Data/Document Management
- 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.
- Telelogic Adds UML 2.1 Modeling to Architect Solutions
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11/29/2007
Telelogic has improved components of its overall "enterprise lifecycle management" software product suite, which combines model-driven development with application lifecycle management.
- GoldenGate 9.5 Boosts Data Management
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11/26/2007
San Francisco-based GoldenGate Software is offering a new version of its database optimization solution. Version 9.5 adds improvements to the company's Transactional Data Management solution. It's typically used by enterprises that want high-availability data or disaster assurance protection. The solution also lets users move data across different databases in real time, according to company literature.
- OASIS Ramps Up SDO Efforts for SOAs
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11/19/2007
The nonprofit OASIS standards group has created a technical committee in support of the Service Data Objects (SDO) specification at OASIS. The SDO spec, which is a subset of the Service Component Architecture (SCA) spec, aims at simplifying data handling in service-oriented architectures (SOAs).
- Blackboard Commerce Suite To Integrate FeliCa Technology
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11/9/2007
Education technology developer Blackboard has partnered with Sony to deliver support for Sony's smart card technology in its Blackboard Commerce Suite for use with campus ID cards.
- Virginia Tech To Expand Web Presence
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11/7/2007
Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University (also known as Virginia Tech) is enhancing its Web presence in an effort to improve communications, offer new services, and provide autonomy to schools and departments at the university to create and reuse content. For the Web upgrade, Virginia Tech is deploying Percussion Software's Rhythmyx Web Content Management system.
- Survey: Good News for COBOL Programmers
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11/2/2007
Yes, COBOL. Believe it or not, in higher education, COBOL--one of the oldest programming languages and second only to FORTRAN in comedic value--still has a future. According to a survey of CIOs by technology provider Micro Focus, more than 75 percent said they intend to recruit COBOL programmers over the next five years, but 73 percent said they're having a hard time finding such programmers. COBOL was invented in 1959 as an alternative to the most popular programming language of the day, Cuneiform.
- Open Source Adoption Low but Growing
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11/1/2007
An Independent Oracle User's Group (IOUG) survey found that business deployment of open source solutions (OSS) was not extensive relative to proprietary solutions. The survey was based on 226 responses from the IOUG membership.
- OLW Comes to Live@edu
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10/26/2007
Microsoft has rolled its Office Live Workspace technology into Live@edu, the company's portal, communications, and collaboration suite for higher education. According to Microsoft, this is but the first in a "new wave" of Office Live services making its way into the higher ed space. The Live@edu service itself has also been upgraded to provide greater storage capacity and additional features.
- CUNY Adopts Oracle for FIRST Project
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10/22/2007
City University of New York (CUNY) is revamping its administrative systems, consolidating a wide array of student information, human resources, and financial systems as part of its Fully Integrated Resources and Services Tool (FIRST) project. The university system, which comprises 23 institutions serving more than 430,000 students, will integrate its data using Oracle's PeopleSoft Enterprise Campus Solutions 9.0, for which Oracle will also provide hosting and consulting.
- Intelliworks, InsideTrack combine CRM and Student Coaching
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10/19/2007
CRM developer Intelliworks has partnered with InsideTrack to deliver a combined solution for student recruitment and retention.
- UCLA Deploys Classroom IP Audio Encoders
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10/18/2007
The University of California, Los Angeles is continuing its phased deployment of IP audio encoders for its classrooms. According to information released this week by Barix, the vendor supplying the Interstreamer encoding systems, UCLA's Office of Instructional Development has so far installed the devices in 43 classrooms, with plans for 200 classroom installations eventually.
- UCSD Research Center Deploys ReadVerify Appliance
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10/18/2007
The San Diego Supercomputer Center, an NSF-funded research unit out of the University of California, San Diego, is deploying a stand-alone appliance to monitor the integrity of tape-based storage media. Crossroad Systems' SurePath ReadVerify Appliance will be used as part of the center's protection plan for its more than 5 petabytes of irreplaceable scientific data.
- PowerCampus 7 Expands .NET Self-Service
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10/16/2007
SunGard Higher Education has released PowerCampus 7, an administrative system for small and medium-sized campuses. The latest version brings new workflow and customizability features and expands its .NET self-service component.
- Quinnipiac U To Automate Paper Processes
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10/12/2007
Quinnipiac University in Connecticut said it plans to cut costs by automating manual paper processes. The university will be deploying ImageNow from Perceptive Software, an enterprise suite for document management, imaging, and workflow.
- Waste Paper: Communications and the Decline of Print
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10/4/2007
For years universities have been reducing their print output in an effort to reach the elusive paperless ideal. But they aren't there yet.
- INTEC Adopts Jenzabar ERP Suite
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10/2/2007
Instituto Tecnologico de Santo Domingo (INTEC) in the Dominican Republic is deploying an ERP solution from Jenzabar called Jenzabar EX Total Campus Management. INTEC, a non-profit university, had previously been using systems developed in house. The university will implement the Jenzabar EX student suite, as well as the Jenzabar Internet Campus Solution, over the next two years.
- Community College Deploys Colleague Student Applications
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9/27/2007
Kansas City Kansas Community College will soon deploy a centralized database in its back office using Colleague Student finance and human resource applications from Datatel, a provider of information management systems. The program is designed to focus on five higher education administration areas , including enrollment and student services, financial management, financial aid, human resources, and institutional advancement.
- Jenzabar Brews Up Java-Based HR, Payroll Tools
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9/25/2007
Higher education software maker Jenzabar has unveiled Jenzabar CX Human Resources, Java-based payroll and human resources modules that represent the first step in Jenzabar’s move to convert all of its Jenzabar CX modules to Java.
- Palm Beach CC Deploys DocFinity Management Software
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8/31/2007
Palm Beach Community College in Florida has implemented DocFinity on its multiple campuses. DocFinity, from Optical Image Technology, is a document imaging, management, and workflow solution.
- Universities Adopt Document Management
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8/30/2007
According to Perceptive Software, a developer of document management systems, five new universities have signed on to use its ImageNow enterprise document management and workflow solution.
- U Oklahoma Taps Day for Content Management
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8/15/2007
The University of Oklahoma will deploy Day Software's Communiqué, an enterprise Web content management suite, to help revamp the school's various portals for students, staff, and alumni.
- Multiple Universities Deploy Xythos Document Management
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8/3/2007
More than a dozen colleges and universities have joined the ranks of campuses using technology from Xythos Software to collaborate with, store, share and manage their documents.
- OCCC Taps SAS to Improve Campus Ops Management
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8/2/2007
Oklahoma City Community College (OCCC) has selected Business intelligence firm SAS to develop a system using its Enterprise Intelligence Suite for Education to help the school manage its finances and enhance its student recruiting and retention.
- Document Management to Save Technical College $3.5MM
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8/1/2007
The largest of Wisconsin's technical schools, Milwaukee Area Technical College (MATC) will overhaul its document management systems using technology and services from Xerox (Stamford, CT) in a move that could save it roughly $3.5 million over the next five years.
