Executive View
eProcurement systems are designed to streamline purchasing processes, eliminate paperwork, and make it easy for end users to get the best values through spending on-contract. Yet the relative success of eProcurement at any institution often depends on how the procurement department works not only with the technology, but also with the end users in academic departments, in research programs, or elsewhere in the university or system.
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Worth Noting
The Georgia Institute of Technology is setting up a new center specifically to serve as a living laboratory for testing new forms of education. MoreBoston College will be using the reporting technology in Logi Insight for Libraries as part of a new mobile iPhone app to help students find and use library resources. MoreOntario-based Mohawk College has finished its transition to a new learning management system after more than three years of due diligence and course migration. MoreBlackboard is expanding its footprint in the services and support arena with the purchase of Presidium, a company that provides call center support services to hundreds of higher education clients. MoreBlackboard has released a major update to its cross-platform mobile learning management system, Mobile Learn 2.0. The new version expands the types of content users can create via their mobile devices and also offers an enhanced UI and support for some Angel and WebCT customers. MoreA facility scheduling application in use widely by colleges and universities has been updated. More
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