Tambellini 2023 Student Systems Report Highlights
As many of you know, Tambellini has been tracking all student system vendors selling into higher education across North America (and, more recently, globally) for over 20 years. In April, for the 15th consecutive year, we released our 2023 Student Systems US Higher Education Market Share, Trends, and Leaders Report, which provides a detailed view […]
Financial Aid is Hard. Is Your Legacy System Making it Harder?
Financial aid is critical for many students to make higher education accessible. It’s also vital for the financial sustainability of the many institutions that serve those students. But as essential as it is, many colleges are still using legacy systems with complex user interfaces and little or no workflow capabilities to guide students through the […]
2023 Market Share, Trends, and Leaders Reports at a Glance
Guide your institution through vendor selection with Tambellini Group’s 2023 Market Share, Trends, and Leaders Reports for finance and HCM systems and student systems. This year’s reports reveal that higher education institutional selections for modern administrative systems across finance, HCM, and student declined by double-digit percentages in 2022 amid growing economic uncertainty. Learn all the […]
Workday AI/ML Innovation Summit 2023: AI, ML, and Energy
With the topics of AI and ML being top of mind across all industries, it was timely that Workday focused its 2023 Innovation Summit for analysts on the topic, highlighting how the company is using AI and ML across its solution suite today and how it envisions the future of its use. Attendees had an […]
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 […]
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 […]
Why Strategic Alignment Matters More Than Budget Size
An Interview with Karen Boudreau-Shea, Vice President, Advisory Services The impact of financial strains is top of mind for higher education technology stakeholders: Respondents to Campus Technology’s 2022 Digital Transformation Survey cited “budget restrictions” as the top obstacle thwarting their progress toward digital transformation, and 41 percent of respondents to Educause’s 2021 Dx QuickPoll cited […]
Tambellini’s Key Takeaways from Oracle CloudWorld 2022
For the first time since 2019, Oracle held its CloudWorld user conference live in Las Vegas, Nevada. Thousands of attendees met both in person and remotely to learn about the company’s strategic vision and latest announcements. While this year’s conference was notably smaller than those of previous years, with a more intimate feel, it was […]
2022 Oracle and Workday Higher Education Implementation Partners Differentiators
Tambellini recently completed its Oracle and Workday implementation partner series for finance, human capital management, and student that evaluated nine leading services firms in higher education. Three of the vendors offer Oracle Cloud implementation services (Drivestream, Highstreet, and Sierra-Cedar), three provide Workday deployment services (Alchemy, Avaap, and Collaborative Solutions), and three offer implementation services for […]
