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Managing the Enterprise on Limited Resources small, traditional school and have something that works for you, so important on campus in making business decisions. The times and you don’t think that is going to be changing much, then stick are challenging colleges more than they ever have. We had a client with what you have. The trade-off is there is no reasonable way that really got hit pretty hard by the economic crisis and they were you, on your own, would have the development resources to move forced to make decisions on layoffs. It took them six months to you forward that would pace the resources that companies like make these decisions because they didn’t have the BI tools on hand. We were telling them they could have been less aggressive with what Oracle or SunGard or other major players can bring. LIGHTFOOT: We have a lot of responsibility to maintain cer- they needed to do because they could have done it quicker. They tain kinds of information, and it really helps having an ERP that were hemorrhaging for six months and couldn’t stop the bleeding. is on top of providing those updates for us (for a fee of course). If they had got it under control in two months, they could have There are some small schools that would think they can do it all stopped the bleeding. in-house, and they probably can, but in this era of accountability REED: If you are looking for ways to differentiate yourself, leveraging technologies will really allow you to auand this economic downturn, everything has tomate some of the things you do daily with to be looked at and reviewed and accounted your constituents. You are able to do more for. Typically, small schools don’t have a lot personalized one to one. If you look at many of staff and rely a lot on third-party sources Campus Computing Project, of these smaller schools, they’re all about the to handle these different tasks. But if you are www.campuscomputing.net personal and intimate relationship. But there relying on a third party, there is a lot of room Datatel, www.datatel.com are ways to leverage technology in your daily for error. I’d rather stick with one source and Jenzabar, www.jenzabar.com processes to free up staff to really devote their get the information I know I can rely on. Oracle, www.oracle.com time and efforts to building those relationBURGIO: In today’s economy, you look at SunGard HE, www.sungardhe.com ships with the students that you really want to areas like retention management and busiattract to your institution. ness intelligence, things that have become Resources Finally: “on the same paGe” UniversityBusiness DIGITAL EDITION Get your staff Share the valuable ideas and insights of University Business! Have your associates request a free DIGITAL subscription. U www.UniversityBusiness.com/DigitalMag universitybusiness.com 40 | April 2010 http://www.campuscomputing.net http://www.datatel.com http://www.jenzabar.com http://www.oracle.com http://www.sungardhe.com http://www.UniversityBusiness.com/DigitalMag http://www.UniversityBusiness.com/DigitalMag http://www.universitybusiness.com

Table of Contents for the Digital Edition of University Business - April 2010

University Business - April 2010
Contents
Editor's Note
College Index
Company Index
Advisory Board
Behind the News
Sense of Place
Viewpoint
Financial Aid
Internet Technology
Certified for Safety
Managing the Enterprise on Limited Resources
A New Chapter for Campus Bookstores
Independent Outlook
What's New
End Note

University Business - April 2010