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The April 7 edition of eCampus News includes the following press release announcing that Valdosta State University used Oracle Endeca Information Discovery and Oracle Business Intelligence Enterprise Edition to identify key student retention, progression and graduation metrics. The press release announced that Oracle is helping the university collect and analyze student data from multiple sources - like student surveys and ID card usage - to more quickly and effectively identify at risk students, engage appropriate faculty and staff and develop targeted programs to improve student retention.

The April 7 edition of eCampus News includes the following press release announcing that Valdosta State University used Oracle Endeca Information Discovery and Oracle Business Intelligence Enterprise Edition to identify key student retention, progression and graduation metrics. The press release announced that Oracle is helping the university collect and analyze student data from multiple sources - like student surveys and ID card usage - to more quickly and effectively identify at risk students, engage appropriate faculty and staff and develop targeted programs to improve student retention.

The April 2 edition of eSchool News includes the following press release announcing University of Virginia's selection of Oracle Hyperion Profitability and Cost Management as the technology platform to support its financial transformation. The press release announced the university's decision to move away from a spreadsheet-based system to provide enhanced information to support its leadership. Additionally, the Oracle solution will allow for greater transparency into the root cause of costs at a more granular level.

The April 2 edition of eSchool News includes the following press release announcing University of Virginia's selection of Oracle Hyperion Profitability and Cost Management as the technology platform to support its financial transformation. The press release announced the university's decision to move away from a spreadsheet-based system to provide enhanced information to support its leadership. Additionally, the Oracle solution will allow for greater transparency into the root cause of costs at a more granular level.

The April 9 edition of University Business includes the following press release announcing that Valdosta State University used Oracle Endeca Information Discovery and Oracle Business Intelligence Enterprise Edition to identify key student retention, progression and graduation metrics. The press release announced that Oracle is helping the university collect and analyze student data from multiple sources - like student surveys and ID card usage - to more quickly and effectively identify at risk students, engage appropriate faculty and staff and develop targeted programs to improve student retention.

The April 9 edition of University Business includes the following press release announcing that Valdosta State University used Oracle Endeca Information Discovery and Oracle Business Intelligence Enterprise Edition to identify key student retention, progression and graduation metrics. The press release announced that Oracle is helping the university collect and analyze student data from multiple sources - like student surveys and ID card usage - to more quickly and effectively identify at risk students, engage appropriate faculty and staff and develop targeted programs to improve student retention.

The April 9 edition of Campus Technology includes the following article on how the University System of Georgia (USG) plans to introduce predictive analytics into its 31 public institutions. The article covers Georgia's recent shift from managing student data and courses to predicting outcomes and summarizes a recent workshop at a tech showcase in Georgia, which included Valdosta State University. The article highlights Valdosta's partnership with Oracle in building a "more traditional" business intelligence approach and its recent efforts in information discovery to pull data from non-traditional sources, creating a complete picture of the student.

The April 9 edition of Campus Technology includes the following article on how the University System of Georgia (USG) plans to introduce predictive analytics into its 31 public institutions. The article covers Georgia's recent shift from managing student data and courses to predicting outcomes and summarizes a recent workshop at a tech showcase in Georgia, which included Valdosta State University. The article highlights Valdosta's partnership with Oracle in building a "more traditional" business intelligence approach and its recent efforts in information discovery to pull data from non-traditional sources, creating a complete picture of the student.

The April 8 edition of Campus Technology includes the following article on how Valdosta State University improved student retention rates by 2.5 percent since implementing Oracle Business Intelligence Enterprise Edition. The article also discusses the university's implementation of Oracle Endeca Information Discovery, which allows it to collect and analyze student data, like student surveys and ID card usage. Additionally, the article notes that a year after the university implemented Oracle's tools, student midterm and final grades improved an average of 10-15 percent.

The April 8 edition of Campus Technology includes the following article on how Valdosta State University improved student retention rates by 2.5 percent since implementing Oracle Business Intelligence Enterprise Edition. The article also discusses the university's implementation of Oracle Endeca Information Discovery, which allows it to collect and analyze student data, like student surveys and ID card usage. Additionally, the article notes that a year after the university implemented Oracle's tools, student midterm and final grades improved an average of 10-15 percent.

The April 7 edition of eSchool News includes the following press release announcing that Valdosta State University used Oracle Endeca Information Discovery and Oracle Business Intelligence Enterprise Edition to identify key student retention, progression and graduation metrics. The press release announced that Oracle is helping the university collect and analyze student data from multiple sources - like student surveys and ID card usage - to more quickly and effectively identify at risk students, engage appropriate faculty and staff and develop targeted programs to improve student retention.

The April 7 edition of eSchool News includes the following press release announcing that Valdosta State University used Oracle Endeca Information Discovery and Oracle Business Intelligence Enterprise Edition to identify key student retention, progression and graduation metrics. The press release announced that Oracle is helping the university collect and analyze student data from multiple sources - like student surveys and ID card usage - to more quickly and effectively identify at risk students, engage appropriate faculty and staff and develop targeted programs to improve student retention.

The April edition of University Business includes the following article highlighting new human resource systems and software. The article mentions Oracle's new release of PeopleSoft 9.2, which enables universities to deliver a robust set of best-in-class human resource functionalities. Additionally, the new version helps increase productivity, accelerate business performance, and lower cost of ownership.

