Why You Shouldn’t Wait to Get Started With iPaaS
Have you ever felt like you were swimming upstream against a tangle of requests for help from the IT department? Just before the end of the semester or budget year, multiple departments send well-meaning email requests for help setting up their new software. Replace the residential life software suite. Complete an urgent switch of vendors […]
A Student’s Perspective On Moodle
The goal of higher education is to serve students and provide the benefits of challenging learning endeavors. However, in institutions’ sincere attempts to facilitate the most robust learning experience possible, modern technologies and processes may come with a learning curve that initially creates an impediment, or may not live up to the institution’s and students’ […]
A Little Software with a Big Punch: Duo Seems to be Taking Higher Ed by Storm
For the past six weeks, I have been conducting interviews with Higher Education Chief Information Officers and their teams in charge of Identity & Access Management (IAM). I’m in my first phase of primary research for an Identity and Access Market Report that we will be publishing in Q1 2018. In a nutshell, Identity and […]
Oracle Option for Banner 8 Clients: Lift and Shift to the Cloud
Banner by Ellucian customers know the clock is ticking and time to move to Banner 9 is running out. Some are hoping that Ellucian will announce an extension to Banner 8 support. Some are working feverishly to migrate off Banner prior to the end of 2018; a small percentage report that their Banner 9 upgrade […]
Who Should Control Technology Decisions on Campus?
Recently, I was speaking with an Assistant CIO of a very prominent university, and he told me the following story: “New applications are popping up all of the time, and we only find out about it once they announce it on our internal news digest. Business units across the university don’t even understand that these […]
The Question of the Future of Ellucian … and all ERPs
I was recently asked to answer a question for the ages. THE QUESTION WAS: With the exit of Ellucian’s CEO, what would you do next if you were in charge of Ellucian? It seems like it might be difficult for the company to gain new customers, so what could they do to turn the tide? […]
What Does the Sudden Departure of Jeff Ray, CEO of Ellucian, Mean?
On Monday July 31, 2017, Ellucian issued a press release signaling two significant changes in executive management. First, Jeff Ray, CEO since October 2014, is no longer at the helm. When Jeff Ray was appointed to the position, according to the company’s press release, he was tasked with customer success and driving product innovation. The […]
Ellucian Hits a Grand Slam with Banner 9
For the past two months Oral Roberts University has been transitioning to the Banner 9 system. This decision follows 18-months of considering our options to transition off the Banner system. After all factors were considered, the decision was made to stay with the Banner system, but only if we could get users excited about a […]
INFOGRAPHIC: Lost in the Banner Decision Maze
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The Student Information System Dilemma: When FUD Meets Fatigue, the Whole Industry Suffers
As a CIO who likes to live on the innovative side of life, I am always looking to see which vendors are riding a wave of innovation. In the last 12 months I have endured numerous webinars and sales pitches and have taken calls from Salesforce, Workday, Unit4, Campus Management, and Oracle. Much like other […]
