Technology Selection

EDUCAUSE Library Items for Technology Selection

Evolving Academic Computing Offerings: A Successful Strategy

February 18, 2010 | A session at the EDUCAUSE Southwest Regional Conference 2010

Rice University has struggled to find a method for updating infrastructure, embracing new technologies, and decommissioning old ones. Rice tried a new methodology in replacing and updating its OwlN…

Environmental Scan: What Technology Tools Work (and Don't Work)?

June 16, 2009

Now that we have some idea of the use-case requirements and what functionality we need to address them, the group will review what's available in the open-source and vendor communities for sol…

Rice's Three-in-One Wiki

February 22, 2008 | A session at the EDUCAUSE Southwest Regional Conference 2008

With limited staff and funding resources, what documentation tool could be implemented quickly, rapidly deployed to a wide audience, would require little to no training, and yet be embraced enthusi…

Implementing Administrative Systems? You Need an Evolution, Not a Revolution

April 25, 2006 | A session at the EDUCAUSE Western Regional Conference 2006

Successfully implementing information systems is often an experience of evolution, not revolution. Learn how the University of Washington's Strategic Initiatives Office successfully uses the U…

Open Source in Education: Evolving the IT Marketplace

August 8, 2005

Open source projects are proliferating throughout higher education. This trend raises hopes for new business models, opportunities for collaboration, questions of sustainability and long-term viabi…

Deploying a Portal Solution: An IT and Academic Unit Perspective

January 1, 2004

This talk presents both an IT and academic view of portal deployment. It discusses the decisions and lessons learned from deploying a portal system and the results of an academic unit to create cus…

Managing an ERP Systems Project: One University's Success Story

January 1, 2002

The University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences recently implemented the SAP R/3 system for Financials, Human Resources, and Materials on time, on scope, and under budget. We overcame numerous obst…

Portal Implementation -- A Day At A Time

January 1, 2001

This session will discuss the UW-Madison Portal Project roll out. It began last fall with a pilot to fewer than 500 students, ramped up to the full student body of 40,000 this summer, and will add …

Implement an ERP in Nine Months and Keep Your Sanity and Friendships

January 1, 2001

Niagara College purchased and implemented an integrated human resource, finance, and student administration suite, with a unique collaborative team of functional leads, academic reps, implementatio…

Information Technology Challenges in ERP

January 1, 2001

The implementation and support of PeopleSoft's Student Administration at Duke University has significantly improved services for students, faculty, and staff. A principal challenge was adjusti…