FAIRFAX, Va.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Datatel today announced a Software as a Service (SaaS) deployment option for Datatel Colleague®. This enables higher education institutions to leverage Datatel resources with unmatched experience managing Datatel ERP systems.
Datatel Colleague SaaS helps institutions:
- Alleviate IT staffing challenges. Institutions can offload the challenges of assembling and maintaining staff who have Datatel-specific support knowledge. Existing staff now can focus on strategic initiatives to accelerate institutional effectiveness. This helps institutions to leverage the mutual strengths of their IT staff and Datatel.
- Eliminate the hassles of infrastructure procurement and management. Institutions no longer have to worry about acquiring hardware or about related IT facility management challenges. Significant upfront capital expenditures associated with these activities are also eliminated.
- Leverage on-demand scalability. The Colleague SaaS deployment option enables rapid scaling of resources to handle anticipated increases in demand.
- Ensure timely availability of new capabilities. From initial deployment through ongoing technology upgrades and refresh cycles, Datatel assumes responsibility for ensuring that the Colleague SaaS infrastructure takes advantage of the latest capabilities. This enables institutions to realize maximum value from their investment because students, faculty, and staff can benefit from new features as soon as they are available.
- Mitigate operational risk. The Colleague SaaS deployment option uses a best-in-class hosting infrastructure. Rigorous application-management processes combined with disaster recovery capabilities help resolve problems before they impact users. This dramatically improves quality of service while lowering operational risk.
“By choosing a fully managed SaaS solution from Datatel, we receive best-in-class performance and management while allowing our IT staff to focus on other strategic priorities,” said Joe Street, Director of Information Systems, Institute for Shipboard Education.
“We are uniquely qualified to administer and support the software we develop,” said John Speer, Datatel President and CEO. “We are excited to offer institutions a variety of SaaS solutions, including Datatel Recruiter™, Datatel Portal™, Datatel Reporting and Operating Analytics™, and now Datatel Colleague.”
The Colleague SaaS deployment option is the Platinum level of Datatel’s managed services packages that also were announced today. For more details, see the related press release, “Datatel Announces Managed Services to Complement Higher Education IT Departments.”
To learn how Datatel Colleague SaaS deployment can help institutions do more with less, stop by Booth #1403 at EDUCAUSE, October 18–20 in Philadelphia, Pa.
About Datatel, Inc.
Datatel is a provider of innovative technology products, services, and insight to higher education. Colleges, universities, and technical schools across North America partner with Datatel to build Strategic Academic Enterprises dedicated to achieving student success. The company has focused on higher education software and services since 1979. For more information, visit www.datatel.com.
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