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Administrative solutions for education from IBM

It's time to rethink key processes

In the current economic downturn, traditional cost management strategies are not enough. Educational institutions must rethink key processes and consider smarter approaches to reduce operational costs in order to direct more resources to instruction and research. Investments in education must be focused on ensuring lasting transformation. Administrative solutions for education from IBM can help educational institutions position themselves for the future.

 

A connected, dynamic educational institution

Financial systems with alerts. Video surveillance and security systems with rules-driven alerts. Energy management systems with sensors. Smarter administration can be accomplished with an instrumented solution, using sensors and alerts to collect and monitor operational data directly from originating sources anywhere on campus.

Our administrative solutions are also interconnected, linking functions across the educational system through the use of the interoperable assets of a Service Oriented Architecture (SOA). The solutions provide dashboard management tools that give administrators a comprehensive view of performance across a single campus, or a set of multiple locations. With this intelligence, administrators can get a clear view of financial, environmental, risk, safety and preparedness performance to make more informed decisions.

 

The value of smart administration

Our administrative solutions can unlock the value of information for better outcomes in your educational system by:

• Providing data and insights related to operations, giving administrators and business officers more information about institutional performance—asset management, financial trends and risk exposures.
• Using open and community-sourced administrative applications built on open standards to enable interoperable processes and workflows.
• Creating shared services centers that leverage economies of scale, green technology design, cloud computing and virtualization to efficiently provide high-quality services while reducing costs.
• Lowering the cost of teacher, faculty and staff computing resources through desktop cloud services.

 

Solutions with impact

Our administrative solutions deliver results through:

• Performance management for education with IBM® Cognos® software: empowers institutions to make timely, informed decisions in all areas including financial performance, program costs, new construction and more.
• Open financial and student systems, such as from the Kuali Foundation: enables an ERP solution that is flexible enough to meet the unique requirements of your institutions, while leveraging the contributions of an education development community.
• Enterprise risk management: provides a framework to manage risk and accomplish your institution’s goals.
• Green data systems: helps your institution lower the environmental impact of operations, reduce operating costs, and fulfill your obligations to students and the greater community.
• Shared services: offers efficiency and savings by integrating back-office systems and processes or developing centers for administrative functions.

 

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