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The press release notes that Oracle Exadata Database Machine has enabled colleges and universities nationwide to improve application performance, reduce server footprints, and simplify IT maintenance. The University of Arkansas, Northern Illinois University, and Brigham Young University share how the solution supported peak registration periods and ensured student system availability and reliability.

The October 15 edition of Insider Higher Ed includes an article discussing colleges looking to upgrade administrative computer systems in the coming years. The article notes that Kuali, a nonprofit created by a group of colleges, is trying to get a piece of the action noting that its supporters must convince college officials that they are wasting money when buying software from for-profit companies such as Oracle and other competitors. Additionally, the article discusses how the University of Minnesota, which runs on PeopleSoft, is in the midst of an enterprise resource planning (ERP) program upgrade and decided to embark on a re-implementation if its Oracle software.

The release notes that Oracle added new program-based enrollment and assessment features for its PeopleSoft Campus Solutions student information system. The new enrollment feature helps students to chart progress toward their academic goals, enabling institutions to improve student retention and timely degree completion. Additionally, the new assessment feature also gives instructors the flexibility to define and assess any traditional or external learning activities.

The October 16 edition of Campus Technology included an article highlighting Ellucian's updates to its mobile campus application development platform. The article notes that Ellucian enhanced support for its Microsoft SQL Server and Oracle databases.

The October 17 edition of ExecutiveBiz included an article highlights Oracle's updates to its PeopleSoft Campus Solutions suite, helping students plan their coursework and keep track of their academic goals and activities. Of note, the article includes comment from Mark Armstrong, vice president for higher education development, Oracle, who notes that the new features are based on the framework of a product that has been implemented in higher learning institutions for more than 10 years. Additionally, Mark added that Oracle aims to give institutions flexibility to support any institutional program required.

The October 16 edition of The Chronicle of Higher Education includes an article highlighting several announcements made at EDUCAUSE. Of note, the article mentions Oracle's new assessment and enrollment features in its PeopleSoft product that help colleges manage enrollment and academic programs more effectively. Additionally, the article includes quotes from the press release nothing that the new features would be added through PeopleSoft's continuous-delivery model intended to help colleges avoid disruptive major upgrades.

The October 28 edition of University Business included a press release announcing PeopleSoft Campus Solutions' new features for program-based enrollment and assessment. The new enrollment functionality enables institutions to improve student retention and timely degree completion. Additionally, the new assessment feature allows instructors to define and assess any type of learning activity and provide flexible structures for assigning and calculating marks and course goals.

The October 25 edition of eCampus News includes the following article covering new technologies ed-tech companies unveiled at EDUCAUSE 2013. The article highlights Oracle's PeopleSoft Campus Solutions' new program-based enrollment features, which aim to help colleges and universities improve retention and degree completion by guiding students through the enrollment process and helping them select the best classes, in the right sequence.