Administrative/Business Apps
- 4 Steps to Unified Communications
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11/1/2007
If you could design a massive technology project from the earliest stages all the way through deployment and complete and total user adoption, what would the plan look like? Perhaps it would resemble the Villanova University rollout of unified communications.
- Palo Verde College To Deploy ERP, Portal Solutions
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11/1/2007
Palo Verde College is revamping its enterprise resource planning with the adoption of Datatel Colleague, becoming the 40th community college in California to adopt the solution. The college is also deploying Datatel ActiveAdmissions for recruitment and ActiveCampus Portal as its portal solution.
- 9 Universities Deploy Orion CRM
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10/31/2007
Education technology provider Intelliworks reported recently that nine colleges and universities are deploying its flagship constituent relationship management platform, Orion, for recruiting, outreach, and communications.
- Cognos Launches Enrollment and Tuition Planning Blueprint
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10/31/2007
Business Intelligence and performance management provider Cognos has launched a new higher ed performance management solution called Enrollment and Tuition Planning Blueprint.
- Snapshot: Administrative Computing Spending in Higher Education
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10/29/2007
With the administrative computing market reaching $2.0 billion by 2010, growth drivers include increased use of data by administrators in institutional decision-making, use of CRM-type tools for enrollment management development, and into 2008-2010, introduction of new SOA architectures.
- Embry-Riddle Bolsters Security for Sensitive Data
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10/25/2007
Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University is beefing up its data security with a new identity management system designed to centralize and automate security processes across multiple systems. The university worked with security service provider Mycroft to develop and deploy its security strategy based around Oracle tools, including the Identity and Access Management Suite.
- Universities Deploy Oracle Administrative Systems
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10/24/2007
Several universities and colleges have recently purchased and deployed Oracle solutions for administration and marketing, the company reported at the Educause show in Seattle, WA. These include student lifecycle management, enterprise resource management, and marketing applications. Oracle provided details on three of these implementations: Brigham Young University-Hawaii, Hobart and William Smith Colleges, and Moody Bible Institute.
- MAC Deploys Jenzabar Academic, Administrative Suite
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10/24/2007
Mineral Area College in Missouri is deploying Jenzabar EX Total Campus Management. INTEC, signing on for licenses for Jenzabar's ERP, portal, and learning management solutions to improve administrative efficiencies and supplement learning the school's traditional learning techniques with online technologies.
- 5 States Deploy NTC Transcript Exchange
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10/24/2007
The National Transcript Center (NTC) reported late last week that five states have adopted its preK-20 electronic transcript exchange system over the last year. These include Colorado, Connecticut, Texas, West Virginia, and Wyoming. NTC handled the development and deployment of the records systems.
- CUNY Adopts Oracle for FIRST Project
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10/22/2007
City University of New York (CUNY) is revamping its administrative systems, consolidating a wide array of student information, human resources, and financial systems as part of its Fully Integrated Resources and Services Tool (FIRST) project. The university system, which comprises 23 institutions serving more than 430,000 students, will integrate its data using Oracle's PeopleSoft Enterprise Campus Solutions 9.0, for which Oracle will also provide hosting and consulting.
- Intelliworks, InsideTrack combine CRM and Student Coaching
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10/19/2007
CRM developer Intelliworks has partnered with InsideTrack to deliver a combined solution for student recruitment and retention.
- Moodle Comes to CampusVue Administrative System
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10/18/2007
Campus Management has completed beta testing on a program to integrate Moodle into its administrative and academic tools for higher education, including CampusVue. The result is a newly released learning management system called CampusLearning, which works with CampusVue, providing commercial support for the open-source platform and synchronization with the company's student information system.
- IBM Pursues CIO Leadership Development
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10/17/2007
IBM last week formed a new superinitiative called the Center for CIO Leadership, a global community of executives and academics focused on developing CIOs and advancing the profession as a whole. The Center will be headed by Executive Director Harvey Koeppel, with a governing council comprising CIOs and professors from MIT, INSEAD, Harvard, and other institutions.
