2026 Trend Analysis: The Evolution of Synthetic Personas
Why Read This Research Synthetic personas are evolving from static descriptions into interactive simulations that can answer questions, navigate digital environments, and model user behavior. This Trend Analysis explains where synthetic participants may create near-term value for higher education, especially in pretesting and iteration, and where the evidence remains weak. Use it to compare simulation […]
StarChart™: 2026 Learning Management Systems
Why Read This Research For higher education institutions evaluating learning management systems, this Tambellini StarChart™ compares the leading vendors in the market. Use this report to quickly see how each LMS platform performs across key usability and innovation criteria. This proprietary visual tool draws on institutional interviews, surveys, vendor briefings, and Tambellini’s Education Institution Technology […]
StarChart™: 2026 Donor Insights
Why Read This Research For higher education institutions evaluating donor insights solutions, this Tambellini StarChart™ compares the leading vendors in the market. Use this report to quickly see how each platform performs across key usability and innovation criteria. This proprietary visual tool draws on institutional interviews, surveys, vendor briefings, and Tambellini’s Education Institution Technology Profile […]
StarChart™: 2026 Advancement CRM
Why Read This Research For higher education institutions evaluating advancement CRM solutions, this Tambellini StarChart™ compares the leading vendors in the market. Use this report to quickly see how each platform performs across key usability and innovation criteria. This proprietary visual tool draws on institutional interviews, surveys, vendor briefings, and Tambellini’s Education Institution Technology Profile […]
2026 Vendor Briefing: Kindora
Why Read This Research Kindora applies AI to higher education fundraising, including funder discovery, grant research, donor prospecting, relationship mapping, and outreach preparation. This Vendor Briefing examines where the platform may fit in higher education advancement, particularly for corporate and foundation relations and resource-constrained teams. Explore how Kindora approaches workflow, CRM connectivity, implementation, and pricing. […]
2026 Market Alert: OpenAI is Retiring Custom GPTs and Expanding Plugins
Why Read This Research OpenAI is retiring custom GPTs, while expanding plugins with capabilities that can carry forward parts of the workflows institutions built in GPTs. This Market Alert explains what does and does not migrate, including instructions, reference files, conversations, model selection, sharing, and custom actions. It also outlines how institutions should inventory critical […]
2026 Vision Paper: The Re-Engineered Implementation
Why Read This Research ERP and SIS implementations are being re-engineered as AI automates data conversion, testing, configuration, integration code, and other labor-intensive work. This Vision Paper examines how implementation delivery, staffing, pricing, and risk will change over the next two years and what institutions should do now to prepare. Learn how to assess readiness, […]
StarChart™: 2026 Identity and Access Management
Why Read This Research For higher education institutions evaluating identity and access management solutions, this Tambellini StarChart™ compares the leading vendors in the market. Use this report to quickly see how each platform performs across key usability and innovation criteria. This proprietary visual tool draws on institutional interviews, surveys, vendor briefings, and Tambellini’s Education Institution […]
2026 Vendor Briefing: BoodleBox
Why Read This Research As higher education moves from AI experimentation to broader adoption, leaders need to determine where instructional AI fits within the technology ecosystem. This Vendor Briefing examines BoodleBox’s multi-model AI platform, including its Classroom environment, assignment controls, custom bots, collaboration tools, and institutional pricing. Explore how BoodleBox may complement existing AI and […]
2026 Oracle, Workday, and Ellucian Implementation Partners Comparison
Why Read This Research Choosing the right implementation partner can affect cost, timeline, institutional capability, risk, and long-term value. This infographic compares 13 firms that support Oracle, Workday, or Ellucian implementations against 10 criteria, including methodology, higher education experience, data conversion and integration, change management, pricing, governance, analytics, security, and market position. Use it as […]
