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Industry analyst firm Ovum, part of the Datamonitor Group, has recognized SunGard Higher Education’s Banner Enrollment Management Suite as a leading constituent relationship management (CRM) solution in the recent Industry Solutions Guide: Selecting a CRM Vendor in the Higher Education Market, based on technology strength, market impact, and ability to support the student lifecycle. 

Yesterday a press release about Pearson Learning Solutions along with Babson Survey Research Group and New Marketing Labs conducted a survey "Social Media in Higher Education" to understand how college professors/faculty are using social media.  Pearson Learning Solutions currently does not offer a solution that includes social media.  Could this survey be an indication that Pearson Learning Solutions is looking to partner with a firm to offer a social media solution?

You may have already seen the press releases about SunGard’s Community Source initiative and the SunGard Higher Education “Commons” but I would like to share with you my firsthand experience with this initiative. 

Just to put my comments in perspective, I have been working with and providing technology for higher education for 25 years, both as a vendor and as a higher education technology “user”. I have very high expectations for vendors and I am not easily impressed.  So what I am about to share with you took me by surprise....

Just days away from hosting nearly 6,000 higher education professionals at its annual user conference, SunGard Higher Education points to 2009 successes as the momentum for 2010 and interest in the company’s new Open Digital Campus vision.

Picking a Lecture Capture product to test, with a focus on affordable entry and scalable tech and licensing. Last week, in the 3rd post in this series, I combed through a half dozen LC vendors’ websites looking for insight into the hardware required to try out these tools, and the scalability of their technology and licensing models. [...]