By Colleen Carmean - EvoLLLution. With all the conversation around whether to phase out legacy systems in favor of newer, cloud-hosted platforms, institutional leaders need to ensure they are balancing the expectations of their new student demographics against the needs of internal stakeholders and the pace of change. More...

By Chris Megill - EvoLLLution. As different needs arise, and with the wide and expansive market of services available, institutions have more choice than ever before as to how to address their needs and what tools and systems to use. Different solutions require different approaches to hosting. More...

By Russell Battista Jr - EvoLLLution. It’s irresponsible for leaders to purchase and implement a cloud-based system without doing the necessary legwork beforehand. It’s critical to ensure that any considered solution is the right solution for the right set of circumstances. More...

By Joel Rosenblatt - EvoLLLution. When choosing between an in-house build and a service provider partnership for major systems, deciding entirely based on dollar value will typically lead an institution to spend more than it bargained for to get the functionality originally desired. More...

By Bob Flynn - EvoLLLution. In today’s higher education marketplace, IT leaders should be looking to SaaS, PaaS and IaaS solutions before building in-house but some of the more persistent misconceptions about the cloud slow that movement and tend to stop discussions around true benefits. More...

By Rob Lowden - EvoLLLution. Today’s students rely heavily upon their smartphones, tablets and laptops to search for campus services and information in an ever-mobile and ever-connected community. Unfortunately, cluttered portals of the past and un-navigable websites can make this task challenging and time consuming. More...

By Deborah Gelch - EvoLLLution. Whether it is the public, private or hybrid cloud, the cloud is a reality and is being embraced in higher education. Over 65 percent of mission critical systems at Lasell College are hosted in the public cloud and each year this number is growing. More...

By Michael Hites - EvoLLLution. Cloud-hosted systems and services are creating lower-cost environments for higher education institutions, allowing colleges and universities to take advantage of the Internet of Things, but leaders and staff must collaborate to ensure the solutions are right for the institution. More...

By Kenneth Green - EvoLLLution. Cloud computing is dominating the radars of CIOs and technology leaders at higher education institutions across the United States, but deployment of cloud-hosted solutions for more mission-critical work has been slower than expected. More...

By Nelson Vincent - EvoLLLution. Replicating the service and convenience offered by cloud-hosted services is very difficult for institutions to do today and will be nearly impossible to do in the coming years, which will impact the agility and responsiveness of the institution in the long term. More...