Evisions Conference 2024–Expanding Support for SaaS
I love connecting with the higher education technology community where the rubber meets the road. At the 2024 Evisions Conference in San Antonio, the Evisions team brought forward-looking support for their largely Ellucian-based clients. As Ellucian continues its push to SaaS, Evisions is supporting its customer base with continued investment in enhancements to facilitate its […]
Building an AI Innovation Ecosystem in Higher Education
Many colleges and universities are experimenting with artificial intelligence (AI) in some capacity. To fully harness AI’s potential, higher education institutions will need to think beyond individual use cases and build a robust AI innovation ecosystem. What is An AI Innovation Ecosystem? An AI innovation ecosystem is a holistic approach to AI integration in higher […]
3 Questions to Consider When Evaluating New Technology in Higher Education
As higher education institutions begin the process of evaluating new administrative systems, they often revert to what has historically been viewed as most important in technology selection—functionality and cost. That’s a mistake. When choosing software for legacy, on-premises systems in decades past, what it did was the most essential factor in the decision. Further, functionality […]
Building Alliances That Drive Change in Higher Education
Table of contents 12 Questions to Answer Before Building Campus Alliances Powerful Traits for Effective Change Allies Essential Top-Level Alliances for CIOs in Higher Education Conclusion You Might Also Like Building partnerships and alliances that drive strategic change at colleges and universities is a crucial aspect of effective leadership, especially for a CIO leading innovation […]
Preparing for the Sunset: How to Approach End-of-Life Deadlines for Legacy Solutions
In an ideal world, every college and university would have three to seven years to implement a new core modern system, starting with one to two years of planning and preparation. But in reality, institutions are not always afforded the luxury of setting their own timelines. The earlier an institution starts to prepare for modernization […]
The Human Element of AI—A Key Obstacle to Adoption
A primary obstacle to artificial intelligence (AI) adoption is not the availability of the technology but rather the human aspect of it. To realize AI’s potential, people need to understand, accept, trust, and embrace it as an extension of their work and processes. With the relative newness of the technology and its rate of product […]
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, […]
Salesforce Education Cloud for Advancement & Alumni Relations
As many of you may know, Salesforce launched the first version of their Salesforce Education Cloud for Advancement & Alumni Relations in the fall of 2023. I recently had an opportunity to catch up with the Salesforce product architect for this solution. I was impressed with the depth and breadth of the product, its architectural […]
Tambellini Group’s Top 10 Resources and Research in 2023
Our research and resources are just one way we help colleges and universities make strategic and sound technology decisions and investments. As we prepare to enter 2024, let’s explore our most-read blog posts, case studies, webinars, and research from 2023. Popular Themes Finding Best-Fit Solutions with Tambellini StarCharts This year, we launched the Tambellini StarChart™, […]
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 […]
