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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 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 March 17 edition of The Chronicle of Higher Education includes the following article on the recent data-security breaches reported by multiple higher education institutions. The article highlights Maricopa County Community College District who hired Oracle to clean up its data-security network for $2.25 million. The article further discusses the additional measures institutions are taking to ensure students are not threatened by the security breaches.

The March 17 edition of The Chronicle of Higher Education includes the following article on the recent data-security breaches reported by multiple higher education institutions. The article highlights Maricopa County Community College District who hired Oracle to clean up its data-security network for $2.25 million. The article further discusses the additional measures institutions are taking to ensure students are not threatened by the security breaches.