DOI: 10.14738/tmlai.54.3329 Publication Date: 15th August, 2017 URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.14738/tmlai.54.3329 VOLUME 5 NO 4, 2017 Towards a Model of a Scalable Middleware Architecture Based on Cloud Computing, Application Reliable Integration and E-Learning Platforms in Academic Information Systems Abdellah Lalaoui Hassani, Khalifa Mansouri Laboratory: Signals, Distributed Systems and Artificial Intelligence (SSDIA) ENSET Mohammedia, University Hassan II OF Casablanca, Morocco lalaoui_abdellah@yahoo.fr; khmansouri@hotmail.com ABSTRACT Throughout the present article , we will examine, on the one hand, systems integration approaches of e Learning applications in university’s information systems. On the other hand, we will establish a study about the integration of applications between the internal information systems and the Cloud. Then between the applications on the private cloud and the public cloud. Keywords—ELearning; Higher Education; University’s Information System; Middleware Architecture; Integration; EAI; SOA; ESB; Cloud computing. 1 Introduction For more than a decade, the world of information systems has gradually invaded the Moroccan higher education sector. Universities, engineering schools, public and private higher education schools, are making great strides for an optimal use of information and communication technologies (ICT). Several institutions have urbanized their information systems by either integrating management softwares such as Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) [16] or locally developing systems, that are basically dedicated to manage: • School affairs: notes, absences, timetables, agendas, etc; • Internal and external communication: messaging, staff’s information; • Educational means/tools: digital textbook, document storage, collaborative tools, blogs, forum etc. Those information systems are most or time developed to be accessible from any device (desktop, laptop, tablet, smartphone) connected to the Internet. There are several software tools of managing school governance and school life management, for example : The APOGEE system as a standard, is a paying ERP and the most used by universities. It meet, practically the majority of their own needs [6]; The GESFO system in particular, is a ERP developed locally by the IT Department of ISGA (Higher Institute of Engineering and Business) [10]. Figure 1 shows the general layout of the IS architecture within a Higher Education institution :