Administrative/Business Apps
- Mount Mercy College Bolsters Executive Management with ERP Solution
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2/12/2008
Iowa's Mount Mercy College has selected an integrated suite from SunGard as its enterprise resource planning (ERP) solution. In a recent statement, the campus said it will deploy SunGard's PowerCAMPUS Unified Digital Campus (UDC) to help it achieve its vision of becoming a university by 2015.
- SugarCRM Solaris Installer To Come
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2/8/2008
SugarCRM Inc. plans to make it easier to install its Sugar Community Edition customer relationship management (CRM) solution on Solaris operating systems.
- CSU Bolsters Continuity Plan with Infrastructure Management Software
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2/7/2008
The California State University system this week said it's deployed Planet IRM enterprise software on 10 of its 23 campuses as part of an effort to bolster its business continuity efforts in a "massive system-wide upgrade of its network infrastructure."
- Can a Dedicated Call Center Boost Enrollment?
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1/24/2008
When a prospective student phones a college for information, answering questions quickly might mean the difference between enrolling that student and having that student decide to go elsewhere.
- Temple U Moves to Unified Digital Campus
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1/21/2008
Temple University in Pennsylvania announced recently that it's shifting its campus systems over to SunGard Higher Education's "Unified Digital Campus." The move is part of an initiative to improve and unify campus services, including administrative functions, learning communities, and other technologies.
- Sun in Deal To Acquire MySQL
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1/16/2008
Sun Microsystems is making a play to boost its standing in the $15 billion database market. The company announced Wednesday a definitive agreement to acquire MySQL AB, whose technologies are behind some of the highest-volume sites on the Web, including Google and Facebook. The deal will cost Sun about $1 billion, but the company said it expects the move to "[reaffirm] Sun's position as the leading provider of platforms for the Web economy and its role as the largest commercial open source contributor."
- Macworld Expo: Microsoft Gives Guided Tours of Office 2008 for Mac
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1/14/2008
Microsoft today is providing Macworld Expo attendees with an in depth guided tour of Office 2008 for Mac, which is expected to ship starting tomorrow (Jan. 15). Microsoft will show off the software at a day-long training session entitled "A Day At The Office: Microsoft Office 2008" beginning at 9 a.m. PST and running until 6:30 p.m. Other sessions and labs wil be held throughout the expo.
- U Alabama Mines Data To Boost Enrollment, Retention
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1/10/2008
First-year enrollment at the University of Alabama is up 40 percent, at least in part because the school is using a sophisticated data analysis product to gauge which students to target in enrollment and retention campaigns.
- De-coupling Course Content Management from the LMS/CMS
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1/9/2008
Sandy Schaeffer makes a call for higher education technology decision-makers to put pressure on the LMS vendor community to begin to un-bundle their products... with particular emphasis on greater flexibility in terms of content management.
- Centric CRM Releases Suite, Becomes 'Concursive'
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12/13/2007
Norfolk, VA-based Centric CRM has changed its name to Concursive Corporation to reflect the evolution of the company's product line to beyond customer relationship management (CRM) functionality. The company also released Concourse Suite 5.0, the latest version of it flagship product. The suite combines traditional CRM features with Web authoring, content management, and Web 2.0 collaboration technologies (such as wikis and blogs).
- Microsoft Revamps Education Licensing
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12/12/2007
Microsoft this week released updated institutional licensing terms for education customers. Microsoft's subscription licensing programs for education, collectively known as the Campus Agreement and School Agreement (CASA), now offer two additional benefits--home usage and evaluation rights--as well as several other changes in the areas of license renewal, buyouts, prorating, and other program terms.
- The ePortfolio Hijacked
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12/12/2007
The idea of the electronic portfolio in higher education in the US has transmuted from a focus on learning to a focus on accountability. Trent Batson hopes to clarify the difference between the terms "ePortfolio" and "assessment management system."
