campus. Over 60 colleges and... units adopted the system in the first six months, with 70 sites live and 270 users in just over a year. The platform improved information quality and consistency, reducing duplication and empowering content owners. Ninety percent of users said they would recommend Cascade CMS. The university strengthened its web presence and visual identity through collaboration and flexible site options.
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Indiana University used Cascade CMS to standardize web content management across eight campuses. Before, updating web pages took up to... three days and relied on email. With Cascade CMS, changes now take minutes or hours. Content contributors can update sites without technical help. The system supports distributed authoring and customizable workflows. IU launched six major sites with Cascade CMS in the first year.
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University of San Diego switched from Adobe Contribute to Cascade CMS to solve workflow and support issues. Cascade CMS gave... them customizable templates and strong approval workflows. Now, 98% of their web presence runs on Cascade CMS. The web team spends less time on support and more on strategic projects. End users enjoy easier tools and more autonomy.
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University of Richmond used Cascade CMS to modernize and manage over 90 websites. The IT team migrated 50 sites in... less than 3 months, improving consistency and efficiency. Site creation time dropped from a month to just a few days. Cascade CMS enabled decentralized content ownership and a unified marketing message. The university now quickly rolls out new strategies and communications online.
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Cascade CMS helped the University of North Georgia merge two universities and replace two content management systems. The team needed... a CMS that over 100 editors could use easily. Cascade CMS was chosen for its user-friendly templates and strong support. The web team launched a new site by the consolidation deadline. Automation and web services made ongoing site creation and content updates faster. Hannon Hill’s support and product updates were key to their success.
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Cascade CMS helped Rappahannock Community College move from a slow, HTML-dependent website to a modern, easy-to-use platform. Staff can now... update content quickly without coding skills or outside help. The college launched a new site with fresh content and a flexible design. A small team manages the site, showing the CMS is simple and effective. Hannon Hill provided training and support for a smooth transition.
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Texas A&M University used Cascade CMS to automate emergency alerts on their websites. Before, only one person could post alerts,... which caused delays during emergencies. The new system, called Code Maroon, posts alerts to the main, emergency, and mobile sites using web services. The team built an automated process that updates pages quickly and keeps a record of all alerts. The system was tested during a bomb threat and worked perfectly, ensuring campus safety information was always available.
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Northwestern University replaced its old CMS with Cascade CMS to solve performance and compatibility issues. The university needed a platform-agnostic,... scalable, and API-friendly solution. Cascade CMS allowed fast migration of 40 sites in nine months and improved content repurposing across departments. The IT division used Cascade workflows to speed up updates and keep messaging consistent. The School of Education refreshed its site design easily using Cascade's hierarchy features.
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University of Nebraska Kearney used Clive, Hannon Hill’s personalization tool, to boost student recruitment. They replaced low-engagement RFI forms with... a dynamic digital viewbook. Clive’s features led to a sharp rise in engagement, with 160 prospective students filling out the form and 94% clicking for more info. Real-time tracking helped UNK refine content and improve results. The university plans to expand Clive’s use across its website.
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Macomb Community College switched from Microsoft CMS to Cascade CMS by Hannon Hill. The college needed a reliable, easy-to-use CMS... with strong vendor support. Cascade CMS and Spectate enabled fast website redesign and content migration in three months. Marketing staff now manage sites independently, speeding up content launches. Using Spectate, Macomb runs digital marketing campaigns and tracks conversions. The college can quickly create landing pages and forms to engage prospective students.
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Cascade CMS helped Geneva College migrate over 10,000 web pages in less than six months. The college integrated its main... site, blog, athletic apparel store, and donor list into Cascade CMS. The migration saved significant manual labor and enabled a full site redesign by a small team in just eight weeks. Cascade CMS made content sharing, template management, and email marketing much faster and easier. Geneva College improved efficiency, saved time, and boosted SEO with Cascade CMS.
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Heartland Community College used Cascade CMS to solve major website management problems. Before, updating the site required technical skills and... constant retraining. Now, non-technical users can create and publish pages in minutes. The new system lets users reuse content and keep branding consistent. The college can launch new sites in under five minutes. The web developer can now focus on strategic projects instead of daily maintenance.
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Cascade CMS helped Colorado Mesa University move from Dreamweaver and Adobe Contribute to a modern content management system. The university eliminated... bottlenecks and enabled 210 content contributors across campus. Non-technical users now create and manage web pages without coding. The web team can focus on strategic training and site improvements. The new CMS improved content reuse, site flexibility, and disaster recovery.
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Cascade CMS helped Frostburg State University cut helpdesk tickets in half after switching from their old content management tool. The university reduced... website pages by 62%, focusing on important content. Content contributors now update pages faster, with less IT support needed. IT staff were reassigned to other roles as processes became more efficient. Training was simple, and users are happier with the new system.
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Cascade CMS helped Colorado State University - Pueblo migrate over 2,600 web pages in less than two months. The small web... team faced issues with SharePoint, including slow workflows and no mobile support. Cascade CMS offered browser-based editing, flexible templates, and mobile-friendly design. The team combined the migration with a domain change and site redesign. They launched the new website on time, improving site management and user experience.
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Cascade CMS helped Chatham University solve website management problems. Before, the IT team handled all web updates, causing delays and... backlogs. With Cascade CMS, the marketing team gained control over site content. This sped up updates, improved consistency, and freed IT for other projects. The new site led to more applications and higher enrollment. Chatham also improved integration with analytics and web tools.
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Cascade Server helped Chapman University replace their old CMS after support ended. The team needed a user-friendly, robust content management... system. After evaluating 18 options, they chose Cascade Server for its strong support and active user community. Since 2011, content contributors grew from 80 to 180. Updating pages became much easier and content freshness improved. The university quickly rolled out a major redesign with over 120 contributors using Cascade Server.
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Cascade CMS helped Athabasca University overhaul its digital experience. The university needed a cloud-based CMS to unify its online presence... and improve user experience. Cascade enabled the team to create modern, consistent websites and streamline content management. The onboarding included a custom 'Writing for the web' course for all users. After implementation, user experience and adoption increased, and the website became easier to navigate and manage.
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