Introducing the HCM Systems StarChart: The Definitive Guide for Institutions Seeking Their Best-Fit Solutions
Higher education institutions are considering how to better meet modern workforce needs as they strive to attract and retain excellent faculty and staff. In Tambellini Group’s daily work with higher education institutions, we are seeing that they increasingly prioritize human resources functions in their strategies for improving institutional effectiveness. To ensure their human resources teams […]
Tambellini Finance Systems StarChart Delivered: The Definitive Guide for Institutions Seeking Their Best-Fit Technology Solutions
Competitive and economic strains facing higher education stretch across every function and department in the institution. Finance teams, however, are often the last to modernize their technology since CFOs are traditionally conservative in their spending in support of their own department. Given the current circumstances, finance leaders must be creative in how they streamline processes […]
Standalone HR and Payroll Systems in Higher Education
Higher education institutions most often choose their HCM and finance platforms from the same vendor—and usually also choose their student system from that same vendor. This trend has been true in higher education for 30 years and continues in buying trends today. Institutions recognize that using a single platform for their key transactional systems provides […]
Tambellini StarChart™ Will Help Institutions Navigate Modernization Options, Technology Selections
To identify objects in the universe and orient themselves, astronomers, stargazers, and others use star charts — celestial maps that make it easier to navigate the vast night sky based on an individual’s location and time of year. These maps served as the framework for the Tambellini Group’s latest guide for higher education technology — […]
2023 Oklahoma Higher Ed IT Summit Recap: Where Innovation Comes Sweepin’ Down the Plain
The Council on Information Technology (CoIT) of the Oklahoma State Regents for Higher Education recently hosted the 2023 Oklahoma Higher Ed IT Summit, where more than 20 institutions from across the great Sooner State came together to collaborate on improving their practices and working together to modernize, innovate, and elevate Oklahoma higher education for tomorrow’s […]
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 Group Features Women in Tech Leaders
According to research from the American Association of University Women, representation is one of the key factors perpetuating the gender gaps in STEM fields. Progress is slow, and there are still fewer women in STEM roles despite female students outnumbering male students in higher education enrollment for the past decade. With this in mind, in […]
Things I Never Thought I Would Hear a CIO Say
In conversation with Top of Mind host Katelyn Ilkani, Marilyn Smith, former CIO at George Mason University and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, reflects on the changes she has witnessed over her career. Advisor to GMU’s new CIO, Smith shares her advice to listeners who may aspire to lead a higher education IT department. This […]
Four Trends that Say IT Leaders Should Help Lead the Way
For the last decade, and perhaps more, technology leaders in higher education have been engaged in a debate about the CIO as “strategist” or “plumber” and whether the CIO should have a seat at the senior leadership table. Some have gotten there, only to realize that not all seats are created equally. And then the […]
Go Beyond Where Your Servers Are Located
When most of us hear “cloud,” we automatically think about the location of our servers. There are countless resources to help us weigh the cost-savings versus the risks. Even more to guide us in balancing the benefits of budget relief versus limiting our capacity. However, despite the resources at our fingertips, it is still difficult […]
