Fordham University Selects SunGard Higher Education to Help Implement Administrative/ERP System

Banner Unified Digital Campus Serves as Core of University’s Information Technology

MALVERN, Pa, August 12, 2009 — Fordham University has contracted with SunGard Higher Education (www.sungardhe.com) for onsite and remote assistance managing the implementation and optimization of its administrative system. In addition, the company will provide business intelligence and decision support services to develop an information and reporting environment using the University’s administrative system data.

Fordham’s project has been named “Confirmare,” and utilizes SunGard Higher Education’s Banner Unified Digital Campus (UDC) as its core component. SunGard Higher Education is supporting the management of the 30-month implementation/optimization project by deploying professional staff who reside full time on campus, augmented by remote services.

“As our implementation partner during the ERP process, SunGard Higher Education has given us great flexibility in meeting the complex business needs of a higher education institution,” said Frank Sirianni, vice president and CIO for the University. “What attracted us to their implementation approach was SunGard Higher Education’s willingness to be held accountable for success, and to provide full-time, onsite staff in addition to their remote just-in-time services. And by helping us more successfully gather and analyze key operational data, we look forward to improving our institutional performance. During these challenging times, business intelligence is critical to our success.”

The Banner UDC provides access to university administrative operations via the Web. The fully integrated system, which includes modules for administrative finance, student information, financial aid and human resources, places key university functions on one common platform. Fordham also relies on SunGard Higher Education’s Luminis platform to help improve efficiencies and reduce redundancy among software products and networks, allowing for better communication and more consistent information services for students, faculty, and staff.

”Fordham understands that the successful implementation of a robust administrative system will not only help achieve greater efficiencies in the operation of the university by leveraging IT services, but will also help the institution contain its costs,” said Brad Rucker, SunGard Higher Education’s senior vice president of services. “We look forward to working with Fordham to implement and optimize this system, thereby helping the institution improve its effectiveness and better serve its students, faculty and staff.”

About Fordham University
Founded in 1841, Fordham is the Jesuit University of New York, offering exceptional education distinguished by the Jesuit tradition to approximately 14,700 students in its four undergraduate colleges and its six graduate and professional schools. It has residential campuses in the Bronx and Manhattan, a campus in Westchester, and the Louis Calder Center Biological Field Station in Armonk, N.Y. Visit: www.fordham.edu.

About SunGard Higher Education
SunGard Higher Education provides software, systems integration, strategic consulting and technology management services to help colleges and universities build, unify and manage their digital campuses. Bringing together people, processes and technology, SunGard Higher Education assists 1,600 colleges, universities, campuses, foundations and state systems strengthen institutional performance through improved constituent services, increased accountability and better educational experiences. Visit www.sungardhe.com.

About SunGard
SunGard is one of the world’s leading software and IT services companies. SunGard serves more than 25,000 customers in more than 70 countries, including the world’s 25 largest financial services companies.

SunGard provides software and processing solutions for financial services, higher education and the public sector. SunGard also provides disaster recovery services, managed IT services, information availability consulting services and business continuity management software.

With annual revenue exceeding $5 billion, SunGard is ranked 435 on the Fortune 500 and is the largest privately held business software and services company on the Forbes list of private businesses.
Based on information compiled by Datamonitor, SunGard is the third largest provider of business applications software after Oracle and SAP.

Continuity, Insurance & Risk has recognized SunGard as service provider of the year an unprecedented six times. For more information, please visit SunGard at www.sungard.com.

*January 2009 Technology Vendors Financial Database Tracker http://www.datamonitor.com

Trademark information: SunGard, the SunGard logo Banner and Luminis are trademarks or registered trademarks of SunGard Data Systems Inc. or its subsidiaries in the U.S. and other countries. All other trade names are trademarks or registered trademarks of their respective holders.