- Microsoft Releases Office 2007 Service Pack 1 Early
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12/12/2007
A year after its initial release, Microsoft this week announced it is shipping the first Service Pack for Office 2007. Office System Service Pack 1, originally expected in early 2008, improves stability, performance, and security, according to Office product manager Reed Shaffner.
- Roxbury CC Looks To Boost Enrollment with Portal Solution
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12/11/2007
Roxbury Community College is beefing up its enrollment and constituent relationship management efforts. The college, located in Roxbury Crossing, near Boston, has signed on to use portal and CRM solutions from Jenzabar, as well as the Informz Text Messaging solution.
- Sapient Unveils ALM Solution
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12/10/2007
Sapient released an agile application lifecycle management (ALM) platform designed to help organizations plan projects, manage change and collaborate. The latest version of the company's ALM software, called ResultSpace, has moved from being an internal Sapient solution to being a generally available product.
- Survey: Higher Ed Marketers To Increase Online Budgets
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12/7/2007
Are higher education marketers doing enough online? A new survey conducted by EducationDynamics (formerly Halyard Education Partners) suggests not. While marketers cite favorable results from online lead generation campaigns, few are allocating significant portions of their marketing budgets to online media. However, this may be changing in the coming year.
- Windows Server 2008, Vista SP1 Hit RC Milestone
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12/7/2007
Microsoft Wednesday continued its hand in hand development of Windows Server 2008 and Windows Vista's first service pack, publishing release candidates (RC) for each product. The big updates in Windows 2008 RC1 revolve around enhancements to Group Policy, a management framework first introduced in Windows 2000 Server. Group Policy Preferences, as it has been renamed, was formerly known as PolicyMaker Standard Edition and Policy Share Manager.
- FileMaker Pro Expands Leopard Support
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12/6/2007
FileMaker has released interim updates for its FileMaker Pro and FileMaker Pro Advanced database solutions. The new versions sport expanded compatibility for Mac OS X 10.5 ("Leopard") and for the software's Web publishing features.
- Sapient Unveils Application Lifecycle Management Solution
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12/6/2007
Sapient has released an agile application lifecycle management (ALM) platform designed to help organizations plan projects, manage change, and collaborate. The latest version of the company's ALM software, called ResultSpace, has moved from being an internal Sapient solution to being a generally available product.
- Colleges Look Outside for IT Management
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12/5/2007
Three North American colleges have signed on with CampusWorks to supply IT personnel, management, and strategic planning. Through the deals, CampusWorks will supply the colleges with everything from a CIO to planning for technological investments using its "Learner-Centered Technology Management Co-Source Model."
- Cornell Deploys Web-Based Data Viz Solution
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12/5/2007
Cornell University, Ithaca, NY, is deploying new data visualization and analysis tools for its Key Performance Indicators (KPI) initiative, a project that will be used to "assess the present state of business, measure performance and progress toward goals, and inform decisions on future courses of action," according to the university.
- University of Pennsylvania Library Serves Up Live, Chat-Based Help
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12/5/2007
Catering to the way students communicate, more and more university libraries are providing instant live chat services to users who need help while accessing the library over the Internet. For example, a chat screen may pop up when an online patron clicks on a Help tab from the library's main page. A librarian then corresponds via chat to answer the patron's question.
- Jenzabar ERP Expands Student Management, Financial Aid Functionality
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12/4/2007
Jenzabar this week released an update to its Jenzabar EX enterprise resource planning solution. The new 2.7 update, which shipped Monday, adds "significant" enhancements to two of the suite's modules, according to the company, and incorporates various other improvements throughout.
- Coconino Outsources CIO, IT Development
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11/29/2007
Coconino Community College in Arizona has signed a five-year deal with information technology management firm CampusWorks, which will supply the college with a CIO and various technical personnel to oversee IT staff development.
- Feeling Smart at Nova Southeastern
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11/28/2007
A new "Shark Card" has been issued to more than 25,000 students, faculty, and staff at Nova Southeastern University incorporating both contact and RFID-enabled smart chips, plus biometrics.
