Tambellini Group’s First Future Campus™ Summit: Making Mindset Shifts to Empower Innovation and Growth in Higher Education
There is a virtually unanimous consensus among higher education leaders that the magnitude and volume of external forces impacting their industry demand significant and swift shifts in how their institutions operate and evolve. But crucial questions remain unanswered: To help answer those questions, Tambellini Group held its first Future Campus™ Summit last week in California, […]
Exploring Industry-Wide Cloud Advancements: A Review of AWS re:Invent 2023
On the heels of the Amazon Web Services (AWS) re:Invent 2023 conference, let’s examine the relevance and potential impact of current and emerging cloud computing technologies on the higher education sector. Key Announcements and Innovations The conference offered a forum for discussing the latest developments in cloud computing, presenting a range of updates that could […]
Workday Rising 2023: Workday Doubles Down on AI Transforming the Human Work Experience
Beginning September 26, we joined with 15,000 Workday customers, employees, partners, and prospects to learn more about Workday’s plans to enhance its product suite at the largest Workday Rising to date. In line with so many conferences in 2023, discussions and messaging around the role and use of artificial intelligence (AI) were top-of-mind throughout the […]
Oracle CloudWorld 2023 Highlights Rapid Innovation
During the 2023 Oracle CloudWorld Conference in Las Vegas, a spotlight was on Oracle Fusion Cloud Student for the estimated 300 higher education institutions that attended. The conference provided insights into Oracle’s product strategy across its infrastructure, applications, and data and analytics products and its progress on Oracle Student. It was also an opportunity to […]
Anthology Together 2023: Building Out on the Promise of a Single Solution
Approximately 2,000 attendees gathered at the Gaylord Opryland Hotel in Nashville, Tennessee, to learn what Anthology has delivered to its extensive product suite and what’s on tap for the next six months and beyond. Attendees applauded enthusiastically when Chairman and CEO Jim Milton announced that more than 200 new product features have been delivered since […]
D2L Executive Summit and Fusion 2023 Conference Recap
On June 11–14, 2023, in Anaheim, California, leaders and users from higher education, K-12 education, and corporations joined at D2L’s annual Executive Summit and Fusion 2023 to hear about the company’s plans for artificial intelligence (AI) and workforce development while sharing teaching and learning tips and tricks with a large community of peers. Throughout the […]
Jenzabar JAM Emphasizes Transformation and Modernization
Jenzabar held its Jenzabar Annual Meeting “JAM” at the Gaylord Palms Resort near Orlando, Florida, from May 31 through June 3. The company announced several new products and partnerships extending the Jenzabar One solution suite functionality. Key themes presented during JAM included helping institutions differentiate themselves, student recruitment, student success, non-credit learning with Campus Marketplace, […]
Slate Festival Highlights
In May, I attended several of the Slate Festival webinars, which featured client testimonials on a myriad of topics ranging from integrating with Slate, creating innovative marketing campaigns, using technology to reduce summer melt, leveraging financial aid insights in recruitment and admissions, and more. At the end of the series, what struck me was the […]
SAP Sapphire Touts AI and Green Ledger
On May 16 and 17, I attended the 2023 SAP Sapphire conference virtually. Held in person in Orlando, the conference and analyst sessions were very focused on two strategic areas of focus for SAP: artificial intelligence (AI) and SAP’s Green Ledger, which allows organizations to account for ESG (environmental, social, and governance) goals through increasingly […]
CASE DRIVE 2023: A Critical Forum for Advancement Technology Practitioners
The annual CASE DRIVE conference convenes higher education advancement practitioners to discuss their daily work and the technology they use to support it. The 2023 event was back in person with a sold-out attendance, and it was energizing to come together to share ideas, discuss issues, brainstorm, and talk to colleagues in a safe environment. […]