The Highs and Lows of an ERP Retirement

During May, Wellesley College honored faculty and staff who were marking anniversaries ranging from 5 to 45 years. In addition, there was another event honoring those who have decided to retire after many years at the college. Too bad there won’t be such a celebration to thank Banner, which will be retired after more than […]
Creating a System of Data Governance for New River Community and Technical College

Our Need for Data Governance New River Community and Technical College serves a nine-county region of southern West Virginia with four campus locations. Although New River CTC was founded in 2003, it didn’t achieve administrative independence until 2009—when we completed the separation of services from our parent institution, Bluefield State College. Since then, the college […]
Tambellini’s Student System Insights in Higher Education

In June, The Tambellini Group published its highly anticipated 2019 Student Systems U.S. Higher Education Market Share, Trends, and Leaders Report, which focuses on student product trends and adoption and provides details unavailable from any other single source. This is the report’s 11th year in publication, and over the past 10 years, Tambellini has seen […]
Tambellini Cloud Transformation Summit for Higher Ed IT Executives Infographic

Word travels fast. You may have already heard that The Tambellini Group is hosting the Tambellini Cloud Transformation Summit—an exclusive event for higher education IT executives—December 4–6 in the greater Boston area. With seating limited to 100 attendees, don’t miss this opportunity to join your colleagues at this 3-day retreat of learning, exploration, inspiration, and […]
Automating the Budgeting and Planning Process

Co-Columnist: Mary Beth Cahill – Tambellini Analyst As higher education institutions experience increasing internal and external pressures to reduce expenses and remain profitable, they are being pushed to have a keener understanding of expenses, tighter control on operating costs, and increasing optimization of revenues. As a result, The Tambellini Group has seen an increase in […]
A Path to Revolutionize Your Campus with Big Data Infographic

Co-Columnist: Michele Cummins – Tambellini Analyst It is not enough to collect data from disparate locations, mine metrics and report. It’s everything to achieve actionable analytics and drive results. This infographic highlights Tambellini’s research findings—based on interviews with institutions that have successfully deployed enterprise data warehouses—and provides practical first steps to organizations thinking about deploying […]
The Coming Convergence of Campus Data Brings Educational Intelligence

As higher education institutions increasingly seek the data needed to support student success and demonstrate institutional effectiveness, they are turning to purpose-built software focused on particular areas of concern, such as assessment and curriculum management. Each of these software systems answers a specific set of questions or operationalizes specific processes, and many do these things […]
What Drives a University to Establish a Research Technology Organization?

Over the past decade, Arizona State University’s research expenditures have grown by over a half-billion dollars, while operations expenditures have increased by less than 10%. A move toward automation and specialized research-first services is largely credited for this growth occurring despite relatively minor increase in administrative spending. ASU’s Research Technology Office (RTO), founded 10 years […]
Tambellini’s Finance and HCM Insights in Higher Education

The Tambellini Group has published its 2019 U.S. Higher Education Financial Management and Human Resources Systems Market Trends Report. Be sure to check out this long-awaited annual report at your first opportunity. Tambellini’s research and advisory services enable institutions to navigate the complex vendor landscape with unbiased data, including insights into financial management and human […]
Architecting for Security in Higher Education

There’s a saying sometimes attributed to an ancient Japanese proverb (though the origin is most likely apocryphal) stating, “fix the problem, not the blame.” The gist of this is that it’s more important to address an issue than to focus on whose fault it is. There’s wisdom in that—particularly when it comes to cybersecurity. Security […]