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Anthology and Blackboard to Merge Into a Massive New Company
On September 13th, Anthology and Blackboard announced they will merge by the end of 2021. This transaction will “create the most comprehensive EdTech ecosystem across academic, administrative and student engagement applications”, mentioned the joint press release. This mega-company will serve more than 150 million users spread over 4,000 campuses in 90+ countries. A long-time learning ... Anthology and Blackboard to Merge Into a Massive New Company Read More
Are Student Information Systems Being Replaced?
As you may have noticed, HigherEd evolves in a pendulum motion. At the university level, we can observe movements of centralization of services being depleted over time in favour of a decentralization favouring services in faculties and schools to then return to a central decision-making process a few years later. With IT systems being implemented ... Are Student Information Systems Being Replaced? Read More
Cloud Nine for Ellucian
Ellucian had their yearly conference Ellucian live 2021 last week. During the event, we saw several announcements about their cloud implementations. At ListEdTech, we like to use this type of affirmations to help validate our data. We decided to use this occasion to share it. As a general rule, we are able to gather 80% ... Cloud Nine for Ellucian Read More
Anthology: a Collection of 14 Different Products Under Three HigherEd IT Companies
July 7, 2020, marked a turning point in the HigherEd IT sphere. On that day, Veritas Capital (“Veritas”) and Leeds Equity Partners (“Leeds Equity”), two private investment firms, announced the joining of education technology companies: Campus Management, Campus Labs, and iModules, to create one of the biggest consortiums in HigherEd IT. And as of November ... Anthology: a Collection of 14 Different Products Under Three HigherEd IT Companies Read More
System Lifespan: Are Some Product Categories Changing at a Faster Pace?
Following last week’s post on system lifespan for ERP and LMS systems, some followers and weekly readers asked me if the trend seen for these two systems is applicable for the other product categories. As you can see in the graph below, there is no “one size fits all” in the case of product lifespan. ... System Lifespan: Are Some Product Categories Changing at a Faster Pace? Read More
How COVID-19 Has Impacted Implementations of New Systems in HigherEd?
Back in January, I created our first historical implementation graph showing, amongst other information, the peak year for each of the systems we track. One takeaway was that institutions’ core systems (like HR, SIS, Financial Aid, Financial to name a few) are well spread across the twenty-year span since they need to be planned well in ... How COVID-19 Has Impacted Implementations of New Systems in HigherEd? Read More
Preview of our Data
The two most common questions we get are ‘How Do You Get Your Data?’ and ‘How Much Data Do You Have?’. The answer to the first question can be found after the graph. To help answer the second question, we have created a new dashboard that contains most of the product categories in our database. ... Preview of our Data Read More
Hackers Target Banner ERP Vulnerability
Ellucian's Banner has a market share that is just under 25% in North America. For this reason, the news that came out this week about hackers who have been targeting a vulnerability in one of its modules is alarming.
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Data on Average Age of Current SIS Implementation in Canada
Over the past few years, we have mostly posted on LMS systems. This is due to the fact that we have been heavily invested in the launch of the LMS Report Subscription with our partners at e-Literate. What several of you probably don’t know is that we have been accumulating lots of data on other ... Data on Average Age of Current SIS Implementation in Canada Read More
Similarities Between Anthology and PowerSchool
Last week, I was at ASU+GSV Summit for the first time. I had the opportunity to meet with several clients, friends and new acquaintances. On the flight back, I was looking at my notes and noticed that two companies I had met had referenced each other. They were saying that only the other company has the same ... Similarities Between Anthology and PowerSchool Read More
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, ... Microsoft: A Leading Global IT Solutions Provider for Education Read More
