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The LET Database Now Contains 300,000 Product Lines

Most of the time, we talk about other companies and new products in education. It’s normal: this is our core business, this is what defines us. This blog post is slightly different as we take this opportunity to celebrate a big milestone: the 300,000 product lines listed in our database. When ListEdTech was launched in ... The LET Database Now Contains 300,000 Product Lines  Read More
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Will ChatGPT Change the Review Game?

Review websites have been part of our daily lives ever since we started buying products online. Reviews date from many decades before but were controlled by media and very few sources. Nowadays, thanks to the democratization of the Internet, people can submit what they think of a product or a service. When it comes to ... Will ChatGPT Change the Review Game?  Read More

The Evolution of RFP Decisions

When we talk about procurement in higher education, it usually involves requests for proposals (RFPs), at least if your institution is public. You need to follow several rules, making sure to publish your RFPs on designated websites. We know the drill, and some might find the process cumbersome. From a data standpoint, at ListEdTech, we ... The Evolution of RFP Decisions  Read More
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That’s a Wrap for 2022!

December is the ideal moment to recap what we have accomplished over the past year. At ListEdTech, this last month of the calendar year indicates how much we have grown our database since January. Looking back through the year, we are happy to see a larger coverage in numerous product categories. The following graphs show ... That’s a Wrap for 2022!  Read More
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What is Your Institution’s Most Challenging EdTech Deal?

This is a question that I’ve been thinking about for nearly two decades: “What is your institution’s most challenging edtech deal?”  Before I created the Student Affairs and Technology blog for Inside Higher Ed, I was blogging. I was a graduate student when I started using WordPress. My posts were frequently about how technology could be ... What is Your Institution’s Most Challenging EdTech Deal?  Read More
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New Category on the Portal: K-12 Portal Now Live

At ListEdTech, our goal is to help institutions and companies have access to more data to make better decisions. In mid-August of 2022, we made the Portals product category available for HigherEd. Today, we are happy to announce that the K-12 Portal subgroup is now accessible on our portal. Even though we are still working ... New Category on the Portal: K-12 Portal Now Live  Read More
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The Importance of Identifying Primary and Secondary Systems

We had our first-ever live stream last week as we announced that the institution portal would be free for college/university users. Justin Menard, CEO of ListEdTech, and I talked about the origins of ListEdTech and the rationale for moving the portal to a free service. Here’s the full conversation: ListEdTech LIVE https://t.co/lmqXjwoU5W — ListEdTech (@Listedtech) August 30, ... The Importance of Identifying Primary and Secondary Systems  Read More
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Our Institution Portal Is Now Free

We were incredibly proud to launch our institution portal a little over a year ago. This essential edtech database, packed with micro and macro trends on more than 25 product categories, will become a necessary step in product selection. Today, we make things easier: our institution portal is now free of charge. We made this ... Our Institution Portal Is Now Free  Read More

Justin’s Thoughts on Anthology Together

Earlier this month, I was invited to attend the annual Anthology/Blackboard conference, entitled Anthology Together. This was my first time attending an Anthology or a Blackboard conference. The conference took place at the Walt Disney World Dolphin Resort in Orlando (Florida) from July 11th to July 14th, 2022 and had about 2,200 total attendees. I must say that ... Justin’s Thoughts on Anthology Together  Read More

Zendesk to Be Acquired

On Friday, June 24th, 2022, several websites specialized in financial news announced a huge acquisition: Zendesk agreed to be acquired by a consortium of private equity firms for an amount between 9.5 and 10.2 billion dollars, depending on the news source. In the education sector, Zendesk is the leader of the help desk product category ... Zendesk to Be Acquired  Read More

SIS Investments Doubled in 2021: Our Numbers

On June 14, 2022, at least three HigherEd-oriented websites (Inside HigherEd; Higher Ed Dive; EdScoop) published articles stating that investments in the SIS product group doubled in 2021. The authors referenced a report by the Tambellini Group. In this post, we want to add some data insights on SIS implementations available in our database. For ... SIS Investments Doubled in 2021: Our Numbers  Read More
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Getting Implementation Dates

Two questions we often receive are: How do you get your data? How accurate is your data for predicting trends and market shares? By now, our regular readers know that we acquire our data browsing public sources throughout the web. For question #2, the answer is more complex. This post gives you more insight knowledge ... Getting Implementation Dates  Read More

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The State of the LMS Market in 2024: Trends in K-12

Key Takeaways: The Learning Management System (LMS) landscape for K-12 schools in North America has undergone remarkable changes in the last few years. Driven by factors such as the pandemic and funding surges, the market has seen rapid evolution. With 9,658 LMS implementations across the United States and Canada in our database, digital learning platforms ... The State of the LMS Market in 2024: Trends in K-12  Read More

How Cloud Computing Transformed Education

Key Takeaways: We’ve all heard the story of Salesforce—a remarkable journey of innovation and growth in the tech industry, especially in cloud computing. This story is often framed as a lesson in educating customers about its core idea: Software as a Service (SaaS)—a revolutionary model at the time. But I believe this story is equally about ... How Cloud Computing Transformed Education  Read More

Leveraging Network Analysis to Explore Ellucian’s Product Ecosystem 

In an earlier post, we leveraged network analysis to explore Anthology’s product ecosystem to understand whether its ” togetherness ” message was reflected in its products’ implementations. Our study revealed that while Anthology has made great strides in delivering this message, it could do more, such as creating a narrative highlighting the potential benefits of the ... Leveraging Network Analysis to Explore Ellucian’s Product Ecosystem   Read More