Tambellini’s Finance and HCM Insights in Higher Education
The Tambellini Group has published its 2019 U.S. Higher Education Financial Management and Human Resources Systems Market Trends Report. Be sure to check out this long-awaited annual report at your first opportunity. Tambellini’s research and advisory services enable institutions to navigate the complex vendor landscape with unbiased data, including insights into financial management and human […]
Position Yourself Well for Positive Change Management
There are studies about how humans tend to resist change and their various reasons why. It’s prevalent, but not much comfort to any higher education executive whose mission is to make enhancements for the good of the institution, which undoubtedly require change. Jim La Creta of Brandeis University found himself within that very delicate balance. […]
Does the Vendor Notebook Count?
When the Green Mountain Higher Education Consortium’s institutions joined together to revamp their administrative systems, outsiders were watching—and waiting for them to select Workday. After all, Champlain already had Workday HCM, and Middlebury fit the profile of so many other liberal arts institutions that were selecting Workday for HCM, finance, and student. The process appeared […]
The End of the Student Information System Era
Are you working at an institution that is involved in an evaluation to replace your legacy student information system (SIS)? If so, you are probably noticing the “student system” nomenclature shift. Modern SaaS cloud vendors are no longer referring to student software solutions as student information systems and have since rebranded them as “student systems.” […]
Student Cloud Anxiety: Is Your Institution Impacted?
Analysts at Tambellini speak with higher education CIOs every day, and some interesting conversational threads weave throughout the calls. You may even choose to call them “viral trends.” One of those trends includes regular questions about Oracle Student Cloud versus Workday Cloud and whether or not either solution is “real.” The cloud showdown between Oracle […]
A Workday vs. Salesforce Implementation: Lessons Learned from Georgetown University
Beth Hayes, Deputy CIO and Director of Enterprise Services at Vassar College, interviews Linda Buckley, Assistant Vice President for Administrative Applications at Georgetown University, about some differences between implementing Workday and Salesforce. The Tambellini Group has written extensively on SIS/ERP, including Workday, as well as on CRM trends and Salesforce in higher ed. You can […]
Contract Negotiation and Advisory Services: Licensing and Implementation Services for Finance, Human Resources, Payroll, and Student for Furman University
“Working with Tambellini Group helped us achieve our goal of balancing significant opportunity with the appropriate level of risk management. Between the avoided costs and lowered fees from our partners, the savings were substantial. Furman’s risk is also lowered and the institution has protections that may not have otherwise been obtained.” Dave SteinourCIO, Furman University […]
Contract Advisory Services: ERP and Implementation Services Agreements for the Nevada System of Higher Education
“If I could change one thing about working with The Tambellini Group, I would have brought them in earlier. If Vicki Tambellini had assisted us prior to releasing our RFP, our results might have been even better. Tambellini was part of our team and together we achieved results that impressed our Chancellor and Board Chair. […]