The April edition of University Business includes the following article highlighting new human resource systems and software. The article mentions Oracle's new release of PeopleSoft 9.2, which enables universities to deliver a robust set of best-in-class human resource functionalities. Additionally, the new version helps increase productivity, accelerate business performance, and lower cost of ownership.

The April 3 edition of eCampus News includes the following press release announcing University of Virginia's selection of Oracle Hyperion Profitability and Cost Management as the technology platform to support its financial transformation. The press release announced the university's decision to move away from a spreadsheet-based system to provide enhanced information to support its leadership. Additionally, the Oracle solution will allow for greater transparency into the root cause of costs at a more granular level.

The April 3 edition of eCampus News includes the following press release announcing University of Virginia's selection of Oracle Hyperion Profitability and Cost Management as the technology platform to support its financial transformation. The press release announced the university's decision to move away from a spreadsheet-based system to provide enhanced information to support its leadership. Additionally, the Oracle solution will allow for greater transparency into the root cause of costs at a more granular level.

The April 1 edition of ExecutiveBiz includes the following article on University of Virginia's adoption of Oracle's Hyperion Profitability and Cost Management tools. The article includes comment from Melody Bianchetto, associate vice president for finance, University of Virginia, who notes that the university will work to extract data with Oracle's tools to make better decisions and launch initiatives. The article further discusses the university's use of Oracle's products to help transition away from a spreadsheet-based system.

The April 1 edition of ExecutiveBiz includes the following article on University of Virginia's adoption of Oracle's Hyperion Profitability and Cost Management tools. The article includes comment from Melody Bianchetto, associate vice president for finance, University of Virginia, who notes that the university will work to extract data with Oracle's tools to make better decisions and launch initiatives. The article further discusses the university's use of Oracle's products to help transition away from a spreadsheet-based system.

The April 28 edition of The Chronicle of Higher Education includes the following article highlighting the open-source software market in higher education, with a focus on the Kuali Foundation.  The article includes comment based on an interview with Mark Armstrong, vice president for higher education product development, Oracle, who notes that when building an ERP-scale product via open-source, it is really difficult to sustain long term.  Additionally, the article further discusses that Oracle remains a big supporter of community-sourced projects and that Kuali has produced interesting and creative work, challenging the notion that the ERP marketplace lacks competition and that for-profit vendors mercilessly bilk colleges.

The April 28 edition of The Chronicle of Higher Education includes the following article highlighting the open-source software market in higher education, with a focus on the Kuali Foundation.  The article includes comment based on an interview with Mark Armstrong, vice president for higher education product development, Oracle, who notes that when building an ERP-scale product via open-source, it is really difficult to sustain long term.  Additionally, the article further discusses that Oracle remains a big supporter of community-sourced projects and that Kuali has produced interesting and creative work, challenging the notion that the ERP marketplace lacks competition and that for-profit vendors mercilessly bilk colleges.

The April 2013 edition of University Business includes the Models of Efficiency Spring 2013 Honorees. This awards program honors campus administrative departments that have found ways to streamline business operations while also raising the bar on service. One of the honorees for Spring 2013 includes Valdosta State University for the "Academic Affairs/Student Retention" category. The article notes that Valdosta State University implemented Oracle Business Intelligence Enterprise Edition to increase student retention rates and enable staff to track students' progress with greater precision.

The April 30 edition of EdTech includes the following article highlighting Florida State University's (FSU) business intelligence (BI) and the increasing adoption of BI projects at institutions like FSU. The article notes that FSU's BI platform uses Oracle Business Intelligence Enterprise Edition, which was selected because it integrates with the university's PeopleSoft HR and Financial systems. FSU also invested in Oracle's BI Stack, including PeopleSoft Enterprise Performance Management and Oracle databases. The article highlights benefits the university realized, such as access to information via dashboard at any time, simplified auditing and increased staff productivity.

The April 8 edition of University Business included the following article highlighting that Parchment, the leader in eTranscript exchange, announced Gold Partner status with Oracle PartnerNetwork (OPN). The article notes that this will allow Parchment to better serve its PeopleSoft client institutions and set the stage for greater alignment of the company's suite of solutions with Oracle in the future. Parchment's eTranscript solution has over 40 postsecondary institutions using PeopleSoft, including Cornell University, University of Colorado, Kansas State University, North Carolina State University, and University of Pittsburgh.

The April 5 edition of NYU Local includes the following article highlighting New York University's registration system, Albert, which runs on PeopleSoft Campus Solutions.  The article notes that students are unsatisfied with Albert and find the system to be extremely slow.  The article includes comment from Roger Printup, registrar and director of student information systems, New York University, who notes that the administration has no plans to modify the registration program since it has proven to be reliable.

Kohl's has been increasingly focused on omnichannel retailing in the past year, beyond introducing initial buy online pickup in store functionality in May. Earlier this month, Kohl's announced a slew of special omnichannel holiday shopping features. Kohl's also was among the first retailers to offer an Apple Watch app in April. In January, the retailer unveiled its "Greatness Agenda," a broad effort to maximize omnichannel customer engagement that is based on an Oracle Retail platform.