TLS 1.3: Ask the Hard Questions Now
You ever have that “I wish someone would have told me” moment? I’ll give you an example of what I mean: this winter my snow-blower was out of commission for most of the season (a bummer since I live in NH). It wouldn’t start because, as I learned later, I forgot to clear out the […]
Can Modern Cloud-Based Finance, HCM/Payroll, and Student Solutions Simplify the Higher Education Administrative Software Application Ecosystem?
The Tambellini Group has worked with a number of higher education institutions of all types and sizes to help assess whether the institution should upgrade or replace their current Finance, HCM/Payroll, and/or SIS* solutions. While there are many reasons that institutions evaluate a Finance, HCM/Payroll and/or SIS system replacement, one of the key factors is […]
Maintaining Cybersecurity under Rapid Change at Your Institution
The proliferation of Bring Your Own Device (BYOD), cloud computing, shadow IT, and the Internet of Things (IoT) is directly impacting enterprise computing systems and how higher education institutions respond to change. Institutions now must operate with the boundaryless data center, as every faculty and staff member, student, and guest carries a computer in their […]
Placing Learning at the Center of the Learning Management System
Until their closing in December of 2017, I spent five years at the New Media Consortium (NMC) thinking deeply about the important developments in educational technology that are impacting teaching and learning in higher education. Through the Horizon Project and NMC’s partnership with the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation’s Digital Learning Initiative, I investigated the […]
Ellucian and SAP SuccessFactors: Why Not an Arranged Marriage for Higher Ed HCM?
If you saw this post that appeared on LinkedIn, February 20, 2018, you may have thought, “Wow, big news! A partnership between Ellucian and SAP SuccessFactors for the higher education market!” However, there is more to know than what appears in this post. There was no press release and no initial comment from either company […]
Enterprise CRM for Higher Education: SugarCRM at Fordham University
A top priority in the higher education technology community is having a robust CRM solution that can scale within your institution and provide a 360-degree view of your constituents. While many institutions are using elements of CRM solutions in varying capacities for departmental needs, The Tambellini Group is also seeing an increased number of institutions […]
Cloud Cloud Cloud: An Introduction to Cloud Software for Practitioners and Executives
Depending on the last article or tweet you ran across, you may view cloud software as “just someone else’s computer,” not requiring much change in approach than any other software adoption. Or you may view it as a completely new paradigm for software purchasing and management; mysterious, requiring all new skills, no IT staff, and […]
How to Move Fast in a Slow Industry
Many of us technology leaders have been to big conferences in huge conference centers with keynote speakers up on the stage under the bright lights espousing the benefits of fast technology change—telling us that we had better get ready and move quickly or technology will pass us by. A slick video plays of a company […]
Modernization of Technologies: NC State’s Strategy to Keep Pace
Tambellini Interview Series: NC State University CIO, Dr. Marc I. Hoit Question 1: Your bio on the NC State website discusses key foundational projects you have launched. Tell us about those. I started working at NC State University in 2008. For the last 10 years, I have been working on updating the infrastructure and empowering […]
Best of Breed vs Best of Suite
One big question regarding higher education enterprise software has long been whether an institution should circle their wagons around a single-vendor approach or select a collection of best-of-breed solutions to meet institutional operational and strategic needs. While legacy higher education Student Information Systems and Enterprise Resource Planning software providers have focused on the academic and […]