- PowerCampus 7 Expands .NET Self-Service
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10/16/2007
SunGard Higher Education has released PowerCampus 7, an administrative system for small and medium-sized campuses. The latest version brings new workflow and customizability features and expands its .NET self-service component.
- Quinnipiac U To Automate Paper Processes
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10/12/2007
Quinnipiac University in Connecticut said it plans to cut costs by automating manual paper processes. The university will be deploying ImageNow from Perceptive Software, an enterprise suite for document management, imaging, and workflow.
- Talisma CRM 7.2 Adds Emergency Notifications
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10/11/2007
Talisma this week released versions 7.2 of its constituent relationship management suite, Talisma CRM. The new version of the suite, designed specifically for higher education, adds 20 new enhancements, including emergency alerts.
- Seton Hall Embraces Assessment with Technology: A Case Study
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10/10/2007
It was more than two years ago that Blackboard Inc. approached Seton Hall University to join its product development partner program to work on the Blackboard Outcomes System. Now, technology leaders at the university expect that in the coming year the system will be in use across the campus for reporting and learning outcomes.
- Duke Adopts Velos for Clinical Trials Informatics
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10/8/2007
The Duke University Health System is adopting an Internet-based information management system from Velos called eResearch to support its new "enterprise-wide strategic business model for clinical trials informatics," according to Velos. The platform will be used to improve collaboration in research and support regulatory and financial compliance efforts.
- INTEC Adopts Jenzabar ERP Suite
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10/2/2007
Instituto Tecnologico de Santo Domingo (INTEC) in the Dominican Republic is deploying an ERP solution from Jenzabar called Jenzabar EX Total Campus Management. INTEC, a non-profit university, had previously been using systems developed in house. The university will implement the Jenzabar EX student suite, as well as the Jenzabar Internet Campus Solution, over the next two years.
- Strained Relations: Reconciling Software Incompatibilities
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9/27/2007
After what seems like quite some time without having much to address in way of "incompatibilities," I recently found myself coping with a couple of real problems that were affecting my productivity in an important volunteer role that I play. At the same time, I made a decision to go along with the recommendation of my employer's IT staff that guarantees me some learning curve issues, along with likely incompatibilities.
- Community College Deploys Colleague Student Applications
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9/27/2007
Kansas City Kansas Community College will soon deploy a centralized database in its back office using Colleague Student finance and human resource applications from Datatel, a provider of information management systems. The program is designed to focus on five higher education administration areas , including enrollment and student services, financial management, financial aid, human resources, and institutional advancement.
- Indiana Wesleyan Crosses CRM with Predictive Modeling
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9/26/2007
Indiana Wesleyan University, Marion, IN, is deploying a CRM solution from Talisma (Talisma Multi-channel CRM for Higher Education) that will be coupled with Noel-Levitz' predictive modeling tool ForecastPlus to help sharpen its enrollment and recruiting efforts.
- Jenzabar Brews Up Java-Based HR, Payroll Tools
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9/25/2007
Higher education software maker Jenzabar has unveiled Jenzabar CX Human Resources, Java-based payroll and human resources modules that represent the first step in Jenzabar’s move to convert all of its Jenzabar CX modules to Java.
- Tulsa Community College To Implement SunGard HE Banner
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9/21/2007
Tulsa Community College in Oklahoma is deploying several technologies from SunGard Higher Education to help enhance student services and improve administrative processes. The college had already used portal solutions from SunGard HE and is now expanding its "unified digital campus" by implementing Banner administrative solutions.
- NetSupport Bumps DNA Helpdesk to 2.7
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9/20/2007
NetSupport has updated DNA Helpdesk to version 2.7. DNA Helpdesk is a Web-based customer support management system designed specifically for IT professionals in education.