For more information contact:
SunGard Higher Education Media Relations
Laura Kvinge
Tel: 801-257-4158
Fax: 610-578-3358
e-mail: Laura.Kvinge@SunGardHE.com

About EDUCAUSE Corporate Press Release Service Submit		Fordham University Selects SunGard Higher Education to Help Implement Administrative/ERP System Banner Unified Digital Campus Serves as Core of University’s Information Technology MALVERN, Pa, August 12, 2009 — Fordham University has contracted with SunGard Higher Education (www.sungardhe.com) for onsite and remote assistance managing the implementation and optimization of its administrative system. In addition, the company will provide business intelligence and decision support services to develop an information and reporting environment using the University’s administrative system data. Fordham’s project has been named “Confirmare,” and utilizes SunGard Higher Education’s Banner Unified Digital Campus (UDC) as its core component. SunGard Higher Education is supporting the management of the 30-month implementation/optimization project by deploying professional staff who reside full time on campus, augmented by remote services. “As our implementation partner during the ERP process, SunGard Higher Education has given us great flexibility in meeting the complex business needs of a higher education institution,” said Frank Sirianni, vice president and CIO for the University. “What attracted us to their implementation approach was SunGard Higher Education’s willingness to be held accountable for success, and to provide full-time, onsite staff in addition to their remote just-in-time services. And by helping us more successfully gather and analyze key operational data, we look forward to improving our institutional performance. During these challenging times, business intelligence is critical to our success.” The Banner UDC provides access to university administrative operations via the Web. The fully integrated system, which includes modules for administrative finance, student information, financial aid and human resources, places key university functions on one common platform. Fordham also relies on SunGard Higher Education’s Luminis platform to help improve efficiencies and reduce redundancy among software products and networks, allowing for better communication and more consistent information services for students, faculty, and staff. ”Fordham understands that the successful implementation of a robust administrative system will not only help achieve greater efficiencies in the operation of the university by leveraging IT services, but will also help the institution contain its costs,” said Brad Rucker, SunGard Higher Education’s senior vice president of services. “We look forward to working with Fordham to implement and optimize this system, thereby helping the institution improve its effectiveness and better serve its students, faculty and staff.” About Fordham University Founded in 1841, Fordham is the Jesuit University of New York, offering exceptional education distinguished by the Jesuit tradition to approximately 14,700 students in its four undergraduate colleges and its six graduate and professional schools. It has residential campuses in the Bronx and Manhattan, a campus in Westchester, and the Louis Calder Center Biological Field Station in Armonk, N.Y. Visit: www.fordham.edu. About SunGard Higher Education SunGard Higher Education provides software, systems integration, strategic consulting and technology management services to help colleges and universities build, unify and manage their digital campuses. Bringing together people, processes and technology, SunGard Higher Education assists 1,600 colleges, universities, campuses, foundations and state systems strengthen institutional performance through improved constituent services, increased accountability and better educational experiences. Visit www.sungardhe.com. About SunGard SunGard is one of the world’s leading software and IT services companies. SunGard serves more than 25,000 customers in more than 70 countries, including the world’s 25 largest financial services companies. SunGard provides software and processing solutions for financial services, higher education and the public sector. SunGard also provides disaster recovery services, managed IT services, information availability consulting services and business continuity management software. With annual revenue exceeding $5 billion, SunGard is ranked 435 on the Fortune 500 and is the largest privately held business software and services company on the Forbes list of private businesses. Based on information compiled by Datamonitor, SunGard is the third largest provider of business applications software after Oracle and SAP. Continuity, Insurance & Risk has recognized SunGard as service provider of the year an unprecedented six times. For more information, please visit SunGard at www.sungard.com. *January 2009 Technology Vendors Financial Database Tracker http://www.datamonitor.com Trademark information: SunGard, the SunGard logo Banner and Luminis are trademarks or registered trademarks of SunGard Data Systems Inc. or its subsidiaries in the U.S. and other countries. All other trade names are trademarks or registered trademarks of their respective holders. For more information contact: SunGard Higher Education Media Relations Laura Kvinge Tel: 801-257-4158 Fax: 610-578-3358 e-mail: Laura.Kvinge@SunGardHE.com Login or register to post comments
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