Reaping Long-Term ROI Over Eight-Year Partnership with Tambellini Group
When a prestigious national R1 university first began a multiyear initiative to improve student services in 2015, its technology leadership reached out to Tambellini Group with a straightforward request for the comprehensive annual 2023 Student Systems US Higher Education Market Share, Trends, and Leaders Report. This in-depth report is a common entry point for Tambellini […]
Mergers and Acquisitions in Higher Education
The pace of mergers and acquisitions has rapidly accelerated in higher education in recent years as institutions adapt to a changing market. But what happens behind the scenes when two institutions decide to join forces? Northeastern University’s CIO, Cole Camplese knows firsthand from his experience building a unified technology operation for his institution’s recent partnership […]
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 […]
Beyond Spreadsheets: It’s Time to Rethink Budget and Planning Tools
Over the last three years, pandemic-induced stresses on higher education have uncovered the impacts of an outdated budget planning process that’s still prevalent throughout higher education. While most colleges and universities quickly pivoted to offer new learning modalities and ensure the continuation of operations remotely in response to COVID-19, financial planning analysts had a more […]
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 […]
AWS Imagine Conference Is True to Its Name
AWS holds an annual Imagine conference for forward-thinking institutional customers to discuss their strategic AWS successes. The conference is unusual because there is limited conversation about product details. Instead, it focuses on how innovative educators can leverage AWS technology and partnership to change their institutions, the higher education industry, and the world beyond education. In […]
Four Student Selection Trends for US Higher Education
The Tambellini Group has followed global and US higher education student system selections for more than 20 years. In June 2022, Tambellini released its 14th annual Student Systems US Higher Education Market Share, Trends, and Leaders Report. Tambellini tracks selection activity in the market because it is most helpful to institutional buyers who want to […]
What Advancement Leadership and CIOs Should Know About Modern Advancement CRM Systems
Many higher education institutions have selected new advancement CRM solutions in the last two years, migrating away from legacy systems of 20 or more years. A key factor is that several widely used legacy advancement systems have been sunset. Another even more causative factor is the inability of legacy systems to support the needs of […]
Promoting Student Success With Digital Transformation
Digital transformation (Dx) is a relatively new and somewhat fraught concept for higher education. Dx in higher education leverages technological innovation to produce shifts in the institutional culture and workforce to generate operational efficiencies, realize cost savings, and improve the institutional value proposition. Despite the potential benefits, higher education institutions are finding it difficult to […]
5 Key Themes for the Enterprise CRM Journey
In the early days of constituent relationships management (CRM), most use cases were highly departmentalized and served a single function. Recruitment and Admissions CRMs and Service Management CRMs (i.e., IT helpdesk) were among the most popular implementations. However, Tambellini’s research shows a mindset shift toward the bigger picture in higher education. Enterprise CRMs (ECRMs) are […]
