• ERP/ SIS Implementation Companies Used in the Last 5 Year

    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.…

  • The Most Common Pairings of Systems Used in Higher Education

    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…

  • Proctoring Software

    Proctoring Software

    The month of March has seen a mad rush from educational institutions to acquire the services of proctoring companies.

  • Evolution of Covid-19 dates

    Evolution of Covid-19 dates

    Predicting the End of Distance Learning

  • K-12 Student Information System Historical Implementations

    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…

  • Are Cooperative Contracts Being Used by its Members?

    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…

  • Implementation History of K12 LMS

    Implementation History of K12 LMS

    Historical Implementations for K12 LMS

  • How Canadian HigherEd Moved to Distance Learning

    How Canadian HigherEd Moved to Distance Learning

    In just under three weeks, almost all Canadian institutions have decided to select distance learning as their unique mode of delivery

  • Research Administration Software Used in Higher Education

    Research Administration Software Used in Higher Education

    As mentioned last week, today we are releasing our newest report titled Grant Management Systems in the Educational Sector. The report contains several views to help breakdown the market. As a sneak peek of the report, a condensed version of the Features and Functions of the Top Grant Management Systems table is below. If you…

  • Grant Management in the Educational Sector

    Grant Management in the Educational Sector

    Next Monday, we will be launching our Grant Management Systems in the Educational Sector report. The report shows the evolution of the grant market for higher education institutions. It was written as a way to offer the much-needed data behind the selection of a grant management ecosystem. Overview of our table of content: Sneak-peek of…

  • Edtech Conferences – Cancellations

    Edtech Conferences – Cancellations

    After receiving questions regarding conference cancellations regarding Coronavirus 2019 (COVID-19), we created the following table as a quick reference. We will continue updating it. Please let us know if you have canceled your event. List of academic conferences canceled due to Coronavirus Caution: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1O3wnaFYSZCgY3Ih4yDw3EIH2SC_-vjhyHwrCQSy0J7M/edit?pli=1#gid=0

  • European SIS Markets

    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…