Student Information Systems
The Most Common Financial Aid Systems Used by SIS
We have been ramping up our Financial Aid Systems (FinAid) data and noticed that, a few years ago, there was a big change in the alignment of the FinAid. Each company seemed to want a strong module to help solidify their suite of products. This is why the big SIS vendors went on a shopping ... The Most Common Financial Aid Systems Used by SIS Read More
ERP/ SIS Implementation Companies Used in the Last 5 Year
About a year and a half ago, we did our first post on the Implementation companies that are often used to help implement new ERP/SIS systems. At the time, we had data for about 400 implementations within the last 10 years. This new post will look at just over 300 implementations in the last 5 years. ... ERP/ SIS Implementation Companies Used in the Last 5 Year Read More
The Most Common Pairings of Systems Used in Higher Education
Ever wonder what types of technology are used together? I thought it might be interesting to have a look at the most common pairings of systems used by higher education institutions. To do so, I examined tech stacks, defined as the set of technologies an institution has implemented, and is using it simultaneously. The graph ... The Most Common Pairings of Systems Used in Higher Education Read More
K-12 Student Information System Historical Implementations
This historical view of new implementations in K12 SIS Student Information Systems is based on almost 7,100 school districts in the USA and Canada. It represents 53 million students or 86% of the total number of students enrolled in elementary and secondary school programs in Canada and the USA. I like this view since it ... K-12 Student Information System Historical Implementations Read More
Are Cooperative Contracts Being Used by its Members?
In January, I was invited to NJEdge’s Conference to be part of a group discussion. It was a fun conference with great people. One of the discussions was surrounding NJEdge’s negotiated contract agreements for educational products. Being curious, I wondered how many members were using these negotiated or preferred pricing? This got me thinking about all ... Are Cooperative Contracts Being Used by its Members? Read More
European SIS Markets
A question for all you SIS experts… In the past few months, we have been expanding our European coverage of Student Information Systems (SIS) that is part of our SIS subscription. Unlike the North American SIS market, continental Europe has mostly country-centric systems, where a company gets public funding to build a specific system for ... European SIS Markets Read More
Workday SIS – Speculation
Assuming that the future users of Workday SIS are current Workday clients, Banner Student would be the one taking the biggest hit followed by Oracle Peoplesoft.
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What the US can tell us about how mature SIS markets behave
Guest blog post by (Joshua Perry) This is part two in a series of two blogs written by Justin Menard and me (Joshua Perry) using each other’s datasets. His blog post last week examined customer migration in the UK. This blog will look at what the North American market can tell us about how markets evolve. But before I ... What the US can tell us about how mature SIS markets behave Read More
Historical K12 SIS Customer Migration in the United Kingdom
Back in November, I got the chance to meet Joshua Perry, writer of the “Bring more data” blog. Joshua has been following the Management Information System (MIS) used in the UK K12 market. Have a look at some of his posts http://bringmoredata.blogspot.com. After discussing our mutual interests in educational systems’ market trends, we thought it could be interesting for the ... Historical K12 SIS Customer Migration in the United Kingdom Read More
Is the K-12 Market Heading Towards Consolidation
In the K-12 market, we can see the first signs of consolidation
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