The GLBA / FTC Safeguards Compliance Date is Here (June 9, 2023) If you are thinking this June 9th is just another spring Friday, perhaps you should stick around and find out what all the excitement is about. Or you may be saying, “I know exactly what June 9th means, GLBA updates have been on […]
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Introduction As we all have seen in headlines over the last few years, there are unprecedented headwinds facing Higher Education. Some of the most striking challenges are widespread removal of degree requirements for sought after tech sector jobs1, expansion of online program delivery, rising tuition costs, and growth of non-traditional education such as short courses
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Perhaps you have gotten a letter recently from your institution’s insurance provider informing you that you need to demonstrate that you have specific security controls in place before the cyber liability insurance coverage will be renewed. At the same time, you are concerned about losing Title IV funding if you don’t incorporate the FTC’s changes
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
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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
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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
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This article is Cross-posted at LISTedTECH By: Charlie Moran, Sr. Partner & CEO, Moran Technology ConsultingJustin Menard, CEO, LISTedTECH Key points: New Student Information System (SIS) implementations have been plummeting since 2011 Small to medium sized institutions with less than 10,000 students are more likely than larger institutions to install a new product in this
Current Trends in the Higher Ed SIS Market 2010 – 2018 Read More »
I was part of a team that wrote an EDUCAUSE Review article on Selecting and Deploying a Enterprise Systems – I hope you find it helpful as you think through the benefits and challenges of moving to a new Enterprise System (SIS, Finance, HR/Payroll, CRM, …! Head over to Educause Review to read it!
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