Oracle Collaborates with Universities for Oracle Customer Strategic Design Program
As Oracle prepares to launch its new new
cloud-based student information system for higher education, Oracle Student
Cloud, in 2015, it has partnered with several universities to form the Oracle
Customer Strategic Design Program, which is will "help shape the design and
development of Oracle Student Cloud," according to the company.
Members of the Oracle Customer Strategic Design Program include
Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University,
University of Texas System and the
University of Wisconsin - Madison. Oracle
invited the universities to participate in the program because they share the
company's vision of "providing higher education institutions with a flexible,
modern, cloud-based student information system," according to information from
the company, and they will provide Oracle with guidance and domain expertise
through the significant milestones and releases or Oracle Student Cloud.
The first phase of Oracle Student Cloud is planned for the 2015 calendar
year. Phase 1 will provide functionality related to enrollment, payment and
assessment, and it will integrate with
Oracle Human Capital Management Cloud and
Oracle Enterprise Resource Planning Cloud. According to Oracle, it is also
"expected to include flexible core structures and an extensible architecture to
manage a variety of traditional and nontraditional educational offerings." One
component will be a mobile user interface that can be extended and branded for
individual institutions.
Oracle has also joined Internet2, a
not-for-profit advanced technology community of research and educational
institutions. Oracle will offer its
Oracle Higher Education Cloud
services through the
Internet2 NET+ service.
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