Datatel Announces General Availability of Colleague Release 18 for Oracle 10g.FAIRFAX, Va. -- Datatel([R]), Inc., has announced the general availability of Datatel Colleague([R]) Release 18 (R18) for Oracle 10g See Oracle database. . This achievement follows the Tarrant County College Tarrant County College (TCC) or Tarrant County College District (TCCD) is a public two year community college serving the Fort Worth area in Tarrant County, Texas and providing degree programs toward an Associate of Arts, an Associate of Applied Science or Associate District's highly successful migration to Colleague R18 on the Oracle database. Besides Oracle 10g, Colleague R18 supports SQL Server An earlier relational DBMS from Sybase and from Microsoft. Sybase introduced SQL Server in 1988 for various Unix versions. In that same year, with help from IBM, Sybase created an OS/2 version that Microsoft licensed and branded as Microsoft SQL Server. and UniData - completing the set of database choices available to Colleague client institutions and affording greater flexibility and protection of their technology investments. Located in Fort Worth, Texas Fort Worth is the fifth-largest city in the state of Texas, 18th-largest city in the United States[1], and voted one of "America’s Most Livable Communities. , Tarrant County College District went live on R18 on October 23, 2006 with more than 300 Colleague users across campus accessing the system. Ninety-eight percent of the school's students currently use Colleague to register for classes. The school has over 30,000 students. "Tarrant County College is very pleased with our Colleague R18 implementation running on Oracle 10g," said Dr. Mary Robbins, Tarrant County College associate vice chancellor vice chancellor n. Abbr. VC 1. A deputy or an assistant chancellor in a university. 2. A deputy to or a substitute for a head of state or an official bearing the title chancellor. 3. , information services See Information Systems. . "Datatel worked very closely with our institution throughout the process, and we have already seen significant improvements in productivity. We anticipate even greater increases in performance as we move forward." Datatel Colleague provides institutions with the technology and functionality to remain competitive in the ever-changing higher education higher education Study beyond the level of secondary education. Institutions of higher education include not only colleges and universities but also professional schools in such fields as law, theology, medicine, business, music, and art. environment. Colleague focuses on five key business areas - enrollment and student services, financial management, financial aid, human resources The fancy word for "people." The human resources department within an organization, years ago known as the "personnel department," manages the administrative aspects of the employees. , and institutional advancement. "The release of Colleague R18 for Oracle 10g validates Datatel's commitment to database independence, and presents the opportunity for our clients to choose a technology path that works best for them," said Bill Knight, Datatel vice president of sales. "We applaud Tarrant County College for its efforts and for blazing a trail for fellow Datatel clients planning their migrations to Colleague R18 on Oracle." About Datatel, Inc. Datatel is a leading provider of fully-integrated enterprise information management solutions for higher education. Headquartered in Fairfax, VA, the company has more than 730 client institutions throughout North America. For more than 25 years, Datatel has exclusively focused on meeting the needs of colleges and universities, helping institutions operate more efficiently so they may better serve their constituents. For more information, please visit www.datatel.com. [c] 2007 Datatel, Inc. All rights reserved. Datatel and Colleague are registered trademarks of Datatel, Inc. All other names, products, and services mentioned are the trademarks or registered trademarks of their respective companies. |
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