In the Spotlight: Finance and HCM Market Trends and Technology Selections for Higher Education
The Tambellini 2020 Financial Management and Human Capital Management Systems US Higher Education Market Share, Trends, and Leaders Report provides a detailed overview of the US higher education financial management and human capital management systems market. The report’s unique perspective focuses on the number of selections made in 2019 and describes purchasing trends, identifying the […]
Finance and HCM Market Trends and Insights for Higher Education Infographic
Tambellini members utilize the 2020 Financial Management and Human Capital Management Systems US Higher Education Market Share, Trends, and Leaders Report to broaden their understanding of significant trends as higher education institutions move finance and HCM solutions to the cloud. Institutions benefit from the report’s deep insight and competitive analysis that they cannot attain on […]
On Campus: COVID-19 Challenges and On-premises vs Cloud Solutions
My former colleagues have readily reminded me that I’m not in the trenches anymore, but the instinctive mindset, when reacting to and managing crises, has not left me. The focus and intensity that comes with a crisis situation takes hold of people and organizations to ensure that the operations of their organizations can function. For […]
Graduation 2020: The Show Must Go On
As students and faculty adjust to an online environment for delivering instruction, many are asking the question, “But what about graduation?” For those who were scheduled to go through their commencement this May, the disappointment is real. On the heels of online classes and before mandates of social distancing, some students got creative. But with […]
Is a COVID-19 Pivot Needed in Higher Education (and For Those Who Serve It)?
I’ve spent a lot of time over the last few weeks thinking about what, if any, long-term impact the COVID-19 experience will have on our lives and expectations, broadly, and on higher education, specifically. I suspect many of us have. How long will this pandemic continue? Will we return to ‘normal’ at some point, or […]
Higher Education Business Continuity Planning During a Crisis
Tambellini’s Vice President of Research, Large Enterprise Systems, Dave Kieffer discusses higher education’s dependency on technology and how past crises and contingency planning for other situations have prepared institutions for meeting the challenges presented by closures due to COVID-19. Kieffer highlights the strengths technology brings to communication during these times, as well as the frustrations […]
Balancing Strategic Priorities in a Time of Crisis
There’s an age-old tension between urgent and important, and most IT leaders know it all too well. “Don’t let the urgent get in the way of the important,” or so the saying goes. But this is much easier said than done. During ‘normal’ times, one’s day can easily get derailed by a system outage, audit […]
#DearVendor: Those Cold Calls, Though
A couple of weeks ago, I had plans to write about cold calls as my next #DearVendor post. Then COVID-19 hit and those plans—and seemingly all plans—flew right out the window. So I turned my attention instead to writing about how technology companies could best support their higher education constituents during this unprecedented time (see […]
Redefining Work Roles and What’s Important, Part 2
It is no longer possible to deliver documents by campus mail, to walk them over to another office and drop them in a colleague’s inbox, or to assemble packets of information and courier them to their destination. It is no longer possible to sign contracts in person, with or without a notary witness. Yet, it […]
Redefining Work Roles and What’s Important, Part 1
In times of disruption, it is helpful to focus on the goal. For the higher education community, the goals are deeply rooted in teaching, learning, and supporting the community served by the institutions. Although the way we approach these goals has changed rapidly since the start of 2020 and is changing daily, higher education at […]
