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Security, ERP are top campus IT challenges
Educause Report
By Debra H. Allison, Peter B. Debloois, and the 2008 Educause Current Issues Committee, May 28, 2008

Security, administrative or enterprise resource planning (ERP) information systems, and funding are the three most critical information technology (IT) challenges in higher education for the sixth year in a row, according to the 2008 Current Issues Survey from Educause, a higher-education IT organization. Read more >

Searching for a new chief information officer? Take a look in the mirror.
INC.com
By David Freedman

Ten years ago, Southwestern Services, a Fort Worth company that remodels large retail stores, had no dedicated information technology employees. Read more >


Survey of Interest in E-Learning Shows Potential for Significant Growth in Online Education
The Chronicle
By Dan Carnevale

The online-education market has the potential to grow significantly, with about half of potential college students interested in earning a degree online, according to a survey conducted by Eduventures Inc.
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The Importance of Strategic Alliances in Building Online Systems
Augusoft Journal of Lifelong Learning
By Aaron Donsky

When thinking about both online courses as well as online registration, it is important that you give consideration to moving from a "go it alone strategy" to one where you form a joint venture with other organizations. Read more >


Software-as-a-Service Myths
Business Week Online
By Jeffrey Kaplan

For years, organizations of all sizes have suffered the hassles and unexpected costs that accompany deploying and maintaining a variety of traditional software applications that, ironically, were intended to make them more productive. Read more >


Software Feature Focus: CEUs
Augusoft Journal of Lifelong Learning
By Beth Moorhead

The Continuing Education Unit (CEU) is a nationally recognized unit of measurement for non-credit continuing education programs.
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Getting the Best Information from Profile-derived Extracts
Augusoft Journal of Lifelong Learning
By Greg Marsello

Any lifelong learning software system worth using must collect demographic and purchasing information on students. Read more >


Software Feature Focus: Room Management
Augusoft Journal of Lifelong Learning
By Beth Moorhead

With nearly all lifelong learning programs, there is a need to share limited community resources with other programs. Read more >


Revenge of the Software Customer
By John Finneran

According to technology analysts AMR Research, more than 80% of customer relationship management (CRM) software deployments either don't add value, encounter user resistance, or fail outright.
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Software Feature Focus: Course Series
Augusoft Journal of Lifelong Learning
By Beth Moorhead

Course series functionality is an extremely useful took in your online software management system. Currently, you can use your software’s course series modules to bundle classes together... Read more >


Software Feature Focus: Increase your customer demographic info now
Augusoft Journal of Lifelong Learning
By Tim Scott

In Web-based learning management systems, the most useful information often comes from analysis of your students and their interests. Before the advent of online registration, staff would have to collect all student information over the phone or by mail. Read more >

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