Women in Tech: Melanie Boynton, Director of Enterprise Systems and Data Intelligence, J Sargeant Reynolds Community College
Melanie Boynton knew she had always wanted to work in government. When her supervisor asked her to work on a data project for the state of Virginia, it surprised her how much she enjoyed it, and from that one small step, a career in IT began. Hear more about Melanie’s excitement for data and analytics […]
Application Migration to the Cloud: Know Your Purpose
Institutions have moved commercial, on-premises applications to the cloud with significant success over the last several years. As I’ve spoken to CIOs about this shift, I’ve discovered a variety of drivers for their initiatives, with various pathways, but generally with solid success. The most important common factor in their successes was defining their strategy based […]
Thesis Receives Solid Financial Backing with SilverTree Equity Acquisition
On February 2, 2023, Thesis announced that SilverTree Equity, a leading private equity firm focused on technology, completed the acquisition of the company from Advent International. Thesis is a provider of higher education student systems in North America and Europe. Advent International retained its ownership of the student business when it sold Unit4 (now focused […]
Student Analytics: Focusing on a Critical Issue as a Catalyst for Creating a Data Culture
Institutions have been using terms such as “data driven” and “data informed” with regard to decision making for decades, but, as Tambellini research noted in a recent blog post, the issue of poor data hygiene impedes any meaningful progress for many institutions. So, while many aspire to create a data-informed culture, significantly fewer have the […]
Identity and Access Management: Products Won’t Save You, but They’ll Help
Higher education is facing a pivotal moment where institutions must protect themselves from constantly evolving cybersecurity threats with limited budgets and staffing. Compounding the problem even further, higher education is especially susceptible to marketing that portrays products as the solution to their problems. As with every discipline, technology alone is not the answer. It’s the […]
Looking Back and Planning Forward: 2022 Technology Trends and Predictions for 2023
Vicki Tambellini, President and CEO of Tambellini Group, kicks off the new year with her annual take on the top technology trends for 2022, along with her predictions of the drivers that will have the biggest impact on the higher education market in 2023. Listen in for Vicki’s insights on how factors including budget pressures […]
How CIOs Can Build Dynamic Duos with CFOs: An interview with Hampton Shive, Strategic Advisor
Higher education CIOs know that the long-term success of any institution-wide technology project depends on their effectiveness in building a broad coalition of support across a vast array of leaders and stakeholders with diverse needs and goals. Depending on the focus of any technology initiative, CIOs will understandably need to prioritize garnering buy-in from the […]
Women in Tech: Robin Bryan, CIO, James Madison University
Robin Bryan was raised knowing the value of an education. From her small community, Robin entered college and found that her path led her to many opportunities. While working on her master’s degree in modern European history, Robin took a part-time job in computer operations, where she soon found herself teaching administrators and faculty how […]
The Data Problem in Higher Ed
For higher education leaders, the speed and criticality of strategic decisions that must be made to ensure institutions’ long-term health and viability are unrelenting. However, many leaders we speak with do not have the trusted data and analysis they need to make these decisions confidently. The problem is that most institutions do not have the […]
Harnessing Cloud Computing to Accelerate Scientific Research with Noora Siddiqui, Cloud Engineer, Baylor College of Medicine
Baylor College of Medicine’s Human Genome Sequencing Center is at the forefront of leveraging scientific research for the cloud, and self-taught Cloud Engineer Noora Siddiqui is largely responsible for leading this progress. Noora joins the Top of Mind family this month to share her insights on how cloud migration is revolutionizing precision medicine, including the […]
