As we all prepare to head off to EDUCAUSE 2024 in San Antonio, we wanted to take a moment to discuss a topic we know will be a major focus at the conference – ERP transformation. In fact, ERP transformation has been the focus of so many of our client conversations and projects this year […]
What is the Difference Between ERP Selection and ERP Readiness? Read More »
Recently, in partnership with Drivestream and HESS, Moran Technology Consulting (MTC) invited HESS members to participate in an Organizational Change Readiness self-assessment. The results of the survey and ideas for how institutions can effectively manage the monumental organizational changes associated with transforming Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) systems were shared at a recent webinar. Many educational
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04-18-24: Moran Technology Consulting (MTC) is proud to announce our new status as an employee-owned firm. Our transition to an ESOP (Employee Stock Ownership Plan) structure reflects our founding values of partnership, expertise, impact, and care, which have been reinforced during almost 20 years as a trusted provider of IT management consulting services to higher
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Each fall since 2012, Moran Technology Consulting (MTC) has sponsored the EDUCAUSE Awards Program as an EDUCAUSE Gold Partner. This program provides four major awards to exemplary higher education IT leaders who are transforming the strategic role of information technology across higher education while tackling today’s ever-changing realities. MTC was pleased to join EDUCAUSE in
Celebrating the 2022 EDUCAUSE Award Winners Read More »
By Claire Gilbert, Sr. Consultant, Moran Technology Consulting Invariably, our client engagements include some question of people. How do I staff this major project? Is my organization structured appropriately for the strategies that we want to implement? How can we better recruit and retain employees in this increasingly competitive and nationwide (often global) market for
Sponsoring EDUCAUSE’s “Women Advance Technology” Program to Advance Us All Read More »
This article is Cross-posted at LISTedTECH By: Charlie Moran, Sr. Partner & CEO, Moran Technology Consulting Justin Menard, CEO, LISTedTECH Key points: While there has been some diversification in offerings, the four SIS vendors with the greatest market share take up almost 80% of the total SIS market share, and this has been stable for
Evolution of the Higher Ed SIS Market Share, 2000 – 2020 Read More »
My wife is a great cook. We often go to the store together to buy the ingredients she needs – she buys the freshest stuff, and the right type of things, etc. We get home and there are two possible scenarios: I cook the meal; or she cooks the meal. If I cook it, the
Lousy cooks ruin your soup…. Read More »
In previous posts, I’ve discussed that the downward trend in new SIS implementations. We’ve also examined how the institutions that are implementing new SIS products are largely moving to cloud-based systems. In this post, lets dig in to see Who these early adopters of cloud SIS?”. We’ve been working with LISTedTECH for data for our
Do they know something that we don’t? Read More »
By: Charlie Moran, Sr. Partner & CEO, Moran Technology Consulting Justin Menard, CEO, LISTedTECH This article is Cross-posted at LISTedTECH * In a previous blog post, we discussed a multi-year downward trend of new Student Information System (SIS) implementations. Despite this downtrend, there are still many institutions upgrading and buying new SIS suites. In this
Data Centers? We don’t need no stinking Data Centers! Read More »
I decided to play Don Quixote and try to define cloud computing… it probably won’t work, but I’m gonna try! A few times a month, I find myself talking with a campus CIO who says “A board member says we have to move to the Cloud right away.” I say “Do they know what that
Some clouds aren’t clouds… but a truth is a truth…. Read More »