Higher Ed
Are Universities Ready for a Subscription Model?
Over the past years, I’ve been thinking a lot about subscription models. Nowadays, we see this business structure for several services: video-on-demand, music streaming, even meal kits delivered to your porch. The continuous relationship between clients and providers is put at the forefront and remains central to this business structure. At ListEdTech, we have also ... Are Universities Ready for a Subscription Model? Read More
SIS Market: Comparing Students in US 4-Year Institutions
We have written a good deal about the SIS market, particularly around the market share, as defined by the number of higher education institutions that a given solution works with and how schools of certain enrollment sizes tend to use particular vendors’ solutions. This post will look at the SIS market through a slightly different lens- the ... SIS Market: Comparing Students in US 4-Year Institutions Read More
Market Niches Can Change… But They Usually Don’t
We often believe that companies enter a product category and their client base remains the same over the years. Even if this is true for some companies, others see diversification in their client profiles. In the past, we have produced an analysis of SIS product niches. Today, we expand this analysis of market niches to ... Market Niches Can Change… But They Usually Don’t Read More
Average Software Budget
One of our clients questioned us if we have any way to know the average software budget by institutions every year. Without any preliminary research, our initial answer was no. Then, a few months passed, during which we drilled down contracts and other implementation data. Now, we can say that we have a vague idea. ... Average Software Budget Read More
Product Implementation Peaks
We clearly see when a particular system has peaked in terms of implementations within the sphere of higher education.
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Chatbots in Higher Education
In the case of HigherEd institutions, Chatbots are used in the context of responding to queries and helping students navigate mainly through the processes of admission and registration
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Companies Can Now Access Our Portal
Edtech companies, we know that you are always looking for data to back up your business decisions or to understand where you stand in your market. Today, we have launched a new type of access for our portal, specially designed for you. On our portal, you are now able to find the most recent market ... Companies Can Now Access Our Portal Read More
Product Implementation Peaks: the Mid-2021 Update
This post is an update on our Product Implementation Peaks post from January 2021. We can better predict if 2021 will see any spikes in the different product categories with half of the year behind us. Let’s dive in. A reminder of what the charts say about implementations: the graphs show the percentage of product ... Product Implementation Peaks: the Mid-2021 Update Read More
Are RFPs a Good Predictor for Product Purchase?
Since the inception of ListEdTech, we mostly relied on web crawling to gain our knowledge about implementations in HigherEd (and K-12) for all product categories. As we want to become more efficient and versatile with our data collection, and possibly get an extra indicator of market trends, we have started, six months ago, compiling RFP ... Are RFPs a Good Predictor for Product Purchase? Read More
Average Lifespan of IT Systems in Higher Education
How much time a system is kept before it’s due to be replaced? What is the average lifespan of IT systems in a said product category? Is it time for our institution to change its systems? How many systems does an institution change per year? You guessed it, this post will talk about implementation numbers ... Average Lifespan of IT Systems in Higher Education Read More
White Space Opportunities in EdTech
With the new year, I wanted to highlight one of the most common requests we got in 2020. With many companies looking to find creative solutions to expand their client base, we have offered to several clients our version of a white space analysis. At its core, a company wants to grow. There are two ... White Space Opportunities in EdTech Read More
