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The February 12 edition of eCampus News includes the following press release announcing that Oracle's PeopleSoft Student Administration Integration Pack has become the first student information system (SIS) to achieve official conformance certification with IMS Global Learning Consortium's Learning Information Services (LIS) v2.0 Beta 1 specification. The release notes that the LIS specification provides the industry with a definable yard stick to measure learning system interoperability. The release includes comment from Mark Armstrong, vice president, higher education product development, Oracle, who notes that conformance confirms Oracle's longstanding commitment to system interoperability.

The February 11 edition of University Business include the following article by Cole Clark, global vice president of education and research industries, Oracle, discussing cloud computing in higher education. The article notes that many higher education institutions are moving to the cloud because of shrinking budgets, increasing system complexity, and escalating user expectations. The article also notes that while implementing new solutions can be costly, higher education institutions are realizing significant returns on their cloud investments, whether public or private. The article concludes that for higher education, with the tangible benefits of efficiency, cost savings, and improved service delivery, the challenge is "how, what, and when" to move to the cloud-not "if."

The February 12 edition of eSchool News includes the following press release announcing that Oracle's PeopleSoft Student Administration Integration Pack has become the first student information system (SIS) to achieve official conformance certification with IMS Global Learning Consortium's Learning Information Services (LIS) v2.0 Beta 1 specification. The release notes that the LIS specification provides the industry with a definable yard stick to measure learning system interoperability. The release includes comment from Mark Armstrong, vice president, higher education product development, Oracle, who notes that conformance confirms Oracle's longstanding commitment to system interoperability.

The February 1 edition of University Business includes the following article highlighting applications for higher education.  The article discusses George Fox University's jump to the mobile space.  The article includes comment by Greg Smith, chief technology officer, George Fox University, who notes that the university developed a web-based mobile portal to host its applications.

The February 1 edition of University Business includes the following article highlighting that Vanderbilt University selected Oracle's PeopleSoft Customer Relationship Management (CRM) to overhaul its admissions systems and enhance strategic assessments for campus programs.  The article notes that PeopleSoft Customer Relationship Management will enable the institution to integrate six admissions systems into one comprehensive solution to facilitate more efficient information transfer between departments and mitigate student records integration complexities.

The February 1 edition of Campus Technology includes the following article highlighting that the University of Puget Sound selected Oracle's PeopleSoft applications and Oracle Hyperion Public Sector Budgeting and Planning running on Oracle Database to facilitate information exchange and enhance strategic reporting capabilities.  The article notes that the new systems will overhaul the university's legacy student, financial and human resources systems.  The article includes comment by Sherry Mondou, vice president for finance and administration, University of Puget Sound who notes that by moving to an integrated Oracle software environment, the university will realize a tremendous opportunity to transform and streamline its operating processes.

The February 1 edition of eCampus News includes the following article highlighting that Vanderbilt University selected Oracle's PeopleSoft Customer Relationship Management (CRM) to overhaul its admissions systems and enhance strategic assessments for campus programs.  The article notes that PeopleSoft Customer Relationship Management will enable the institution to integrate six admissions systems into one comprehensive solution to facilitate more efficient information transfer between departments and mitigate student records integration complexities.

The February 3 edition of Campus Technology includes the following article highlighting that Vanderbilt University selected Oracle's PeopleSoft Customer Relationship Management (CRM) solution to overhaul its admissions systems.  The articles notes that Vanderbilt University will use the new system to analyze admissions data and assess institutional programs.  The article includes comment by Douglas Christiansen, vice provost for enrollment and dean of admissions, Vanderbilt University, who notes that by consolidating their previous systems with Oracle's PeopleSoft CRM, and integrating it with PeopleSoft Campus Solutions Warehouse and PeopleSoft Performance Management Warehouse, the university can improve reporting and transfer student records and data between departments more efficiently.

Highlighting that Oracle will demonstrate its leadership and vision at DistribuTECH 2011 in San Diego, Calif., February 1-3. The release notes that Oracle Utilities' Park Armstrong and Tom Eyford, both solution architects for Oracle Utilities, as well as

Oracle Financial Services has expanded its Oracle Financial Services Enterprise Risk Management suite to include a new model risk management solution, as well as enhanced offerings for regulatory capital management and credit risk management. Oracle's Enterprise Risk Management suite, part of the Oracle Financial Services Analytical Applications family, provides a single, unified platform that helps today's financial institutions meet increasingly complex compliance requirements and performance objectives. The end-to-end platform enables financial services organizations to effectively identify and manage risk to support their risk-adjusted performance objectives, promote a proactive risk management culture and mitigate the costs of compliance. Model Risk Management To meet evolving regulatory mandates, financial institutions require a comprehensive view of risks associated with inaccurate or improperly applied financial and business models. Many firms are struggling to achieve this transparency because they continue to manage their models in siloed environments. Oracle Financial Services Model Risk Management provides a common environment to manage all risks associated with the use of models, including risks arising due to poor data quality, incorrect or inappropriate use, design flaws, incorrect implementation and unauthorized access. The solution delivers a single repository for all model information across the enterprise, includes pre-built dashboards to jump start benefits and provides drill-down capabilities for in-depth insight. This application provides a common environment to manage risks associated with the use of models including risks arising due to data quality, incorrect or inappropriate usage, design flaws, incorrect implementation and unauthorized access. The solution helps firms to improve governance around the use of models through a comprehensive, structured and consistent framework for periodic assessment and validation of models ac