Administrative/Business Apps
- OpenWorld for Education
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10/22/2008
CT met with Oracle Vice President for Education & Research Product Strategy Curtiss Barnes following this fall's Oracle OpenWorld to capture some conference highlights for higher education.
- Gordon College, Columbia College Upgrade ERP Systems
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10/22/2008
Gordon College, based in Wenham, MA, and Columbia College, based in Columbia, SC, have upgraded to the Jenzabar EX enterprise resource planning (ERP) system.
- Michigan State Adding Video to Admissions Process
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10/21/2008
Michigan State University will be providing its applicants for admission the ability to supplement their required personal statements with video. Powered by CollegeSupplement.com, the feature allows candidates to express how their backgrounds, talents, and experiences will contribute to the university.
- IUPUI Streamlines International Student App Processing
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10/20/2008
Indiana University-Purdue University Indianapolis (IUPUI) in Indiana said it's using Hyland Software's OnBase, an enterprise content management (ECM) system, to manage the paperwork generated by international student applications.
- What Are the Costs of P2P Compliance?
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10/20/2008
With the signing into law of the Higher Education Opportunity Act of 2008 back in August, colleges and universities now face the prospect of providing pro-bono enforcement services for the RIAA and MPAA in their efforts to thwart illegal file sharing. What are the costs of these services to individual campuses?
- Cambridge U Press Fast Tracks Copyright Permissions
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10/20/2008
Cambridge Journals, a division of Cambridge University Press, has selected Copyright Clearance Center's Rightslink, an online content licensing service, to provide its readers a fast and easy way to obtain copyright permissions to share and distribute published materials directly from content pages online.
- U Wisconsin-Madison Signs with Weather Service To Monitor for Games
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10/20/2008
The University of Wisconsin-Madison has implemented DTN/Meteorlogix MxVision WeatherSentry Online Turf Edition for Sports and Recreation.
- Business Intelligence Growing in Popularity in Higher Ed
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10/16/2008
Well placed technology tools for information management have traditionally been a way for IT to cut costs while improving services. Business intelligence (BI) software is a good example, with more colleges and universities beginning to see better data sorting, analysis, and reporting tools as a ticket to smoother, less costly operations.
- American Sentinel U Adopts Web-based Retention Program
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10/13/2008
To combat distance students dropping out before completion of their classes, American Sentinel University has implemented EducationDynamics' Adult, Online and Continuing Education Retention Program. This Web-based communications tool is designed to keep students connected to their instructors, peers, and institutional support services.
- Tips for Selecting a Campus CRM tool
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10/9/2008
As competition for students increases, colleges and universities are looking more and more to customer (or constituent) relationship management software for help in remaining competitive.
- IIT Delhi Delivers Services with Ingres Open Source
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10/9/2008
Administrators at the Indian Institute of Technology Delhi (IIT Delhi) have gone public with their installation of open source database management software from Ingres. IIT Delhi, one of seven leading institutes of technology in India, adopted Ingres Database to support administration functions such as grading, finance, human resources, procurement, and hospital administration.
- It's Time to Realize Procurement's Potential
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10/8/2008
Electronic procurement can impact much more than simple transactions and individual business functions. John Mayes examines how institutions can gain competitive edge with an effective procurement strategy.
- Microsoft Outlines Next-Generation Databases
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10/7/2008
Microsoft is planning to enhance the BI capabilities in the next version of its flagship SQL Server database, the company revealed Monday. The company kicked off its second annual Business Intelligence Conference in Seattle by outlining plans for a new set of managed self-service analysis and reporting capabilities that will be integrated into the next version of SQL Server.
- Payment Card Security Toughens with DSS 1.2 Release
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10/3/2008
Opinions are mixed on what the new Payment Card Industry (PCI) DSS 1.2 standard will mean for security pros going forward. However, the mandate is clear: protect data.
- CRM Pushing into New Areas of Higher Ed
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10/2/2008
Implementing a customer relationship management (CRM) solution can require "difficult or even painful behavioral challenges" for administrators in higher education, according to Nicole Engelbert, a lead analyst with research and analysis firm Datamonitor. "It means re-orienting yourself to your students. That can be tough, so you need to be ready for that."
- National University System To Deploy Talisma CRM
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10/2/2008
The National University System is replacing the current constituent relationship management (CRM) module of its ERP system with Talisma CRM. The change is intended to provide National with greater flexibility and extensibility, allowing the system to be custom configured to fit the organization's unique needs.
- Seton Hall Monitors Recruitment Dollars with Coremetrics
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9/30/2008
Seton Hall University is using Coremetrics to better track its investment in recruitment efforts. The Web-based service, which is primarily used by retailers, captures behavioral data to provide the university with insights on how to allocate marketing dollars across campaigns and channels.
- Second Life Mashup Helps Boost Distance Ed Retention at Huntington JC
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9/30/2008
Huntington Junior College (HJC) in West Virginia has gone public with its year-long early-adopter use of Campus Management's CampusLearning, a suite of services that provides for real-time, two-way integration between proprietary portals and student information systems and the Moodle open source course management systems.
- Experian QAS and RuffaloCODY Integrate Address Verification with Auto-phoning Software for Higher Ed Users
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9/25/2008
Two companies, Experian QAS and RuffaloCODY, have released an integrated edition of their software intended for colleges, universities, public broadcasting organizations, Greek organizations, and other nonprofits. QAS for RuffaloCODY combines QAS Pro Web for address validation on Web sites and intranets with RuffaloCODY's new CampusCall 3.3 phonathon automation software.
- A Victory for Becta? Microsoft Makes Concessions
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9/17/2008
The British Educational Communications and Technology Agency (Becta) appears to be heading toward a reconciliation with Microsoft. The agency, with its outspoken stance on interoperability in education, said it's been making "substantial progress" in its discussions with the company that it once chastised, progress that includes concessions on education licensing programs for schools and colleges.
- Lourdes College Selects Intelliworks To Track Graduate School Contacts
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9/16/2008
Lourdes College Graduate School has gone public with plans to manage its prospective student contacts, events, and electronic communications though the Intelliworks constituent relationship management (CRM) platform.
- U Virginia and San Jacinto College Streamline BI Work with Information Builders WebFocus
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9/15/2008
The University of Virginia School of Medicine and San Jacinto College have gone public with their adoption in the last year of Information Builders' business intelligence tool, WebFocus.
- Driving Google Apps for Education
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9/10/2008
A humble little old bus left Google's Mountain View, CA campus Monday for a 5,000-mile trek across the US to visit 10 college campuses, beginning with southern California's USC. Of course, the 30-year-old bus was converted to biodiesel, updated with solar panels and other green features, stocked with tons of technology and wireless Internet, and given an adorable "Google" paint job. It departed on schedule, chock full of Google Apps for Education demos and tech experts (riding along or flying to meet the bus) with new ideas to discuss with students and faculty.
- Minnesota State U Tech Students To Use Alpha Software To Build Databases
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9/10/2008
The Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering and Technology of Minnesota State University, Mankato has selected Alpha Software's Alpha Five Platinum as the standard programming tool for its engineering curriculum. Engineering students are now using Alpha Five to develop databases that support hardware design, system integration, project management, budget management, verification plans and reports, and engineering tools.
- Thompson Rivers U Deploys Unified Digital Campus for ERP
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9/4/2008
Thompson Rivers University (TRU) in British Columbia has selected SunGard Higher Education's Banner Unified Digital Campus (UDC) to integrate its ERP systems.
