Cerritos College Launches Web-based Student Center with PeopleSoft Upgrade
- By Dian Schaffhauser
- 06/02/08
Norwalk, CA-based
Cerritos College said it has completed a major IT system upgrade--on time and under budget--after partnering with
Ciber Enterprise Solutions.
Ciber worked with Cerritos to upgrade the college's
Oracle
PeopleSoft Campus Solutions 8.0, Enterprise Portal 8.0, and Human
Capital Management 8.0 applications to the most recent 9.0 releases.
The upgrade includes enhancements for Cerritos to help it comply with
state and federal reporting requirements for higher education
institutions.
As part of the upgrade, the school launched a new
Web-based Student Center, which provides students with access to
academic and financial records.
"Ciber was instrumental in
ensuring an efficient go live," said Lee Krichmar, director of IT. "We
were able to reduce our go-live activities, including patching, from
six days down to 48 continuous hours. Our multiple 'test moves to
production' allowed us to evaluate each step and to streamline our
processes."
The migration plan encompassed running through
upgrade scripts and completing test runs; performing the migration,
addition and testing of 150 security profiles; and documenting each
step for the launch.
Ciber had successfully worked with Cerritos
previously to implement Oracle PeopleSoft Human Capital Management and
Student Administration version 8.0. In a statement, the company said
that about a quarter of Oracle and PeopleSoft higher education
customers have worked with Ciber to implement and upgrade their
software.
The college has 1,200 students and is located in Los Angeles County.
About the Author
Dian Schaffhauser is a former senior contributing editor for 1105 Media's education publications THE Journal, Campus Technology and Spaces4Learning.