Would you believe many public schools districts’ highest utility bills are in August — when school’s not even in session?!

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Moodlerooms, the leading provider of managed open-source Moodle solutions, strives to provide educators and learners across the globe with a platform that is flexible, reliable and affordable. By combining cloud hosting, managed open-source, and Software-as-a-Service delivery, Moodlerooms’ customers receive all of the benefits of open-source Moodle with enterprise-level support, services and features. Moodlerooms’ consultative approach gives customers the opportunity to choose a solution that perfectly fits their organization’s mission, giving them more time to focus resources on what really matters — quality teaching and learning. Moodlerooms’ unique approach provides something beyond an LMS—one community, one provider and one platform forever.

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At TopSchool, we believe there is a unique opportunity to provide educational institutions with an integrated, extensible, easy-to-manage and economical platform for Student Lifecycle Management delivered in a SaaS (Software-as-a-Service) subscription model for the industry.

The company’s innovative; on-demand Student Lifecycle Management (SLM) system manages recruiting through retention and includes a customizable student portal, an easy-to-use Prospect Management (CRM) component and an intelligent reporting suite. TopSchool’s Saas model translates into quick and inexpensive implementation, easy configuration, no maintenance costs and no upgrade fee. TopSchool gives institutions the power to direct their own administrative tools so they can embrace growth opportunities.

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Avenda System’s eTIPS Identity-aware NAC platform provides comprehensive access security that authenticates and authorizes users and endpoints onto wireless, wired and VPN networks for all markets; enterprises, education, retail, healthcare, government and more.

Built-in policy and rules engines, AAA – RADIUS and TACACS+ servers, 802.1X support, NAC and NAP support, Guest Access provisioning, and deployment and reporting tools are delivered in one easy to manage web accessible appliance. Supports most major releases of Windows, Linux, MAC OS X, AD, LDAP, and endpoint health check applications. Works in mixed network deployments consisting of equipment from all major vendors.
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Three Rivers Systems Inc., the only provider of 100-percent Web-based administrative software systems built from the ground up exclusively for higher education, is the developer and service provider for CAMS®, the leading comprehensive academic management solution for colleges and universities.

Headquartered in St. Louis, the company has been delivering innovative technology-driven solutions to the educational community since 1985. It has a large established client base throughout the U.S. and a rapidly growing international presence with clients in North America, South America, Europe, the Middle East, Africa and Asia.

CAMS Enterprise™, a Web-based, server-centric management system for higher education, is its flagship product. As the fastest system to implement, easiest to use and most cost-effective, it requires little or no client maintenance. Developed from the ground up with Microsoft Internet technologies, CAMS Enterprise is the only ERP solution that truly integrates its multiple stand-alone systems around a single database. This unique architecture allows CAMS Enterprise to support admissions, registration, financial aid, student services, fiscal management, fund-raising, alumni relations, course management and much more. All are completely integrated via a full suite of portals in one solution that ensures administrators, staff, faculty and students all work with real-time, accurate information. By uniting administrative and academic management, CAMS Enterprise is the only truly integrated system for managing the entire student life-cycle.

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With state of the art technology, intelligent deliverability, and expert eMarketing Advisors, Informz is your professional partner for total email marketing success. From campaign creation and targeting, to ongoing training, reporting, and support, you’ll have the tools and expertise you need to send the right message to the right people, at the right time.

Whether you are in admissions, alumni relations or development, email marketing allows Higher Ed institutions to build stronger relationships with current and prospective students, alumni, parents, faculty, friends and donors. With Informz, Colleges and Universities utilize email and other forms of online communication to nurture ongoing relationships with alumni and friends.

There’s been a fundamental change in how students learn about colleges, requiring a change in the way colleges and universities communicate. Informz offers you the best solution to help you engage prospects and their parents. Bottom line, you can recruit more cost-effectively than with traditional print-heavy techniques.

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ParSystem is Scantron’s software suite that provides sophisticated yet easy-to-use assessment capabilities for testing in higher-education institutions. The suite includes ParTest, ParScore and ParTest Online. ParTest allows instructors to create customized tests quickly and easily.  Users can create item banks, each with up to 2,000 questions. When combined with ParScore, statistical information for each question, including item analysis, response frequency, discrimination levels and degrees of difficulty, can be tracked. ParTest Online allows users to take tests created in ParTest electronically. ParScore features an electronic gradebook, subtesting capability and user-defined mastery reports.

Learn more here: www.scantron.com/parsystem

GovConnection, Inc, is a leading provider of IT products and services to the higher education marketplace. With more than 150,000 products, a nationwide network of service partners, and teams of certified technical experts, GovConnection has the resources to help you achieve your IT goals- on time and on budget.

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