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The New Face of Finalsite
When Finalsite purchased Blackboard K-12’s product suite in mid-September, we finally got the answer to the question from September 2021: what is the fate of Blackboard’s non-LMS products? At the time of the purchase last year, we said that “[b]y merging with Blackboard, [Anthology] gains a robust LMS to complete its product offering.” But we…
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Is ZeeMee the Next Facebook?
It’s been nearly two decades since many of us started using Facebook. Using a social network (or any website) for that amount of time is pretty astonishing. Known collectively as Meta, the world’s most used social network conglomerate now includes Instagram, Messenger, WhatsApp, Facebook, and Workplace. The arc of Facebook’s dominance started off as a…
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Business Intelligence Software for Higher Education
In order to improve both academic performance and business function, higher education providers have begun turning to business intelligence systems
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SIS Product Niches Emerge from New Enrollment Grouping
Last Thursday, we talked about Populi in one of our company profiles. As mentioned in this post, Populi is mostly implemented in smaller religious-oriented institutions. With this update on a post, we wanted to drill down further into the student information system product category. Instead of presenting the enrollment bands with the regular grouping (1-2,499;…
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Populi: Designed for Smaller Institutions
Populi is fundamentally different in its business approach. Instead of proposing one solution in one product category and building their company from there, the company chose to target one specific client type: smaller colleges. And from there, they offered them an all-in-one software suite. At first, we had doubts about this company. How can they…
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Symplicity Expands in Canada
In early December 2021, we learned that Symplicity Corporation acquired Orbis Communications. While the acquirer is well-known for its student employability systems, the acquiree is Canada’s most trusted experiential learning solution. According to the press release, Symplicity wanted to expand its footprint in Canada. Orbis can call 100 institutions its clients. With Orbis’ solutions, connections…
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Ellucian Acquires CampusLogic to Enhance its Portfolio
What can push a company renowned for its SIS and ERP solutions to purchase a company in the financial aid category? This is probably what people asked when they read about the most recent acquisition made by Ellucian. The main reason for such purchases is mainly linked to potential growth in the client base or…
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Microsoft: A Leading Global IT Solutions Provider for Education
Microsoft is well-known for everything and anything related to computers. Since its inception in April 1975, it has developed software, hardware, and personal electronics and offered services to multinational companies, local businesses, and individuals. However, a component of its core business that has often been put aside is its willingness to help the education world,…
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Blackbaud: More than Raiser’s Edge
Known for its flagship product Raiser’s Edge for almost four decades, Blackbaud focuses its business around nonprofit organizations and educational institutions. This long-time reference to this submarket might change soon with the recent purchase of Everfi. Does this acquisition solidify its foundation in the nonprofit world, or is Blackbaud attempting a breakthrough on the corporate…
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Does the Educause Exhibitor’s Floor Plan Reflect Market Trends in HigherEd IT?
Educause annual conference is around the corner. As its website mentions, “this event showcases the best thinking in higher education IT.” A few weeks back, I questioned myself about the Educause conference and its exhibitor floor plan. More precisely, I wondered if the booths were a good indicator of market trends? I decided to dig…
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2U To Acquire The Nonprofit EdX For $800M
On June 29, the online education community was redefined. After several years of trying to compete against the leaders of this product category, MIT and Harvard have agreed to sell their nonprofit MOOC/OPM solution to 2U for 800M$. The consolidated company will reach over 50 million learners and offer more than 3,500 digital programs thanks…
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K16 Solutions: How to Migrate any LMS to a New Platform
This company profile is part of our monthly feature on edtech companies. For this month, we selected a company that is not one of the big market leaders but rather a small company that simply impressed us. Anyone who was part of, or suffered through, an LMS data migration knows that this task, part of…
